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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.
March 13, 2009

Lessons from Abroad

"So many lessons, so little time." That was how Brian Lee Crowley of Canada led off his remarks at our major conference, "Lessons from abroad for health reform in the U.S." on Monday, co-sponsored by the Galen Institute and the International Policy Network in London. The presentations by noted experts from Canada, the U.K., and Europe were splendid and offered a sober warning to U.S. policymakers about embarking on a path toward giving government more power and control over health care and health coverage.
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Lessons from Abroad, International Policy Network, Canada, Europe, U.K., Dr. Ken Thorpe, Emory University, health reform, international health systems, President Obama, government-run health care, Dr. Alphonse Crespo, Switzerland, individual mandate, Dr. Brian Lee Crowley, Dr. Valentin Petkantchin, France, Prof. Wim Groot, the Netherlands, Dr. John Bridges, Australia, Prof. Michael Schlander, Germany, Dr. Karol Sikora, U.K., Brett Skinner, Dr. Tom Price, Dr. Michael Burgess, Grace-Marie Turner, Amy Menefee, White House health reform summit, Aetna HealthFund, Aetna, HSA, HRA, tax treatment of health insurance, Washington Post, Lori Montgomery, small group health insurance, AHIP, health information technology, Dr. Jerome Groopman, Dr. Pamela Hartzband, The Wall Street Journal, electronic medical records, Health Affairs, biopharmaceuticals, pharmaceuticals, spending, PhRMA, health care costs, Sally Pipes, Pacific Research Institute, National Review Online, Medicare Part D, price controls, Merrill Matthews, Council for Affordable Health Insurance, Orlando Sentinel
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January 15, 2009

SCHIP, Again

As expected, the House rushed to pass a bill on Wednesday to continue funding for the State Children's Health Insurance Program. At 285 pages, you can be sure it delivers a lot more than money. One example: The bill changes the rules of the game, making it much easier for states like New York to put children from families making up to $84,800 a year on this publicly-funded program.
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SCHIP, Hawaii, Booz & Company, innovation, health insurance, health reform, Robert Helms, American Enterprise Institute, Robert Moffit, The Heritage Foundation, Tom Daschle, federal health board, Sally Pipes, Pacific Research Institute, kidney donor, organ donor, Susan Dentzer, New England Journal of Medicine, health care journalism, drug importation, Brian Lee Crowley, Atlantic Institute for Market Studies, Canada, mandates, health spending, Robert Samuelson, McKinsey Global Institute, Medicare, price controls, Part D, Cheryl Smith, Laura Summers
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State Childrens Health Insurance Program