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December 2009
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The December 2009 issue of Health Care News reports on the Senate Finance Committee’s October vote to send health care reform legislation to the Senate ... (read more)
The December 2009 issue of Health Care News reports on the Senate Finance Committee’s October vote to send health care reform legislation to the Senate ... (read more)
Baucus Health Care Legislation Advances
Rifts are emerging in the coalition of support for health care reform in the wake of a 14-9 vote by the Senate Finance Committee to send reform legislation ... (read more)
Rifts are emerging in the coalition of support for health care reform in the wake of a 14-9 vote by the Senate Finance Committee to send reform legislation ... (read more)
Consumer-Driven Market Is Sizzling
While President Barack Obama and Congressional Democrats studiously avoid consumer-driven health care models for reform, in the real world, among real people, ... (read more)
While President Barack Obama and Congressional Democrats studiously avoid consumer-driven health care models for reform, in the real world, among real people, ... (read more)
Could Organ Donation Incentives Solve Shortages?
The debate over selling human organs has come into the news again following the arrest this summer of a New Jersey businessman accused of buying and selling ... (read more)
The debate over selling human organs has come into the news again following the arrest this summer of a New Jersey businessman accused of buying and selling ... (read more)
Despite Revisions, Baucus Bill Keeps Tax-and-Spend Focus
The Senate Finance Committee’s version of health care reform as constructed by Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) is being hailed as a model of bipartisan moderation ... (read more)
The Senate Finance Committee’s version of health care reform as constructed by Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) is being hailed as a model of bipartisan moderation ... (read more)
Health Care Overhaul Plan Breaks Promises to Seniors
President Barack Obama has promised that if you like the health coverage you have now, you can keep it. Medicare beneficiaries across the country, including ... (read more)
President Barack Obama has promised that if you like the health coverage you have now, you can keep it. Medicare beneficiaries across the country, including ... (read more)
Hidden Assumptions in Baucus Health Plan Will Make Costs Jump
The Congressional Budget Office’s preliminary cost estimate of the Senate Finance Committee’s health care legislation added up to $829 billion ... (read more)
The Congressional Budget Office’s preliminary cost estimate of the Senate Finance Committee’s health care legislation added up to $829 billion ... (read more)
Indiana HSA Success a Lesson for Other States
More than 50 percent of state government employees in Indiana have health savings accounts, the nation’s highest state employee participation rate ... (read more)
More than 50 percent of state government employees in Indiana have health savings accounts, the nation’s highest state employee participation rate ... (read more)
Medicaid Expansion Would Strain State Budgets
State governments are bracing for the effects of the most-prominent congressional health care proposals, all of which would expand Medicaid and increase ... (read more)
State governments are bracing for the effects of the most-prominent congressional health care proposals, all of which would expand Medicaid and increase ... (read more)
Medicare Plagued by Waste, Fraud, Abuse
With cost savings through reduction of waste, fraud, and abuse in the Medicare system being offered as a key funding source for health care reform currently ... (read more)
With cost savings through reduction of waste, fraud, and abuse in the Medicare system being offered as a key funding source for health care reform currently ... (read more)
Missouri Tort Reform Reverses Doctor Exodus
In a development suggesting medical malpractice reform may help alleviate doctor shortages, a package of reforms in Missouri signed in 2005 by then-governor ... (read more)
In a development suggesting medical malpractice reform may help alleviate doctor shortages, a package of reforms in Missouri signed in 2005 by then-governor ... (read more)
Obama Plan Neglects Importance of Incentives
While undoubtedly well-intentioned, President Barack Obama’s health care reform plan ignores a central concern of economics.Economics is the science ... (read more)
While undoubtedly well-intentioned, President Barack Obama’s health care reform plan ignores a central concern of economics.Economics is the science ... (read more)
Public Option May Get Cut from Health Care Bill
As congressional Democrats work on the final version of sweeping health care legislation, it remains unclear which provisions will survive the complex bill-making ... (read more)
As congressional Democrats work on the final version of sweeping health care legislation, it remains unclear which provisions will survive the complex bill-making ... (read more)
Rationing in Canada Sparks ‘Private Option’ Calls
While House Democrats led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) point to Canada’s government-run public health care system as a model for remedying U.S. ... (read more)
While House Democrats led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) point to Canada’s government-run public health care system as a model for remedying U.S. ... (read more)
Swiss Health Care System Poor Model for U.S.
Some proponents of the health care overhaul proposals currently before Congress are pointing to the plan Switzerland has used since 1994 as a possible model ... (read more)
Some proponents of the health care overhaul proposals currently before Congress are pointing to the plan Switzerland has used since 1994 as a possible model ... (read more)
Texas Could Be Hit Hard By Medicaid Pressures
Texas has a history of balancing its state budget during even the worst of economic times, but if a U.S. Senate Finance Committee proposal to expand Medicaid ... (read more)
Texas has a history of balancing its state budget during even the worst of economic times, but if a U.S. Senate Finance Committee proposal to expand Medicaid ... (read more)
Unions Exert Pressure on Health Care Reform
Labor union lobbying is playing a key role in the national debate about health care reform, as unions seek to protect the expensive, full-coverage plans ... (read more)
Labor union lobbying is playing a key role in the national debate about health care reform, as unions seek to protect the expensive, full-coverage plans ... (read more)
VA a Poor Model for Health Care Reform
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs medical system—touted by some advocates of reform as a model for how government-run health care could work—in ... (read more)
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs medical system—touted by some advocates of reform as a model for how government-run health care could work—in ... (read more)
Wellness Programs Unlikely to Cut Costs
Illustrating the importance of wellness promotion in the debate over health care reform, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee approved ... (read more)
Illustrating the importance of wellness promotion in the debate over health care reform, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee approved ... (read more)
Why New Jersey Has High Level of Uninsured
As health care reform dominates discussions on Capitol Hill, the experience of states such as New Jersey, which has one of the largest uninsured populations ... (read more)
As health care reform dominates discussions on Capitol Hill, the experience of states such as New Jersey, which has one of the largest uninsured populations ... (read more)