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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.March 6, 2009
PerspectiveAs health reform sped to the top of the policy agenda this week, the timing for our upcoming conference offering some perspective on the debate could not be better. We are hosting, along with the International Policy Network of London, a major conference in Washington this coming Monday that will feature experts in health policy from Europe and Canada to share with us "Lessons from abroad for health reform in the U.S."
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Health Reform June 13, 2008
DrumbeatsThe Commonwealth Fund continues its advocacy for universal coverage and a larger role for government in our health sector with a new paper in Health Affairs: It cites the rising number of people with health coverage that does not adequately protect them from high medical expenses — the under-insured.
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Commonwealth, universal coverage, underinsured, Italy, Istituto Bruno Leoni, doctors, physicians, Turner, Obama, Capretta, Pipes, biologics, America's Health Insurance Plans, Williams, uninsured, Aetna, Senate Finance Committee, Ramthun, HSA, health savings account, high deductible
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Universal Coverage April 11, 2008
Join Us!Please mark your calendars now to join us on Tuesday, April 29, for a major address on Medicare featuring HHS Secretary Michael Leavitt. The program, which we will jointly host with several other think tanks, begins at 9:45 a.m. at the brand new Newseum at 555 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington. This will be the secretary's major address on the massive threat that Medicare and other entitlement programs present to our nation's economy, followed by a forum featuring experts presenting their ideas and research on solutions.
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health savings accounts, substantiation, HSA, Medicaid, Massachusetts, universal coverage, individual mandate, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, prescription drugs, SCHIP
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