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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 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Next >May 11, 2007
Land Mines in LegislationThe Senate has approved 93-1 must-pass legislation that, among other things, would give the pharmaceutical and medical device industries the privilege of paying $393 million in user fees to the government next year to help get their new treatments to pati... April 27, 2007
Dire WarningsThe week began with Medicare trustee Tom Saving warning that the future debt of this program for seniors is five times the size of the outstanding debt of the entire federal government today. Without change, Saving warns that Medicare would devour nearl... April 20, 2007
Squeezing Out Private Coverage - Health Policy MattersThe media will be filled next week with articles and ads about the uninsured, including a TV spot featuring nine-year-old ?Susie Flynn? who is running for president on the platform of bringing attention to the nine million American children who don't have... April 13, 2007
Slippery SlopeAfter defeating about a dozen amendments, the Senate Finance Committee last night approved a bill that would allow, but not require, the administration to interfere in drug price negotiations between private drug plans and the pharmaceutical companies. ... April 6, 2007
The Good NewsWe are so very pleased to announce that Joel White, former staff director of the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, is joining the Galen Institute as a visiting senior fellow. In his new role, Joel will advance our work on the key areas of health a... March 30, 2007
Making ChoicesThe Census Bureau has reported that more Americans have health insurance than it had previously reported. It says about 1.8 million more people had health insurance in 2005 than it reported last August, bringing the uninsured number down to 44.8 million. ... March 23, 2007
The NexusWe have sent you two reports about government programs -- my commentary in The Wall Street Journal on SCHIP and an important Fact Sheet on Medicare Advantage, which I co-wrote with 16 of our colleagues. Why this focus on government programs? Because t... March 16, 2007
Universal CoverageAdvocates of universal health coverage are stepping up the pace. A few examples: The Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday began a series of five hearings on "Moving toward Universal Coverage." Committee Chairman Max Baucus set the stage by sa... < Prev 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Next > |
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