View presentations by Grace-Marie Turner and Greg Scandlen given in La Quinta to the California Medical Association's Leadership Academy on ?Access, Quality and Cost in the Era of Consumerism.? … [Read more...] about Access, Quality and Cost in the Era of Consumerism
Archives for November 2004
Access, Quality and Cost in the Era of Consumerism
View presentations by Grace-Marie Turner and Greg Scandlen given in La Quinta to the California Medical Association's Leadership Academy on ?Access, Quality and Cost in the Era of Consumerism.? … [Read more...] about Access, Quality and Cost in the Era of Consumerism
The Importance of Tax Reform
This is a special combined edition of Health Policy Matters and Consumer Choice Matters. We want to draw attention - and discussion - to a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to bring essential change to health care financing. It would be a shame to let this opportunity slip through our fingers. President Bush has made a fundamental rewriting and simplification of the tax code a priority of his second … [Read more...] about The Importance of Tax Reform
New Interest
There was a quickening of interest this week in our work on consumer-directed care, with medical associations, investment groups, and others who may have been taking a wait-and-see approach to the election results suddenly wanting to learn more. The election was consequential in determining whether this new approach to engaging consumers as partners in managing health costs will indeed be … [Read more...] about New Interest
What the Election Will Bring in Health Care
IN THIS ISSUE: ? What the Election Will Bring in Health Care ? Second Term Focus on AHPs HSAs ? "The future is Republican" - Barone ? Bush is Better for Canada - Corcoran ? Individual Market "Daunting" in Missouri? ? HSAs to Grow "Exponentially" - Lieber ? HSAs Hot in Connecticut ? Getting a Good Deal in Florida ? Playing Down Expectations for DirigoChoice in Maine What the Election … [Read more...] about What the Election Will Bring in Health Care
What the Election Will Bring in Health Care
IN THIS ISSUE: ? What the Election Will Bring in Health Care ? Second Term Focus on AHPs HSAs ? "The future is Republican" - Barone ? Bush is Better for Canada - Corcoran ? Individual Market "Daunting" in Missouri? ? HSAs to Grow "Exponentially" - Lieber ? HSAs Hot in Connecticut ? Getting a Good Deal in Florida ? Playing Down Expectations for DirigoChoice in Maine What … [Read more...] about What the Election Will Bring in Health Care
Health Care Unity: The Top Ten List
One lesson learned over the last several decades of health policy battles is that bi-partisan action is key. While health care never became a top-tier issue in the presidential campaign, exit polls showed that 70% of voters were ?very concerned? about health care costs and availability. Several newly-elected legislators from both sides of the aisle, such as Democratic Senator-elect Barack Obama … [Read more...] about Health Care Unity: The Top Ten List
Movement Leaders
IN THIS ISSUE: I want to do something different with the newsletter this week. I'm writing this on Monday night and election anxiety is so high that it is hard to concentrate on much else. By the time you have time to read this, you may already know the results. On the other hand, it may drag out for weeks - who knows? In either case, the mission of the Galen Institute and our Center for … [Read more...] about Movement Leaders