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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.
November 21, 2008

The Battles Ahead

Health care is being teed up for early action next year, with veterans of the Clinton reform effort convinced their delay in getting legislation to Congress 16 years ago was what killed their plan. Act fast and get it passed, is the new motto. But that may be more of a challenge than it appears right now. People are policy, and the Senate is shaping up to be the power center for action. But there are a lot of competing agendas, egos, and priorities.
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consumer-driven health care, HSAs, physicians, PricewaterhouseCoopers, uninsured, Emanuel, Miller, Parente, Herring, Pauly, prescription drugs, Medicare, SCHIP, Daschle, Kennedy, Bennett, Wyden, health insurance, Obama
Categories:
Health Reform


October 24, 2008

Thinking Toward 2009

Washington is not waiting for the November 4 election results to begin planning its health reform agenda for next year. The Washington Times reports today that Sen. Ted Kennedy is taking a leading role: "From his sickbed, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy has secretly been orchestrating meetings with lobbyists and lawmakers from both parties to craft legislation that would greet the new president with a plan to provide affordable medical coverage to all Americans, a measure he has called 'the cause of my life.'"
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employers, Mercer, uninsured, Urban Institute, subsidies, business, employers, National Journal, McCain, Obama, health care, drug importation, CDHP, consumer-driven health care, Sally Pipes, Henry Miller, BCBSA, Grace-Marie Turner, Amy Menefee, Scott Gottlieb
Categories:
Health Reform


October 17, 2008

Politics and Policy

Politics and complex policy are a dangerous mix, as we see in the presidential election campaign debate over health care. "Sen. McCain, for the first time, is going to be taxing the health care benefits that you have from your employer," Sen. Obama said during Wednesday's debate. "For the first time in history, you will be taxing people's health care benefits."
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McCain, Obama, tax treatment of health insurance, employer-based health insurance, tax, Hawaii, SCHIP, health insurance, Grassley, Baucus, Brian Lee Crowley, Canada, physicians, costs, health confidence, EBRI, consumer-driven health care, HSAs, health savings accounts, HealthGrades, hospitals, health care ratings, quality, millennial, CMPI, Heritage, Medicare
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2008 Election