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Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act by the Numbers.

by Martin Trussell on November 19, 2009

in Healthcare Reform, politics

$25 billion — Unfunded state mandates in additional Medicaid expenditures over the 2010–2019 period

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Healthcare Without a Public Option Should not Quiet the Debate.

by Martin Trussell on August 18, 2009

in Healthcare Reform, health insurance, politics

The public option is a lightning rod issue for those wanting to find the lowest common denominator in this debate. The public option = government-run healthcare = socialism = bad – end of argument.

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Half of Voters Favor Obama Health Plan. But What is it?

by Martin Trussell on June 30, 2009

in Consumer-driven Health Care, Health Savings Accounts, Healthcare Reform, Social media, Universal Healthcare, health insurance, politics

With each passing day, I am becoming more convinced that a good many of the people who are engaging in the “debate” about healthcare reform have no clue about the issues that the Obama administration and Congress are wrestling with.
Last evening I logged on to a White House Forum on Healthcare Reform that was being [...]

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Health Insurers Agree to End Charging Higher Premiums for Women.

by Martin Trussell on May 6, 2009

in Healthcare Reform, Universal Healthcare, health insurance, politics

Yesterday, on this blog, I referred to the national healthcare reform debate as being like a chess game with each side making moves in turn that will eventually lead to the final outcome.

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Dems Offer Compromise on Proposed Government-run Insurance Program.

by Martin Trussell on May 5, 2009

in Universal Healthcare, health insurance, healthcare reform, politics

Time moves quickly inside the Beltway. It was just last week that Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, told a press briefing that Congressional leaders “will get to this a little later,” referencing the creation of any new government-run insurance program.
Apparently “a little later” was yesterday when Senator Charles E. Schumer [...]

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Needed: More Primary Care Docs.

by Martin Trussell on May 1, 2009

in Most Popular, Universal Healthcare, health insurance, healthcare reform, politics

A thoughtful piece on healthcare reform appeared yesterday on the HealthLeaders website, www.healthleadersmedia .com.
In an article entitled “It’s Time to Pay Primary Care More,” Elyas Bakhtiari noted that at a time when Democratic leaders in Congress prepare to introduce healthcare reform legislation, the Obama administration is expressing concern about the growing primary care doctor shortage [...]

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Did Sen. Baucus Just use a Jedi Mind Trick to Confuse About the Public Plan?

by Martin Trussell on April 27, 2009

in Health, Universal Healthcare, health insurance, healthcare reform

The word coming out of Washington over the last few days dealing with healthcare reform legislation reminds me somewhat of the Jedi hand wave mind trick from the original 1977 Star Wars movie.

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“Public Plan” Still Big Part of Obama Healthcare Reform Agenda.

by Martin Trussell on April 16, 2009

in Health IT, Health Savings Accounts, Healthcare Reform, Universal Healthcare, health insurance, healthcare reform, politics

Nancy-Ann DeParle, director of the White House health reform office, is certainly getting her share of press today as healthcare writers try to unwind what she had to say during a forty minute discussion with reporters that was sponsored yesterday by the Kaiser Family Foundation.
President Barack Obama’s top health care adviser said that work on [...]

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