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Our 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.
October 31, 2008

Compare and Decide

Political and policy leaders in the U.S. see a new system of “comparative effectiveness reviews” as a solution to many of our problems in the health sector. This is coming, so we need to pay attention. We invited a leading European authority to conduct a seminar yesterday for our colleagues in the policy community to give us an overview. The idea is that a government-commissioned entity would “compare” various medical and pharmaceutical treatments to determine which are “effective” and make “recommendations” for care.
Tags:
comparative effectiveness, Schlander, NICE, health technology assessments, Institut economique Molinari, Grace-Marie Turner, Obama, insurance, importation, counterfeit drugs, Hawaii, Lichtenberg, prescription drugs, Medicaid, FDA, pre-emption, Calfee, concierge care, Arizona, Proposition 101, Freedom of Choice in Health Care, McCain, Entin, IRET
Categories:
Comparative Effectiveness


September 19, 2008

Health Credits and Drug Importation

Health Affairs this week focused on the health plans of the leading presidential candidates, but misunderstanding and even misrepresentation of Sen. John McCain's health policy proposal continues to confuse the debate. Tom Buchmueller, Sherry Glied, Anne Royalty, and Katherine Swartz wrote a critique of selected aspects of the McCain plan but ignored key aspects of it which I believe would mitigate many of their criticisms.
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McCain, Obama, Health Affairs, tax credits, insurance, health credit, importation, Medicare, prescription drugs, health care reform, Canada, dentist, UK, Medicaid, premium assistance, SCHIP
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2008 Election