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Death Of A Sales Job (A Three Act Ploy)
With apologies to Arthur Miller … President Obama went back before the cameras again Wednesday, providing yet another recycling of fading rationales for his health reform product that more voters would rather leave on the Capitol Hill store shelves...
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Private-Payer Hospital Profits Can Lead To Negative Medicare Margins
In an article published March 18 by Health Affairs, researchers at the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission challenge a common assumption about Medicare patients and hospital profit margins. The study finds that hospitals with strong market power lose...
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Tue, Mar 23 2010 7:25 AM
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The Health Care Reform Reconciliation Bill
The House began its last step in the health reform legislative process early in the afternoon of Thursday, March 18, when it released HR 4872, the Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010. As this year’s health reform legislation...
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Three Cheers For Individual Health Insurance
The most significant and most radical change to the health care system that President Obama is proposing is to virtually eliminate the market for individual insurance and replace it with a highly-regulated health insurance exchange. But why would anyone...
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Individual Market Premium Increases: The Debate Continues
Editor’s Note: Anthem Blue Cross of California, the largest health insurance company in California, recently announced plans to increase insurance premiums by as much as 39 percent for people insured in their non-group health insurance plans. There...
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Moving Toward a Robust Comparative Effectiveness Research Enterprise
Editor’s Note: Most health policy analysts believe that better evidence about quality and value, obtained through comparative effectiveness research (CER), can drive better clinical decision making and could potentially slow the rate of growth in health...
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Tue, Mar 30 2010 11:48 AM
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Does Displaying Calorie Counts Lead To Healthier Eating?
One of the lesser-known provisions of the newly passed health reform legislation will require restaurant chains to post calorie counts on menus and drive-through signs. Will people consume fewer calories as a result? Here’s what Brian Elbel and...
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Wed, Mar 24 2010 3:01 PM
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A Pilot Program For Overweight Children Yields Results
An article published earlier this week by Health Affairs discusses a new approach to managing child obesity that supports the delivery of so-called secondary care — referral-based specialized visits — by primary care teams within community...
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Thu, Mar 04 2010 5:43 PM
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HA Blog Top Ten For February
Posts on health reform dominate the ten most-read Health Affairs Blog posts for February. Also on the list are reports on health spending and an innovative way to supplement the primary care workforce: Health Reform: The Need To Move Forward by Henry...
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Thu, Mar 04 2010 8:03 PM
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Health Affairs Policy Briefs Examine Child Obesity
In conjunction with its March 2010 issue on child obesity, Health Affairs has prepared a series of policy briefs. The new Health Affairs volume demonstrates that policy leaders can and should take crucial steps to address the obesity epidemic, and the...
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Tue, Mar 02 2010 8:43 AM
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CBO Gives Democrats Good News On Health Reform
Breaking news this morning provides some cheer for Democrats on health reform. The Congressional Budget Office reportedly will release this afternoon an analysis of the Senate-passed health reform bill as modified by a separate “reconciliation”...
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Thu, Mar 18 2010 8:04 AM
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New Health Wonk Review Is Up
It’s March Madness, and over at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s blog, “The Users’ Guide to the Health Reform Galaxy,” Minna Jung serves up the madness of both the basketball court and the health care reform process in...
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Thu, Mar 18 2010 2:03 PM
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CMS Nominee Berwick On Empowering Patients And Improving Quality
Don Berwick, President Obama’s reported nominee to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, has been a leading voice for improving clinical quality and empowering patients, themes he has discussed in the pages of Health Affairs. Patient-Centered...
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Sun, Mar 28 2010 6:01 PM
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Latest Edition Of Health Wonk Review Is Up
Over at his blog “Wright On Health,” Brad Wright presents some of the best in recent health policy blogging in the latest edition of the Health Wonk Review. Copyright © 2010 Health Affairs Blog. This Feed is for personal non-commercial...
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Health Reform Is Here: What Happens Now?
Now that the President has signed health reform legislation, what happens next? Health Affairs editor-in-chief Susan Dentzer addressed that question in an appearance last night on the PBS NewsHour. In an interview with Jeffrey Brown, Dentzer discussed...
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