Highlights ABC News White House forum No crystal ball, but . . . Lessons from Massachusetts Conflicting opinion polls Featured Articles ABC News anchor Charlie Gibson shook his head after Wednesday night's broadcast from the White House, frustrated he had not been able to draw out more details from President Obama about the sweeping health reform plan that he is pushing. Gibson, as … [Read more...] about Change Vs. Security
Bombshells
Highlights CBO and More Genuine Compromise About the Public Plan Quote of the Week Aircraft Design Featured Articles The bombshells started dropping on the health reform front this week: Soaring costs: The Congressional Budget Office told the Senate health committee its bill would cost $1 trillion over the next 10 years and would only provide health insurance for a net 16 million … [Read more...] about Bombshells
Medicare: A Model Mess
Published in the New York Post June 16, 2009The health debate is now fo cused on the question of a "public option" -- with most Democrats insisting that any reform package must include a government-run health-insurance program that would compete with private insurers.It's a terrible idea. With access to taxpayer dollars, a public option could easily crowd out private competition by … [Read more...] about Medicare: A Model Mess
Obama Heads into the AMA Lion’s Den
Published in National Review Online: The Corner, June 15, 2009When President Obama went into the lion’s den of the American Medical Association today, he carried in some red meat: He said he would side with doctors, rather than with the trial lawyers that support his party, by advocating malpractice reform, a hot-button issue with physicians whose premiums can soar to six figures.Mr. Obama … [Read more...] about Obama Heads into the AMA Lion’s Den
Medicare: A Model Mess
Published in the New York Post June 16, 2009The health debate is now fo cused on the question of a "public option" -- with most Democrats insisting that any reform package must include a government-run health-insurance program that would compete with private insurers.It's a terrible idea. With access to taxpayer dollars, a public option could easily crowd out private competition by … [Read more...] about Medicare: A Model Mess
Obama Heads into the AMA Lion’s Den
Published in National Review Online: The Corner, June 15, 2009When President Obama went into the lion’s den of the American Medical Association today, he carried in some red meat: He said he would side with doctors, rather than with the trial lawyers that support his party, by advocating malpractice reform, a hot-button issue with physicians whose premiums can soar to six figures.Mr. Obama … [Read more...] about Obama Heads into the AMA Lion’s Den
Trouble Brewing
Highlights HELP Reform Bill Ironies Abound Details Matter Early Score Quote of the Day Featured Articles The first Democratic bill in the hopper this week came from Sen. Kennedy's Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, taking 615-pages to turn most of whatever is left of our private health sector over to government. The normally-genteel Sen. Orrin Hatch was quoted in The New … [Read more...] about Trouble Brewing
Protecting Innovation and Progress in Medical Care
Presentation before the Federal Coordinating CouncilFor Comparative Effectiveness Research**Click here to watch the webcast.**Thank you for inviting my comments today about the role of comparative effectiveness research in American health care. My name is Grace-Marie Turner, and I am president of the Galen Institute, a nonprofit research organization dedicated to patient-centered health … [Read more...] about Protecting Innovation and Progress in Medical Care