Where to find the facts on health care reform

With so many false claims about the health care reform proposals floating around, we thought this would be a good time to offer links to the actual proposals, as well as links to some good fact checking and and a plain-English explanation of the proposed reforms.

H.R. 3200, America’s Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 (PDF)

H.R. 3200 from OpenCongress.org that allows readers to comment on specific parts of the bill
Summary of H.R. 3200 by the House Committees on Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce and Education and Labor
Congressional Budget Office’s cost estimate for H.R. 3200, America’s Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009
CBO’s special collection of documents, analysis, presentations and other publications about health costs

Affordable Health Choices Act from the Senate’s Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee

Summary of the House Tri-Committee proposal by the House Committees on Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, and Education and Labor

Sen. Max Baucus’ Call to Action, which is not intended to be a legislative proposal. It is his vision
for policy and the process in the upcoming health care reform debate.

Sen. Ron Wyden’s Free Choice Proposal

H.R. 676, The United States National Health Care Act or “Expanded & Improved Medicare For All,” introduced by Rep. John Conyers Jr.

Patients’ Choice Act, from senators Tom Coburn and Richard Burr and representatives Paul Ryan and Devin Nunes

Crossing Our Lines: Working Together to Reform the U.S. Health System, a proposal from former senators Howard Baker, Tom Daschle and Bob Dole