A recent Kaiser Foundation data note looks at attitudes on paying for health reform.
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A recent JAMA commentary gives a concise summary of the cost control problems.
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Massachusetts residents are not thrilled with their health care reform, according to a Rasmussen poll.
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Unhappy with its projections, Democrats have beginning disparaging the CBO's estimates on health reform.
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Reality appears to have hit the health reform train head-on in the form of the costs of expanding coverage. Maybe we should focus on getting costs under control and then…
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The CBO's June 16th letter to Senator Conrad is an excellent summary of health reform and cost control ideas and implementation issues.
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Congressional Budget Office has responded briefly to the proposals by several health industry segments to create cost savings of up to two trillion dollars over ten years.
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The Congressional Budget Office's initial assessment of Senator Kennedy’s Affordable health Choices Act is that it would increase deficits by about one trillion dollars over the next ten years, but…
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Republican Senators have now introduced a bill to essentially gut federal funding or use of comparative effectiveness research, continuing an attack on the proposed expansion of such research for the…
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One of the controversial provisions in some health care reform proposals has been creation of a public plan, often analogized to Medicare, which would be an option offered alongside private…
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Massachusetts has become such a bellweather for health reform that every report analyzing the program’s outcomes is eagerly anticipated. Health Affairs, vol. 28, page w578 (May 2009), looks at some…
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Several of the country's largest health plans have recently issued reports or statements relating to health care reform. While the source needs to be considered in reading any discussion of…
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The Healthy Skeptic is a website about the health care system, and is written by Kevin Roche, who has many years of experience working in the health industry. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements through Roche Consulting, LLC and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com.
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