Healthcare-Reform - 1 views
Health care reform is an issue that has been on the political front burner for me this year - as it has been for so many others, now and in 1993-4, if not earlier. (The comments below draw in part...
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Historic Passage - Reform at Last - NEJM,3/24/10 - 0 views
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Frederick Smith on 25 Mar 10John K. Iglehart: 'President Barack Obama, sealing a hard-fought and historic victory, has signed into law the Democrats' comprehensive health care reform bill, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, a sweeping measure that would expand coverage to 32 million uninsured Americans. Appearing March 23 in the White House, Obama said, "Today . . . health insurance reform becomes law in the United States of America. . . . We have just enshrined the core principle that everybody should have some basic security when it comes to their health care." '
The War Isn't Over [for Equality in Health Care Access] - 0 views
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H.J. Aaron (health economist) and R.D. Reischauer (former director of HBO): "Health care reform advocates will and should celebrate their history-making legislative success.... But supporters must not relax. They should prepare to meet the serious challenges that remain.... Far from having ended, the war to make health care reform an enduring success has just begun. Winning that war will require administrative determination and imagination and as much political resolve as was needed to pass the legislation."
Editorial - Reform and Medical Costs - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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The fundamental fix for health care reform is likely to be achieved only through trial and error and incremental gains.\n
The ACP Advocate Blog by Bob Doherty (American College of Physicians) - 0 views
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Bob Doherty is the main Washington lobbyist of the ACP - after the AMA, the largest organization of US doctors (representing internal medicine physicians, whether primary care or subspecialist). He's had some very interesting posts since the Massachusetts Senate upset. His blog is a finalist in the sixth annual Medical Weblog Awards for the Best Health Policies/Ethics Weblog. Doherty articulates the ACP's case for supporting the current Senate&House Health Care Reform legislation (whose failure he & many others will end up leading eventually to more draconian limits on doctors & patients, in order to control the currently unsustainable growth in US health care costs (now approaching 20% of GDP).
plain language summary of hr 3200 - 0 views
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from St.Louis examiner.com
Op-Ed - Krugman - Fear Strikes Out - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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In the debate leading up to the victory for health care reform, President Obama urged lawmakers to do what is right, while opponents relied on fear and cynicism.
Op-Ed - Brooks - The Democrats Rejoice - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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The passage of health care reform is the end of the century-long welfare project and the beginning of the task of saving the country from fiscal ruin. [FS: I completely disagree with Brooks's conclusions.]
Costs & Compassion, by Paul Krugman on health care reform - 0 views
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Agrees with Obama's 7/22/09 analysis of need to overhaul health care system - compassion coincides with need for cost constraint.
Dr. Kevin Pho on why current HealthReform bills are docs' best hope - 0 views
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Pho is a fairly conservative primary care doctor in New Hampshire, but believes that defeat of the current Senate/House legislation will eventually lead to more draconian restrictions on doctors and patients, since the cost of medical care will otherwise become untenable in the U.S.
Krugman, The Swiss Menace - 0 views
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Swiss private & universal health care
ECONOMICS & UNIN - 0 views
ECONOMICS & UNINSURED An individual's lack of health insurance affects everyone in the country economically, so requiring it is constitutional. When the uninsured person goes to the ER, t...
David Cutler: Health Reform Passes the Cost Test - WSJ.com - 0 views
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Harvard econ prof David Cutler says the Obama plan will cut costs-$600 billion over the next decade-and that those in Washington should not walk away from it.
R.Brownstein. A Milestone In the Health Care Journey - Atlantic Politics - 0 views
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Serious effect on medical cost curve
Health Care's Generation Gap - 0 views
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over-spending on very old, too little on young
A TRAGIC TRAVESTY: I - 0 views
A TRAGIC TRAVESTY: INSURER DENIES COVERAGE FOR A 22-Y.O. WOMAN'S RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS AS A "PRE-EXISTING CONDITION" 20 years ago I had an unforgettable patient experience that co...
Letters - It's Crunch Time on Health Care - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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Includes Fred letter re accepting imperfect HCR bill, even without public option.