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"So many lessons, so little time." That was how Brian Lee Crowley of Canada led off his remarks at our major conference, "Lessons from abroad for health reform in the U.S." on Monday, co-sponsored by the Galen Institute and the International Policy Network in London. The presentations by noted experts from Canada, the U.K., and Europe were splendid and offered a sober … [Read more...] about Lessons from Abroad

Hosted by International Policy Network and the Galen InstituteMarch 9, 2009Washington, DCWebcast Part 1: Welcome, overview, and introductions Update on policies and prospects for health reformPart 2: Update on policies and prospects for health reformPart 3: Government involvement in health systems: An overviewPart 4: Perspectives on the coming debate in Congress over health reform   … [Read more...] about Lessons From Abroad for Health Reform in the U.S.

As health reform sped to the top of the policy agenda this week, the timing for our upcoming conference offering some perspective on the debate could not be better. We are hosting, along with the International Policy Network of London, a major conference in Washington this coming Monday that will feature experts in health policy from Europe and Canada to share with us "Lessons from abroad … [Read more...] about Perspective

Highlights Spending Spree Taxing Growth Turner Testimony Spending Spree: "Surreal Spending" was the title of one of our recent newsletters, but that doesn't begin to capture the unbelievable trillions of dollars that Congress and the Obama administration announced this week. It started out, first, with $33 billion more to expand SCHIP, then another $350 billion for the bank … [Read more...] about Audacity, Indeed!

With a major expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program in place and more than $150 billion in health spending authorized in the stimulus bill, the Obama administration already is well on its way to significantly increasing the role of government in our health sector. President Obama is expected to take the next step in advancing his health reform agenda when he delivers his … [Read more...] about The March Continues

The House is poised to take a final vote on the compromise $800-billion spending bill on, appropriately, Friday the 13th, with the Senate likely to follow soon after. In my 36 years in Washington, I have never seen such a surreal environment, with hundreds of billions of dollars in borrowed taxpayer money being spent without committee hearings or even meaningful public debate over the thousands … [Read more...] about Surreal Spending

The health policy landscape was transformed by a huge earthquake this week when former Sen. Tom Daschle withdrew his name for nomination as secretary of Health and Human Services. The likely result, in the short term at least, is that the power center in health reform will remain with the Congress, not the Obama administration. Daschle was in a unique position to wield extraordinary power … [Read more...] about What Next?

Congressional leaders are arguing over whether they'll get a comprehensive health reform bill passed this year or next. But, in fact, major health reform is speeding through Congress in two bills that are on the fast track to enactment -- SCHIP and the economic stimulus bill. Expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program to children in families well into middle-income ranges … [Read more...] about Stealth Reform