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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 October 2, 2009
Beltway HothouseLet's hope this is the darkness before the dawn because the feeling in Washington right now is gloomy among those who believe in freedom, markets, and individual control over health care decisions. Congress is plowing ahead to get health reform done this year, no matter what the American people may think about it. Both the Senate and House have cancelled a Columbus Day recess this month to keep members in the Beltway hothouse and give them less of a chance to go home and meet with their constituents.
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Senate Finance Committee, physicians, Denis Cortese Mayo Clinic, Delos Cosgrove, Cleveland Clinic, Kaiser, Independence Institute, Jon Caldara, Canada, Colorado, health co-ops, David Goldhill, Tom Miller, American Enterprise Institute, comparative effectiveness, Rand Corporation, Medicare Advantage, Fred Barnes, The Weekly Standard, Massachusetts
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Health Reform September 18, 2009
It's Not Over YetSenate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus spent much of the summer dancing with the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to figure out how to squeeze his health reform bill into its scoring framework and get a positive outcome. Surprise, surprise, he succeeded! The CBO said on Wednesday that the Baucus bill will lead to a "net reduction in the federal budget deficit of $49 billion" over the next 10 years and that 94% of Americans will have health insurance.
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Senate Finance Committee, Senator Max Baucus, Congressional Budget Office, The New York Times, Nicholas Kristof, Galen highlights, Utah, Utah Health Insurance Exchange, Forbes, Kaiser Family Foundation, Health Research & Educational Trust, employer benefits, insurance premiums, Joseph Antos, American Enterprise Institute, public plan, hospitals, private health insurance, Health Affairs, Dobson DaVanzo and Associates LLC, Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune, Massachusetts, The Boston Globe, Massachusetts Medical Society, physicians, Craig Richardson, individual mandate, employer mandate, Commonwealth Care, uninsured, Tom Miller, Joint Economic Committee, pharmaceuticals, David Griller, Daniel Denis, SECOR, Canada, malpractice, Philip Howard, The Atlantic, retail health clinics, The Washington Post
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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 August 28, 2009
An Era EndsSen. Kennedy was both respected and liked by colleagues on both sides of the aisle during his remarkable 47 years in the Senate. While he always was firm in his liberal views and we seldom agreed with him, Sen. Kennedy did listen to his Republican colleagues and worked to forge compromises. That bipartisan spirit has been markedly missing during his absence from the Senate this year. The health reform legislation making its way through Congress is rigid and aggressively liberal, without any evidence of bipartisanship, and it is rightly facing a firestorm of opposition.
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Commonwealth Fund, premiums, Massachusetts, The Boston Globe, Kay Lazar, health sharing ministries, CURE, Star Parker, health co-ops, Steven Mufson, polls, Forbes.com, Karlyn Bowman, tax treatment of health insurance, mandates, RealClearMarkets, Manhattan Institute, Steven Malanga, New York Post, Pacific Research Institute, Sally Pipes, CNNMoney, Shawn Tully, Baylor University, Earl Grinols, individual mandate, The Washington Post, Lee Casey, David Rivkin, health insurance, American Enterprise Institute, Jeet Guram, Joe Antos, Green Bay Press-Gazette, National Review Online, The Heritage Foundation, public option, John Hoff, Steamboat Institute, health insurance exchange, Utah, town hall meetings, Rep. Jim Moran, Democratic National Committee, Sen. John McCain, Sen. Russ Feingold, Sen. Edward Kennedy
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Health Reform August 21, 2009
The Heat Is OnThe tide has clearly shifted. I am back from nine days on the road, and in forum after forum, from Virginia to Illinois, to New Mexico, Louisiana, and Ohio, citizens are anxious about health reform and about the Obama administration's aggressive expansion of government spending. While Democratic leaders in Congress and the "Gang of Six" senators pledge to press on with reform, it is hard for me to see how members, especially Democrats in marginal districts, will be able to vote for any version of the bills making their way through Congress.
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prescription drugs, Canada, Mark Rovere, Brett Skinner, Fraser Institute, United Benefit Advisors, HMO, HRA, CDHP, The American, obesity, Tom Miller, Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Douglas Sherlock, administrative expenses, Health Affairs, David Brady, Daniel Kessler, American Enterprise Institute, Scott Harrington, health co-cops, National Review Online, Hudson Institute, Diana Furchtgott-Roth, Martin Feldstein, John Mackey, Whole Foods, American Civil Rights Union, Institute for Policy Innovation, Heartland Institute, Peter Ferrara, Chicago Tribune, Max Baucus, The Wall Street Journal, Peggy Noonan, David Axelrod, Politico, Louisiana, town hall meetings
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Health Reform July 30, 2009
Who's Scaring Whom?A plethora of polls hit the news this morning, showing that the American people are increasingly worried about President Obama's health reform plan, fearing that their health costs will rise and the quality of their care will get worse if the plan goes into effect. The president spent much of his time during his speeches yesterday answering what he described as cynical scare tactics by critics.
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Juliette Cubanski, Lisa Potetz, Kaiser Family Foundation, medicare financing, Manhattan Institute, Diana Furchtgott-Roth, Aparna Mathur, medical debt, Cato Institute, Michael Cannon, public option, Gov. Tim Pawlenty, Rep. John Boehner, states, AMA, William Plested, Donald Palmisano, Daniel Johnson, James R. Frogue, Newt Gingrich, Center for Health Transformation, abuse, fraud, American Enterprise Institute, Maine, American Affordable Health Choices Act, Institut economique Molinari, Atlantic Institute for Market Studies, Valentin Petkantchin, Brian Lee Crowley, Lewin Group, Blue Dog Democrats, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, biologics, Massachusetts, Rep. Tom Price, Empowering Patients First Act, health reform, Obama
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Health Reform June 26, 2009
Change Vs. SecurityABC News anchor Charlie Gibson shook his head after Wednesday night's broadcast from the White House, frustrated he had not been able to draw out more details from President Obama about the sweeping health reform plan that he is pushing. Gibson, as well as the doctors, patients, businesspeople, and others in the audience, posed some tough questions. But most of the president's answers came from his standard talking points and went unchallenged. He spoke for 45 minutes of the 75 minutes of actual airtime.
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ABC News, President Obama, health reform, Massachusetts, opinion polls, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Joseph Antos, American Enterprise Institute, John Calfee, public option, single-payer, government-run, Governor Michael Leavitt, Jeffrey Anderson, Pacific Research Institute, The Washington Times, David Brooks, Senate Finance Committee, physicians, Center for Medicine in the Public Interest, uninsured, June O'Neill, Dave O'Neill, Employment Policies Institute, socialized medicine, Diana Furchtgott-Roth, RealClearMarkets, National Health Service, New Jersey, Assemblyman Jay Webber, Energy and Commerce Committee
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