November 2009 - Health Beat - The Network of Care

A New Health Bill Means Renewed Opposition from Abortion Foes

Conservatives have argued that abortion has no place in a health care bill—I couldn’t agree more (although for completely different reasons…). In fact, I think individual insurers should be the ones to decide whether or not it makes sense for... Read...

Published Wed, Nov 04 2009 8:19 AM by Health Beat

Heath Care Reform-- Looking at the Glass Half-Full

What Has Been Accomplished; What Still Must Be Done These days, many progressives are expressing deep disappointment with the health reform legislation now moving through Congress. Some suggest that some legislators made deals with lobbyists and let them...

Published Wed, Nov 04 2009 7:54 AM by Health Beat

Breaking News from AP: Reform Moves Forward as AARP Endorses House Bill

Many reformers have been uncertain as to whether they could rely on the Association of Retired Persons (AARP) to support progressive health care reform. After all, AARP has close ties to the insurance industry. But this evening, the Associated Press....

Published Wed, Nov 04 2009 5:36 PM by Health Beat

More on how The House and Senate Bills are “Ambitious”: “Not Perfect—but Ambitious”

Over at the New America Foundation, blogger Joanne Kenen elaborates on how the House and Senate Finance bills can lead to providing better end-of-life care. As As Kenen points out, these proposals are all about giving people choices—including the parents...

Published Fri, Nov 06 2009 2:04 PM by Health Beat

Intermountain Healthcare -- Proof That U.S. Hospitals Can Improve

(We Should Not Scoff at the Medicare Pilot Programs in Reform Legislation) I urge everyone to read this story by David Leonhardt in this Sunday’s (November 8) New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/08/magazine/08Healthcare-t.html?pagewanted=1&_r...

Published Fri, Nov 06 2009 3:28 PM by Health Beat

If You, a Friend, or a Relative Live in New Jersey

Money-Driven Medicine, a film produced by Alex Gibney (best known for Enron: the Smartest Guys in the Room), will be screened Tuesday night (Nov. 10) 5:00 - 6:30 p.m. at the New Jersey State Museum Auditorium, 205 West State Street,... Read More...

Published Sat, Nov 07 2009 3:29 PM by Health Beat

If You Haven’t Seen Money-Driven Medicine, the Film . . .

based on my book (Money-Driven Medicine: The Real Reason Health Care Costs So Much) , produced by Academy-Award winning documentary film-maker Alex Gibney (best known for “Enron: The Smartest Guys In the Room”), a free streaming video of the 90-minute...

Published Sat, Nov 07 2009 3:11 PM by Health Beat

The Slaughter at Fort Hood Is Not About One Individual

We Have Been Driving Our Soldiers to a Breaking Point The Ft. Hood massacre is not about one soldier suddenly “snapping.”And whether Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan was a devout Muslim or not is of little importance. This tragedy calls attention... Read More....

Published Sat, Nov 07 2009 6:20 PM by Health Beat

Fire Dog Lake – 5-6:30 Pacific Time, 8:00 – 9:30 EST

I’ll be doing Fire Dog Lake’s Movie Salon live, this evening, answering questions about Money Driven Medicine.You’ll find the salon on www.firedoglake.com Read More...

Published Mon, Nov 09 2009 2:01 PM by Health Beat

H1N1 Vaccine Policy is the Path of Least Resistance

Health policy is best when it stands on the shoulders of rigorous scientific research—for example, restricting tobacco makes sense because it’s proven to reduce cancer rates and mortality. But sometimes health policy is built on a slightly shakier premise;...

Published Tue, Nov 10 2009 2:21 PM by Health Beat

Screenings of Money-Driven Medicine in Boston and Seattle Nov. 18 & Nov. 22

Boston: HealthBeat reader, nurse and healthcare advocate Ann Malone has passed along this invitation: Please join us for the screening of Money Driven Medicine: What’s Wrong with America’s Healthcare and How to Fix It” on Wednesday, November 18th and...

Published Wed, Nov 11 2009 1:32 PM by Health Beat

Patient Safety Forum and Screening of Money-Driven Medicine in Washington D.C. Tuesday, Nov 17

Consumers Union's “Safe Patient Project” is hosting a Patient Safety Forum at the Kaiser Family Foundation in Washington, D.C. (1330 G Street, NW) Tuesday, November 17, 10 a.m. – 3:30. The forum marks the 10-year anniversary of the Institute of.....

Published Wed, Nov 11 2009 1:27 PM by Health Beat

Reform: Looking at the Glass Half-Full Part 2

The Truth about the Public Option For reasons I don’t understand, progressive pundits have been swallowing Congressional Budget Office Director Douglas Elmendorf’s dispiriting speculation about the public plan, hook, line and sinker. Elmendorf claims...

Published Thu, Nov 12 2009 1:10 PM by Health Beat

If Conservatives Ran Heath Care . . . and We Had a Single-Payer System

[Below an Op-ed that I wrote for the Washington Post’s “Outlook” section. It appeared yesterday Sunday, November 15, 2009. Many readers have commented on the Washington Post website, but I’d also be interested in hearing from HealthBeat readers here....

Published Mon, Nov 16 2009 6:22 AM by Health Beat

Business Leaders Try to Undermine Reform

In an 11th hour attack on health care reform, a coalition of employer groups, including the Chamber of Commerce, wrote to House Speaker Pelosi and Republican Leader Boehner at the end of October opposing the Democrats' health reform bill. (The......

Published Mon, Nov 16 2009 12:01 PM by Health Beat

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