IN THIS ISSUE: ? It?s Getting Ugly Out There ? Durbin Hides GAO Malpractice Report During Senate Debate ? GAO Report ?Vindicates? Malpractice Reformers ? Keeping Those Blinders On ? Malpractice Risks Raise Health Care Costs ? Malpractice Reform AMA?s Top Goal ? Boutique Medicine ? Not Just for the Wealthy Anymore ? Mandate-Free Coverage Enacted in Texas It?s Getting Ugly Out There My … [Read more...] about Durbin Hides GAO Malpractice Report During Senate Debate
Need for Medicaid Reform Grows
Michael Greve and Jinney Smith presented a paper entitled, ?What Goes Up May Not Go Down: State Medicaid Decisions in Times of Plenty,? at a forum yesterday hosted by the American Enterprise Institute. Respondents included Dennis Smith, Medicaid Director of the Department of Health and Human Services, and Alan Weil of the Urban Institute. Bob Helms of AEI moderated the discussion. Nelson Sabatini, … [Read more...] about Need for Medicaid Reform Grows
Durbin Hides GAO Malpractice Report During Senate Debate
IN THIS ISSUE: ? It?s Getting Ugly Out There ? Durbin Hides GAO Malpractice Report During Senate Debate ? GAO Report ?Vindicates? Malpractice Reformers ? Keeping Those Blinders On ? Malpractice Risks Raise Health Care Costs ? Malpractice Reform AMA?s Top Goal ? Boutique Medicine ? Not Just for the Wealthy Anymore ? Mandate-Free Coverage Enacted in Texas It?s Getting Ugly Out … [Read more...] about Durbin Hides GAO Malpractice Report During Senate Debate
Expand Trade Act Tax Credits?
The Alliance for Health Reform and The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation co-hosted a briefing Friday afternoon to explore the possibility of expanding the tax credits in the Trade Act of 2002 to a broader population. The Trade Act allows for a refundable tax credit worth 65% of the premium cost of qualified health insurance for trade-related displaced workers and recipients of benefits from the … [Read more...] about Expand Trade Act Tax Credits?
Expand Trade Act Tax Credits?
The Alliance for Health Reform and The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation co-hosted a briefing Friday afternoon to explore the possibility of expanding the tax credits in the Trade Act of 2002 to a broader population. The Trade Act allows for a refundable tax credit worth 65% of the premium cost of qualified health insurance for trade-related displaced workers and recipients of benefits from the … [Read more...] about Expand Trade Act Tax Credits?
Florida Renews Disease Management Program
Deep Divides
The politics of Medicare reform become more complex by the day but always are driven by deep and still-unresolved ideological fissures. The question that always is at the center of the debate over health care in this country is whether government or individuals should be in charge of managing resources and decisions. That remains the big divide in the Medicare debate, and it is very, very … [Read more...] about Deep Divides