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The CBO Report: Looking Past Premiums to Total Cost

Those who oppose reform have been using the recent CBO report to claim that, under the Senate bill, many Americans will pay more for health care. That’s not what CBO said. A careful reading of the report suggests that even... Read More...

Published Thu, Dec 03 2009 9:34 AM by Health Beat

Women and Health Care: Stay Focused on the Real Benefits of Reform

Women have a lot at stake in the debate over health care reform. Some seven in ten women are either uninsured or underinsured, and more than half report forgoing care or preventive visits because they can’t afford it. Meanwhile, insurance... Read More...

Published Tue, Dec 01 2009 2:05 PM by Health Beat

To Health Beat Readers

A family illness has kept me away from the blog for much of the past week. But today, I plan to post--about the Senate compromise, and other matters. Tomorrow, I'll begin catching up with responses to comments. Maggie Read More...

Published Wed, Dec 09 2009 10:43 AM by Health Beat

Glass Half-Empty, Glass Half-Full—the Senate Has a Bill -- Part 2 of 3

A Close Look at the Details You have to hand it to them: on a Saturday, at the 11th hour, in the midst of a blizzard that shut down the nation’s Capitol, Senate Democrats finally nailed that 60th vote needed... Read More...

Published Sun, Dec 20 2009 11:52 AM by Health Beat

Truth Squad: Fox on Health Care Reform and Small Businesses

Fox strikes again. Appearing as a guest host on Fox & Friends yesterday Dana Perino asserted that the health care reform bill's Medicare investment tax on those making over $200,000 a year is "so disturbing ... because the people who... Read...

Published Fri, Mar 19 2010 4:06 PM by Health Beat

T.R. Reid Hosts a Presentation of Money-Driven Medicine on Link TV

Money-Driven Medicine is one of the strongest documentaries I have seen in years and could not be more timely. The more people who see and talk about it, the more likely we are to get serious and true health care... Read More...

Published Fri, Mar 12 2010 2:31 PM by Health Beat

New Studies Highlight Unintended Consequences of Medicare Drug Benefit

In 2006, when the government began offering prescription drug coverage for seniors through Medicare Part D, the goal was to increase utilization of prescription drugs by the elderly who may not have been able to afford them before, and also... Read More...

Published Wed, Aug 25 2010 3:16 PM by Health Beat

As Reform Begins, the National Physicians Alliance Answers the Question: “Are Physicians Knights, Knaves or Pawns”?

Summary: The National Physicians Alliance (NPA) http://npalliance.org/membership. is the American Medical Association (AMA) of the future. The AMA began as a guild, designed to protect the interests of its members. The NPA, by contrast, looks outward...

Published Fri, Sep 24 2010 12:54 PM by Health Beat

Who Is Responsible for What Is Missing in the Health Reform Plan: Lobbyists, Politicians, or the Folks Who Watch Fox? Part 2

Lobbyists representing the many who profit from our $2.6 trillion health care industry spent millions in the war over healthcare reform. Yet National Journal Contributing Editor Eliza Newlin Carney suggests that “it's unclear whether all that lobbying...

Published Fri, Apr 16 2010 6:34 AM by Health Beat

Will Berwick Face a Rough Fight in the Senate?

Over at the New America Foundation’s New Health Dialogue, Joanne Kenen, who covered Congress for more than a decade before becoming a healthcare maven, reports that at least “one well-placed Senate source is quite worried that this could be another.....

Published Mon, Mar 29 2010 3:07 PM by Health Beat

Worn Carpets and Peeling Walls: The Trials of A Fox News Medical Contributor

Pity poor Marc Siegel, a hard-working, primary care doctor who is facing hard times. “As the months drag on, and my office expenses continue to increase, my patients will find that I am barely able to continue to keep my... Read More...

Published Wed, Apr 28 2010 1:24 PM by Health Beat

An Update on Generics: The FDA Resists the Siren Call of Lobbyists

Summary: Earlier this month, an FDA committee voted on whether it should tighten the rules for generics to make certain that they are exactly the same as brand-name drugs. Medical research says that they are equivalent in all of the... Read More...

Published Wed, Apr 28 2010 2:48 PM by Health Beat

Barry C., Don L. and All Readers:

Recently we have had problems with a few comments on HealthBeat disappearing. Typepad, the delivery host for our blog, sends a copy of all comments on HealthBeat to my e-mail account. Recently I received copies of comments by Barry and... Read More.....

Published Tue, Apr 20 2010 8:53 PM by Health Beat

“Dirty Medicine”: How For-Profit Group Purchasing Organizations Control the Medical Supply Market

Summary: Below an excerpt from “Dirty Medicine” which appears in the July/August 2010 issue of Washington Monthly. The article reveals how “group purchasing organizations”( GPOs) have taken control of the medical supply and device market. Originally,...

Published Tue, Jul 06 2010 12:25 PM by Health Beat

Readers Concerned about the Recess Appointment . . .

might want to take a look at Bob Wachter’s post over at Wacther’s World. http://community.the-hospitalist.org/blogs/wachters_world/archive/2010/07/08/why-obama-made-the-right-call-on-berwick.aspx. There, the Associate Chairman of the Department of Medicine...

Published Sun, Jul 11 2010 10:21 AM by Health Beat

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