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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.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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Health Reform 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.February 20, 2009
The March ContinuesWith a major expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program in place and more than $150 billion in health spending authorized in the stimulus bill, the Obama administration already is well on its way to significantly increasing the role of government in our health sector.
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SCHIP, stimulus, HHS, Kathleen Sebelius, HSAs, Ben Zycher, Manhattan Institute, concierge medicine, Melinda Beck, The Wall Street Journal, Society for Innovative Practice Design, Massachusetts, focused factories, Regina Herzlinger, Manhattan Institute, Harvard Business School, Wal-Mart, Ceci Connolly, The Washington Post, Peter Pitts, Center for Medicine in the Public Interest, comparative effectiveness, leadership, Donald Palmisano, American Medical Association
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