Archive for April, 2008
Democrats Hedge on Health Care
Friday, April 25th, 2008By Manu Raju
The Hill
Wednesday 23 April 2008
Congressional Democrats are backing away from healthcare reform promises made by their two presidential candidates, saying that even if their party controls the White House and Congress, sweeping change will be difficult.
It is still seven months before Election Day, but already senior Democrats are maneuvering to lower public expectations […]
A Second Opinion on U.S. Health Care Costs
Friday, April 25th, 2008
The New England Journal Of Medicine
Volume 358:549-551 February 7, 2008 Number 6
Market-Based Failure - A Second Opinion on U.S. Health Care Costs
Robert Kuttner
U.S. health care expenditures rose 6.7% in 2006, the government recently reported. According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, total health care expenditures exceeded $2.1 trillion, or more than $7,000 […]
Health Reform You Shouldn’t Believe In
Friday, April 25th, 2008What the Massachusetts experiment teaches us about incremental efforts to increase coverage by expanding private insurance.
Marcia Angel
For all their promise of change, Democrats are remarkably timid about changing the health-care system. The system now costs twice as much per person as those of other advanced countries and delivers worse average outcomes. It prices tens […]
