Though presumptive House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) says of health reform, “there’s a lot of tricks up our sleeves in terms of how we can dent this, kick it, slow it down to make sure it never happens,” it is likely the law will remain intact in a divided Congress, according to the Washington Post.

Virtually every House Democrat from a swing district who took a gamble by voting for the health law ended up losing on Tuesday, according to the New York Times.

Don’t tell CareSource that this year’s controversial health reform package is going to destroy America. What’s likely to hurt Democrats at the polls next month may help bring 500 jobs to Dayton as managed care provider CareSource looks to grow.

The health care bill headed for a vote in the House this week would cost $1.2 trillion or more over a decade — far higher than the $900 billion cited by President Obama as a price tag for his reform plan.

House Republicans plan to offer an alternative to the Democrats’ health-care reform bill, Rep. John Boehner of Ohio said Sunday.

President Obama and his allies moved forcefully on Monday to rebut what they say is “misinformation” being spread by opponents of their health care reforms and to spotlight disruptions of town hall meetings by protesters. The White House has launched a new health care “reality check” page at its Web site to lead the confrontation.

Confusing claims and distortions have plagued the nation’s ongoing debate about health care reform. To complicate matters, there is no clear-cut reform plan from Obama or from Democrats. The Senate is considering two bills that differ significantly, and the House is waiting for yet another bill to be finished by a committee.

Fixing the economy means fixing the nation’s health care system, according to a report by the White House Council of Economic Advisers. Critics of the report say give us a plan to cut health care costs that doesn’t raise taxes or ration care.

President Barack Obama may have been too optimistic about economic recovery in his $3.6 trillion federal budget. The president’s ambitious plans for a new era of big-government activism — which include $634 billion for health care reform over the next decade — depend on an economic recovery next year.