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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.
August 21, 2009

The Heat Is On

The 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
Categories:
Health Reform


July 24, 2009

Stalling Out

House leaders and the White House are working furiously to try to get a floor vote on health reform legislation before the August recess, but a rebellion inside the Democratic party and alarm bells from constituents are virtually certain to delay action until the fall. The American people are increasingly focused on the details of the reform plans making their way through Congress, and they don't like what they see.
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President Obama, news conference, The New York Times, Rep. Paul Ryan, Ceci Connolly, The Washington Post, individual mandate, John Fund, The Wall Street Journal, tax credits, uninsured, public plan, Senate Commerce Committee, National Review Online, New York Post, American Affordable Health Choices Act, Lewin Group, John Sheils, Randy Haught, The Heritage Foundation, The American Spectator, nonprofit hospitals, Bradford Gray, Urban Institute, Mark Schlesinger, Yale University, Health Affairs, consumer-driven health, Merrill Matthews, Institute for Policy Innovation, health ownership, John R. Graham, Pacific Research Institute, Medicare fee-for-service, California, America's Health Insurance Plans, Robert Coulam, Simmons College, Roger Feldman, University of Minnesota, Bryan Dowd, Medicare, Medicare Advantage
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Health Reform