Health Reform in the 21st Century: Insurance Market Reforms
Statement of Uwe E. Reinhardt, Ph.D.
House Committee on Ways and Means
April 22, 2009
A much mouthed mantra
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Health Reform in the 21st Century: Insurance Market Reforms
Statement of Uwe E. Reinhardt, Ph.D.
House Committee on Ways and Means
April 22, 2009
A much mouthed mantra
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If this article gains traction, the conclusion that likely will be reported is that Americans support an individual mandate to purchase insurance as long as
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Will Americans Support the Individual Mandate?
by Tara Sussman, Robert J. Blendon, and Andrea Louise Campbell
Health Affairs
April 21, 2009
Survey questions
If this article gains traction, the conclusion
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Our political leaders keep telling us that Americans don't want single payer, but instead we want a uniquely American solution for all Americans. So what
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TNRtv: The Case for Single-Payer Health Care
By Jonathan Cohn
The Treatment (TNR's health care blog)
The New Republic
April 17, 2009
At the 2009 World Health Care Congress,
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TNRtv: The Case for Single-Payer Health Care
By Jonathan Cohn
The Treatment (TNR's health care blog)
The New Republic
April 17, 2009
At the 2009 World Health Care Congress,
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The opponents of the public option, especially the private insurance industry and the Republican members of Congress, insist that a government-sponsored plan would be an
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Extended discussion of Lewin Group
By Jacob Hacker
Institute for America's Future
April 11, 2009
The opponents of the public option, especially the private insurance industry and the Republican
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High health care costs are the primary driving force behind the renewed effort for reform. Everyone agrees that high costs are straining personal, business and
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The Obama Administration's Options for Health Care Cost Control: Hope Versus Reality
By Theodore Marmor, PhD; Jonathan Oberlander, PhD; and Joseph White, PhD
Annals of Internal Medicine
April
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Joshua Freeman, MD is Professor and Chair of the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Kansas School of Medicine. I was fortunate to
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Does the nation need a clear policy on a right to basic health care?
By Josh Freeman
Medicine and Social Justice
April 10, 2009
At a recent conference, I