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Here’s a live stream of  today’s White House Health Care Summit:

Here’s an interesting presentation by Alex Lundry on the political power of  data-visualization and infographics.

As public policy debates become more and more complex, it seems to me that tools like this are going to become more and more important.

H/t to Sociological Images and Diane Levin.

A former Democratic advocacy operative who recently joined Cassidy & Associates offers his unique insight into the healthcare debate on Capitol Hill as it recently intersected talks on immigration reform.

Albert Morales, former Deputy Director of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) American Majority Partnership and now vice president at C&A, is featured in the newest episode of C&A’s online series, Boardroom Perspective. Morales discusses recent action on Capitol Hill questioning whether undocumented workers should be covered in the healthcare reform package now in the Senate.

The House just passed comprehensive health care reform with 220 yea votes–219 Democrats and 1 Republican (Rep. Joseph Cao (R-La.)).

Update: Here’s the final roll call vote, along with a cool map, from the NY Times.

In this clip from Marty Russo, CEO of Cassidy & Associates, explains that the House vote will be a critical turning point for health care reform.  He also points out some interesting procedural matters to watch out for.

The House GOP is set to release their health care reform plan later this week. According to the Washington Post:

Having lambasted the bill unveiled by Speaker  Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) for being nearly 2,000 pages long with a price tag of $1 trillion, Republicans plan to offer a measure much narrower in scope and more modest in its goals.

Among the key differences with the Democratic proposal:

Boehner said Monday that the measure would not include language banning insurance companies from denying coverage to consumers with preexisting conditions, a prominent feature of Democrats’ bills in both the House and Senate.

Our friends over at Pollster.com report on the results of a recent Pew survey on what stories voters are most closely following:

Most Closely Followed Story
32% Reports about swine flu and the vaccine
27% Debate over health care reform
15% Reports about the condition of the U.S. economy
9% The U.S. military effort in Afghanistan
4% the federal government’s plans to cut the pay of top executives at financial companies that received bailout money
1% News about political instability in Pakistan

They also have some very interesting data on the news outlets voters turn to for information on the issues of the day.

This morning, Speaker Nancy Pelosi revealed the House health care reform measure.

Here’s a treasure trove of material on the proposal:

Summary of Affordable Health Care For America Act

Topline Changes From Introduced  Bill to Blended Bill

America’s Affordable Health Choices Act
Implementation Timeline

Affordable Health Care For America Act
Section-by-Section Analysis

Immediate Investments on the Road to Reform

Here’s Cassidy COO Gregg Hartley discussing the legislative landscape for this fall.