Geiger Published in Pharmaceutical Representative

Michael Geiger’s  (EMPH 2010) Issues & Approaches to Health Policy paper focused on the ramifications of a National Healthcare system (defined as a government run, single payer, tax financed system without third party payer involvement) on the pharmaceutical industry. Subsequent to the conclusion of the core class, Michael submitted his paper for publication to a [...]

Medicaid and the U.S. Path to National Health Insurance

The following appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine. 
Great Expectations – The Obama Administration and Health Care Reform
Health Care 2009: Medicaid and the U.S. Path to National Health Insurance
Michael Sparer, Ph.D., J.D.

The 2008 presidential election has rekindled long-simmering hopes for comprehensive health care reform. The policy debate includes references to new government programs (perhaps [...]

Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies

For those of you who would like to read the White House  memoradum, which is pretty much a cease and desist order, you can click here for a copy of it. Depending on your political leaning, this is either the beginning of the end, or, well… really good news.   Regardless, the first 100 days of [...]

Legislative and Activism Notes From Around the Horn

MObama Wants Journalist Gupta for Surgeon General
AARP officials today touted healthcare reform as the key to resolving the nation’s economic crisis and urged prompt congressional action to rein in the soaring costs of Medicare and other government programs as well as private medical insurance programs.

7 hospitals in NY accused of $50M Medicaid fraud
Pelosi Announces [...]

Boston Globe: Lobbies backing health reforms

The Boston Globe is reporting that the very groups that helped to thwart health care reform 16 years ago, are now pushing for some of the very reforms they were against.
WASHINGTON – Powerful special interest groups that helped torpedo healthcare reform 16 years ago are now advocating significant changes in the nation’s health insurance and [...]

PWC Report Out on the Obama Administration

Today, PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Research Institute put out a report entitled. Healthcare policy in an Obama administration: Delivering on the Promise of universal coverage.
You can download the report here, and the chart pack here.
President-elect Obama has indicated that his administration will reform the American health system to expand access and make health care more affordable. However, [...]

Baucus ≠ Lame Duck

Some people just can’t wait to get started. Below is the Executive Summary of Chairman Baucus’ Health Reform for 2009.  The timing is fairly interesting because in recent days, rumors have swirling about Senator Kennedy introducing a Health Care package in early Jan 2009.  Many believed that he would give Senator Clinton a larger role, [...]

McCain’s Health Care Fact Check

The McCain- Palin Campaign just sent out these little ‘fact-pills.’  (You can click on the pill to take you to the Campaign Website).  It seems in the last week of campaigning, health care is starting to rival the economy as the marquee issue in the swing states.

New York Times Editorial: The Candidates’ Health Plans

October 28, 2008
Editorial
The Candidates’ Health Plans
The nation’s health care system is desperately in need of reform — as far too many Americans know from grim, personal experience. In this election, Barack Obama and John McCain are offering starkly different ideas for how to fix that system.
There is no shortage of problems:
¶ Some 45 million Americans [...]

New England Journal of Medicine: Health Care in the Next Administration

Just over a month ago, Professor Sherry Glied examined the McCain Health Care Plan in Health Affairs.  This month, The New England Journal of Medicine takes a look at how the next POTUS would approach health care;
The future of health care in the United States — access, cost, and quality — is a critical issue [...]