Hardy Endorsements for Health Care

Backstage: "Committees in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives last week signed off on health-care legislation, which has won the hardy endorsements of the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. Known as America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009, the legislation would, among other things, require that employers provide insurance or face a penalty, create a public insurance plan to compete with private plans, and prevent pre-existing conditions from barring a person from coverage."