Brian Lee Crowley testified before Pennsylvania legislators this week, on behalf of AIMS and the Galen Institute, to describe the minefield ahead in further politicizing health care. Crowley uses a mix of in-depth research and personal experience to show the faults within Canadian health care and the lessons Americans can draw from its experience. As politicians are drawn into ever more … [Read more...] about Canadian Care: So Many Lessons, So Little Time
Flu Fears
Highlights Flu Facts Specter's Switch Baucus Criticizes CMS Featured Articles John Barry's excellent book, The Great Influenza, provides a dramatic and detailed account of the extraordinary mistakes that were made, including many by governments, that led to the most deadly pandemic in recorded history in 1918. At least 30 million and possibly as many as 100 million people around the … [Read more...] about Flu Fears
Putting Patients First
Highlights Reform Schedule Comparative Effectiveness Patient Advocates And Also… Featured Articles Reform Schedule: Senators Baucus and Kennedy sent a letter to President Obama this week saying their committees plan to vote on comprehensive health reform legislation in early June, which means legislation could be sent to the full Senate for a vote soon afterward. This is an … [Read more...] about Putting Patients First
Public Plan
Highlights The Public Plan Video Contest More Signatures Guatemala Featured Articles The Public Plan: The hottest topic in the health reform debate is over the question of whether or not the government should form a new health plan that would compete with private insurance. The reason this is such a big battle is because it is the fight over the future of health care in the United States: … [Read more...] about Public Plan
Sign the Petition
Would the health reform prescriptions being offered by President Obama and congressional leaders help patients? It seems a fitting question to ask since Mr. Obama has assured Americans they will be able to keep their doctor and their current coverage if they are satisfied and will have even more choices. Our Health Policy Consensus Group took that as a challenge to ask whether the policy … [Read more...] about Sign the Petition
Would the Health Reform Prescriptions Offered by President Obama and Congressional Leaders Help Patients?
STATEMENT ON HEALTH REFORM From the Health Policy Consensus Group1 President Obama repeatedly has reassured the American people, “If you've got health care already, and probably the majority of you do, then you can keep your plan if you are satisfied with it. You can keep your choice of doctor.”2 Research shows 82 percent of Americans rate the health care they receive as good to … [Read more...] about Would the Health Reform Prescriptions Offered by President Obama and Congressional Leaders Help Patients?
Would the Health Reform Prescriptions Offered by President Obama and Congressional Leaders Help Patients?
STATEMENT ON HEALTH REFORM From the Health Policy Consensus Group1 President Obama repeatedly has reassured the American people, “If you've got health care already, and probably the majority of you do, then you can keep your plan if you are satisfied with it. You can keep your choice of doctor.”2 Research shows 82 percent of Americans rate the health care they receive as good to … [Read more...] about Would the Health Reform Prescriptions Offered by President Obama and Congressional Leaders Help Patients?
Do No Harm: Sign Our Petition!
The Hippocratic Oath Taken by All Doctors: "First, do no harm"Politicians, policymakers and public officials should take the same oath: DO NO HARM TO AMERICA'S HEALTH CARE SYSTEM.Many of the proposals and ideas will make America's health care system worse, not better!Our freedom to make basic decisions about life, liberty, and health care is at stake.Tell the politicians in … [Read more...] about Do No Harm: Sign Our Petition!