Health care reform: News links in Kaiser Daily Health Report today:

"HEALTH REFORM

• Parties Plot Strategies, Next Steps On Baucus Bill
• Sound Off: Some Lawmakers Talking Up Baucus Bill, Grassley 'Resents' President's Remarks
• Rising Costs To Business, Government and Consumers Inspire, Complicate Health Reform
• Lawmakers Wonder If The Baucus Plan Does Enough To Control Premiums
• Some Senators Fear New Tax Meant To Control Health Costs Could Spiral
• White House Offers $25 Million For Medical Malpractice Projects
• Experts Debate Merits Of Public Plan And Individual Mandate
• Research Counters Criticisms Of Canadian Health Care System

MEDICAID

• Governors Worry About Major Medicaid Expansion

ADMINISTRATION NEWS

• Labor Department Advocating Rule Exemption To Boost GM Health Care Trust

HEALTH CARE MARKETPLACE

• Insurers Defend Practices At House Hearing
• Drug Sellers, Benefit Managers Poise For Court-Ordered Price Cuts
• Doctors Discuss Defensive Medicine And Primary Care Pay

COVERAGE & ACCESS

• Some Federal Workers Can't Afford Health Insurance
• Are College Students The 'Invisible Minority' In Health Care Debate?

HEALTH DISPARITIES

• Study: Racial Health Disparities Cost $229 Billion From 2003-2006

HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH

• A New Study Links 45,000 Deaths A Year To Lack Of Insurance

STATE WATCH

• Rural Coloradans Have Trouble Getting Health Care, Attracting Physicians
• Medicaid: Budget Gaps, Informants, And A Plan To Expand Coverage By Going Private

EDITORIALS AND OPINIONS

• Today's Selection Of Opinions And Editorials

NEW FROM KHN

• Health Policy Experts Urge Congress To Abandon Ideological Differences On Overhaul
• Douglas: State Governors Need 'Time, Flexibility' For Successful Health Reform
• Political Cartoon: 'Lemmings' By Daryl Cagle"

Read more in Kaiser Daily Health Report, September 18, 2009.