|
||
|
SEARCH BY KEYWORD
|
 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 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Next >October 5, 2007
Rome 'n SchipIn Rome last week, I debated Italian politicians on national radio, tried to explain our health system to government and industry leaders, and spoke at a conference at the Vatican about the fundamental values of health care and the common good.
Categories:
State Childrens Health Insurance Program August 30, 2007
The UninsuredThe big news of the week was the Census Bureau releasing its estimates of the number of people who were uninsured last year, now totaling 47 million, up by 2.2 million from the year before. The new numbers will certainly add fuel to the debate over the ... August 10, 2007
Differences among FriendsSeveral senators were poised to offer an amendment to the SCHIP bill during the Senate debate last week that reflected long hours of work on a free-market, patient-centered alternative. But they ran into a buzz-saw of opposition, not from the Left but fro... August 3, 2007
Freedom vs. SecurityThe battle over health insurance for children reached a crescendo this week as both houses of Congress passed their own, very different, bills. Both go far beyond reauthorizing the 10-year-old SCHIP program, and together load onto the back of this one bil... July 20, 2007
SCHIP ReduxDespite threats of a presidential veto, the Senate Finance Committee, with the support of a majority of its Republican members and all the Democrats, sent to the floor yesterday a five-year expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program with a... July 13, 2007
SCHIP OverreachThe State Children's Health Insurance Program is on the front burner in Congress, with the Senate Finance Committee expected to send a bill reauthorizing the program to the floor as early as next week. SCHIP will expire at the end of September unless Cong... June 28, 2007
Oval Office MeetingPresident Bush expressed renewed interest in a refundable tax credit for the uninsured during an Oval Office meeting yesterday that I was privileged to attend, and he also drew the line on ?a massive expansion? of the State Children's Health Insurance Pro... June 22, 2007
SiCKO. Need We Say More?So Michael Moore brought his latest film to town on Wednesday for a well-publicized preview. SiCKO seems to have pushed most other serious health policy discussions off the agenda this week, even while key congressional committees were voting on more than... < Prev 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Next > |
|