State of the Union Address: 5 Minutes on Health Care

In tonight's much anticipated State of the Union Address, the focus was on jobs and the economy. However, the President asked Congress to continue to focus on health care and he linked the debate on health reform as central to our economic challenges. The President urged Congress to "finish the job" on health care as more Americans lose health insurance each day. Specific health reform initiatives were not addressed and in fact the President spent only about 5 minutes on health reform in total.

So where does this leave the health reform debate? Its not clear but we all know there are health care related issues that still must be addressed this year such as critical Medicare and physician reimbursement issues. The fun here in Washington continues.