Health Care Summit Schedule

The Obama administration has raised the stakes in the health care debate, releasing a blueprint that seeks to bridge the gap between measures passed by the Senate and House of Representatives last year. If enacted, the president’s sweeping compromise plan would constitute the biggest expansion of federal health care guarantees since the enactment of Medicare and Medicaid more than four decades ago. Among other things, the White House said it would expand Medicare prescription drug coverage, increase federal subsidies to help people buy insurance and give the federal government new authority to block excessive rate hikes by health insurance companies.
President Obama is bringing together parties from all sides today in hopes of finding a middle ground and pushing through some overhaul of health care.

Watch full coverage of the White House health care summit today beginning at 10 a.m. ET