After a weekend filled with politicos talking about plans to overhaul the health system on Sunday’s news talk shows, here’s a roundup of some of this morning’s reform-related stories: The timeline for health-care overhaul legislation is still in the spotlight. House speaker Nancy Pelosi said on CNN’s State of the Union over the weekend that she is confident that when she takes the House bill to the floor, it will win. Today, she’s set to resume talks to curb Democratic in-fighting and move the stalled House bill along, according to the Washington Post . But the pivotal group of fiscally conservative Dems known as the Blue Dogs is saying that a vote on the House’s proposal may be delayed until after Labor Day. The WSJ has more on the story of why these Blue Dogs are so powerful. And read more here about Pelosi from Politico.

Taxing health insurer’s most expensive policies , like those of Goldman Sachs’ top executives, is gaining momentum as a way to help pay for health-care reform, according to the New York Times and WSJ . A high-end program like Goldman’s costs the company about $40,000 in premiums per family — compared with a typical employer-sponsored plan that costs $13,000 to $20,000 — and generally has no co-pays or deductibles, says the NYT. But the problem with taxing these plans is that the costs may be passed on to consumers and businesses, notes the WSJ. And, figuring out who should get subsidies to help lower the costs of buying health insurance is another issue that Congress continues to grapple with, according to the New York Times .

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Health Reform: Timeline, Blue Dogs and Taxing Rich Plans