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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.1 2 3 Next >October 23, 2009
The Fix Is Not InCost matters: The cost of health care remains the central issue in the health reform debate, and that's why the news this week was so bad for leaders on both sides of Capitol Hill. First, the Senate. Wednesday's vote on the "Doc Fix" stunned everyone, even, apparently, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. His plan was to shove $247 billion under the carpet and pretend that a permanent increase in Medicare's payment rates to doctors shouldn't count as part of overall health reform. But he ran into a firestorm of opposition, with 12 Democrats plus Independent Joe Lieberman voting with all 40 Republicans to reject the ploy (final vote 47-53).
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doc fix, Dave Camp, Rick Foster, Medicare Advantage, Galen poll, Washington Examiner, National Review Online, Tom Miller, American Enterprise Institute, Jim Capretta, Ethics and Public Policy Center, private insurance, WHO, The Wall Street Journal, Carl Bialik, Scott Harrington, competition, McCarron-Ferguson, America's Health Insurance Plans, Senate Finance Committee, Alex Brill, medical device manufacturers, Medicaid
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Health Reform September 10, 2009
A Speech, Not a PlanPresident Obama's speech last night soared with oratory but fell flat in delivering on his promise to present details or any substantive new policy initiatives for his health reform plan. He may get a few days of lift from the passion and cheers in the House chambers, but the hard realities of policy will continue to chill prospects for getting sweeping reform legislation enacted.
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Energy and Commerce Committee, Medicaid, fraud, Michael Tanner, Cato Institute, Birthright Israel NEXT, uninsured, Census Bureau, illegal immigrants, American Maggie, National Review Online, The Hill, Martin Feldstein, The Wall Street Journal, Obamacare, Tom Miller, American Enterprise Institute, Health Affairs, health exchange, performance measurements, physicians, BBC, Sen. John Cornyn, Ben Sasse, town halls, health spending, Brookings Institution, America's Health Insurance Plans, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Fee-for-Service
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Health Reform July 9, 2009
Fractures and FissuresWhite House and congressional leaders continue to work feverishly on a sweeping overhaul of one-sixth of our economy, but their efforts hit a number of road blocks this week, putting their rapid timetable and even passage of major health reform legislation in jeopardy. The week started with White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel signaling that President Obama would be willing to negotiate over creation of a government-run health insurance plan. Mr. Emanuel said one of several ways to meet the president's goals would be to have a public plan as a fallback if the marketplace fails to provide sufficient competition on its own.June 19, 2009
BombshellsThe Congressional Budget Office told the Senate health committee its bill would cost $1 trillion over the next 10 years and would only provide health insurance for a net 16 million more people. It said 15 million would lose their coverage at work and eight million would lose coverage from other sources, leaving 36 million uninsured. Since the goal is to have virtually everyone covered with no deficit spending, this was a double whammy, especially since there is even more spending in the bill that the CBO hasn't yet scored.May 22, 2009
Shaking Things UpFour Republican members of Congress shook up the health reform debate this week when they were the first to reach the floor of the House and Senate with comprehensive health reform legislation. The Patients' Choice Act puts the $300-billion tax break for employment-based health insurance front and center in the debate. Reps. Paul Ryan and Devin Nunes and Sens. Tom Coburn and Richard Burr use it to create generous refundable tax credits for Americans to buy health insurance ($2,300 for individuals and $5,700 for families).
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colonoscopy, rationing, Obamacare, Michael Tanner, Medicaid, Nina Owcharenko, The Heritage Foundation, Dennis Smith, The Hill, Jeffrey Young, Senate Finance Committee, Health Affairs, Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Donald Berwick, patient-centered care, Manhattan Institute, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, universal care, McKinsey, Harvard Business School, Manhattan Institute, Regina Herzlinger, Sen. Orrin Hatch, The New York Times, Robert Pear, Cato Institute, Michael Cannon, Charlotte Ivancic, Americans for Tax Reform, Grover Norquist, The Wall Street Journal, American Enterprise Institute, Joe Antos, tax treatment of health insurance, tax credits, Sen. Richard Burr, Sen. Tom Coburn, Rep. Devin Nunes, Rep. Paul Ryan, Patients' Choice Act
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Health Reform May 8, 2009
Setting the Eagle FreeJack Kemp was a visionary leader with an enduring passion for liberty and an unfailing love for the American dream, and the airwaves have been filled this week with testimonials about him and his transformative ideas. I first met Jack Kemp in the 1970s, when he still was a relatively unknown member of Congress and I was a Washington correspondent for the San Diego Union. Jack had played football for the San Diego Chargers before being traded to the Buffalo Bills in 1962. San Diegans were interested in this man they knew as a star quarterback and who now was a congressman from Buffalo talking about cutting taxes to spur economic growth.
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Jack Kemp, Kemp Commission, National Commission on Economic Growth and Tax Reform, Unleashing America's Potential, comparative effectiveness, Senate Finance Committee, public plan, Walt Francis, FEHBP, The Heritage Foundation, Stuart Butler, Merrill Matthews, Council for Affordable Health Insurance, Steve Forbes, Forbes, Canada, Brian Lee Crowley, Atlantic Institute for Market Studies, GE, healthymagination, swine flu, Henry Miller, Hoover Institution, Scott Gottlieb, AEI, vaccines, Paul Howard, Manhattan Institute, Medicare, Medicaid, fraud, Jim Frogue, Center for Health Transformation
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Jack Kemp April 3, 2009
Sign the PetitionWould the health reform prescriptions being offered by President Obama and congressional leaders help patients? It seems a fitting question to ask since Mr. Obama has assured Americans they will be able to keep their doctor and their current coverage if they are satisfied and will have even more choices. Our Health Policy Consensus Group took that as a challenge to ask whether the policy prescriptions fit the rhetoric by analyzing the major reform pillars Washington leaders are proposing.
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Obama, petition, Do No Harm, Consensus Group, government-run health insurance, mandates, health insurance exchange, federal health board, comparative effectiveness, National Review Online, The Corner, health reform, Joseph Antos, American Enterprise Institute, American Health & Drug Benefits, Democrats, Robert Pear, The New York Times, GOP, Rep. Paul Ryan, The Wall Street Journal, budget, Medicare, entitlements, Medicaid, biotech, Robert Goldberg, Center for Medicine in the Public Interest, Orange County Register, Austin, Texas, ER, Medicaid, emergency room, Integrated Care Collaboration, American-Statesman, Julie Connelly, The New York Times, concierge care
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Health Reform April 3, 2009
Sign the PetitionWould the health reform prescriptions being offered by President Obama and congressional leaders help patients? It seems a fitting question to ask since Mr. Obama has assured Americans they will be able to keep their doctor and their current coverage if they are satisfied and will have even more choices. Our Health Policy Consensus Group took that as a challenge to ask whether the policy prescriptions fit the rhetoric by analyzing the major reform pillars Washington leaders are proposing.
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Obama, petition, Do No Harm, Consensus Group, government-run health insurance, mandates, health insurance exchange, federal health board, comparative effectiveness, National Review Online, The Corner, health reform, Joseph Antos, American Enterprise Institute, American Health & Drug Benefits, Democrats, Robert Pear, The New York Times, GOP, Rep. Paul Ryan, The Wall Street Journal, budget, Medicare, entitlements, Medicaid, biotech, Robert Goldberg, Center for Medicine in the Public Interest, Orange County Register, Austin, Texas, ER, Medicaid, emergency room, Integrated Care Collaboration, American-Statesman, Julie Connelly, The New York Times, concierge care
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