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NewslettersOur newsletter features a commentary by Grace-Marie Turner on the major developments and issues of the week as well as summaries of writings by participants in the Health Policy Consensus Group and other articles of interest from the health policy world, plus announcements of coming events. It is emailed in an HTML format from the galen@galen.org email address, via Constant Contact, and you may have to adjust your email settings and junk mailbox to ensure that you don’t miss an issue.< Prev 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Next >April 15, 2005
HSA NewsOne of the leading individual and small-group health insurers, Assurant Health, has updated it's Health Savings Account data. Since 2004, the first year the accounts were available, Assurant says that 37% of its new individual medical sales have been HSAs... April 7, 2005
Guiding PrinciplesThe world pauses this week to reflect on the transformative leadership and inspiration of Pope John Paul II who devoted his life to spreading the truth about human dignity and the essential importance of following moral principles. The outpouring of affec... April 1, 2005
New ThinkingThe U.S. health sector needs all the competition it can get, with innovation and entrepreneurial, outside-the-box thinking at a premium. Enter AOL Founder Steve Case, who is moving into the health care space with an exciting new company he's creating ca... March 25, 2005
Tax FairnessThe Tax Reform Commission heard testimony yesterday from star witnesses Gene Steuerle of the Urban Institute and Mark Pauly of the Wharton School about the essential importance of addressing the tax treatment of health insurance. The hearing in New Orle... March 18, 2005
New IncentivesA new survey by Watson Wyatt and the National Business Group on Health finds that employers are having success in controlling health costs by providing new incentives to get employees involved in decision making. The survey said that 8% of 555 large emp... March 4, 2005
StalledThe political debate in Washington provides an abundance of contradictions: ? Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan warns of dire consequences for the federal deficit and economic growth unless the country gets a handle on its entitlement programs, ... February 25, 2005
Social Security isn?t Health CareSeveral pundits, including Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol, have warned that pushing Social Security reform has the potential to damage the Republican party much as the failed Clinton health care debate hurt the Democrats in the 1990s. But the com... February 22, 2005
Two HearingsThe issue of drug pricing continued to dominate the health policy debate this week. The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee held two hearings on drug importation, and several of our health policy colleagues were invited to testify: Ste... < Prev 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Next > |
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