Health Groups Offer Plan To Aid Reform

At least 10 interest groups have a stake in the debate over health care reform. Today, four of the largest ones will offer President Obama a plan to help, the Associated Press (AP) writes. The four groups are hospitals, insurance companies, drug makers and doctors. Their representatives will meet with the President today. They will reveal a plan to slow their rate increases by 1.5 percentage points each year, AP says. The four groups all want to prevent expansion of government insurance. Other groups involved in the health care debate have different agendas. They include workers, older adults, people with health conditions or no insurance, and small and large businesses.