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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 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Next >March 31, 2006
Conflicting StudiesAn article from the current New England Journal of Medicine is zipping around our e-mails this week, written by a prominent Harvard professor and physician, Jerry Avorn. The title says it all: "Part 'D' for 'defective' - The Medicare drug-benefit chaos." ... March 24, 2006
Health AdvisorsAs we move toward a health care system that gives people more power and control over health care decisions, many experts worry that consumers will be bewildered by so many complex financial and medical issues. Some argue against consumer-directed health c... March 17, 2006
Advancing the ConversationThere is a flurry of news this week in the evolving conversation over health policy: The Medicaid Commission held another in our series of meetings, this time in Atlanta, to focus on long-term care. The presentations from the three-day hearing will ... March 8, 2006
Hitting the MarkThe importance of price transparency continued to dominate the health policy discussion this week. The centerpiece, at least from our perspective, was a packed briefing on Capitol Hill that we hosted on Tuesday with the Center for Health Transformation. ... February 24, 2006
Price TransparencyThe need for price transparency is the hottest conversation right now in the world of consumer directed health care. I hear pleas for more information in my radio interviews, from people writing us through our website, and in talks around the country, mos... February 17, 2006
Targeting Health CareDespite the media's obsession this week with Vice President Cheney's quail hunting accident in Texas, President Bush devoted his week to an intense focus on his new health care proposals. Mr. Bush traveled on Wednesday to Wendy's International in Du... February 10, 2006
Over to CongressThe big news of the week was the release of the administration's budget for 2007. President Bush gives Congress detailed plans for federal spending priorities, and Congress uses this as its starting point to develop legislation, hold committee hearings, a... February 3, 2006
Supercharged IncentivesThe debate is engaged. President Bush, as anticipated, has offered a number of new health policy initiatives designed around four goals: affordability, portability, transparency, and efficiency. Health Savings Accounts are the centerpiece of his agenda, w... < Prev 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Next > |
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