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Health Care Reform: What’s in It for Patients?

ABC News, May 12, 2009 On the same day that insurance companies, hospitals, doctors’ groups and other so-called stakeholders in the United States health care system met with President Obama to discuss reforms, 64-year-old Patty Keen of Delaware was adjusting her schedule to attend the rehearsal for her grandson’s confirmation. ...
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Washington View: Health care fix hinges on learning from others’ mistakes

The Columbian (Vancouver, WA), May 11, 2009 Bonney Lake/Sumner Courier Herald (WA), May 12, 2009 Comprehensive health care reform is high on President Obama’s agenda, as it rightly should be. Health care is a growing expense for government, employers and families. There are no easy answers, as U.S. Sen. Ben ...
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Kansas Gov. Sebelius 2nd Choice for HHS

President Barack Obama has nominated Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius (D) to serve as secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Sebelius is Obama’s second nominee for the post, after his initial selection for HHS and White House health care czar, former U.S. senator Tom Daschle (D-SD), admitted ...
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Obama’s public plan will be a disaster for American health care

High-ranking Democrats recently signaled that they might exploit a procedural maneuver in congressional protocol to pass major healthcare legislation without a single Republican vote. Through “budget reconciliation,” a fast-track process that allows the Senate to pass the government’s budget without debate and with just a simple majority, Democratic leaders hope ...
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Would the Health Reform Prescriptions Offered by President Obama and Congressional Leaders Help Patients?

Health Policy Consensus Group Statement By Thomas P. Miller, Scott Gottlieb, M.D., Robert B. Helms, Joseph Antos, Doug Badger, Robert A. Book, James C. Capretta, Greg D’Angelo, Stephen J. Entin, John C. Goodman, Linda Gorman, John R. Graham, Paul Guppy, John S. Hoff, Merrill Matthews, Amy Menefee, Robert E. Moffit, ...
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Testimony to the U.S. Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health

Sally C. Pipes, President & CEO, Pacific Research Institute Tuesday, March 17, 2009 2322 Rayburn Building, Washington, D.C. I would like to thank the members of the Subcommittee for inviting me to testify on “Making Health Care Work for American Families: Ensuring Affordable Coverage”. I think that everyone would agree ...
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Top Ten Myths of American Health Care – Speech at the John Locke Foundation

Sally C. Pipes, President and CEO of the Pacific Research Institute, talks about her book The Top 10 Myths of American Health Care, comparative effectiveness research, and the new administrations proposals for health care reform.
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Should US Health Care Reform Follow Canada’s Single Payer System?

Leah Costello interviews a panel of experts, including John R. Graham, discussing whether US health care reform should follow Canada’s single payer system, why investment is down in Alberta’s energy industry, and new US proposals to regulate the financial markets.
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At Summit, President Obama Says He’s Open To Compromise On His Health Care Proposal, New York Times Reports

Medical News Today, March 9, 2009 President Obama on Thursday during a White House health care summit “indicated for the first time that he was open to compromise on details of the proposal he put forth in the 2008 campaign,” the New York Times reports (Pear/Stolberg, New York Times, 3/6). ...
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Obama’s healthcare plan: Not healthy, not wealthy, and certainly not wise.

The Examiner (Washington, D.C.), March 7, 2009 In his recent speech to Congress, President Barack Obama touted his administration’s “historic commitment” to “the principle that we must have quality, affordable health care for every American.” But the plan he’s poised to enact would provide care that is neither quality nor ...
Commentary

Health Care Reform: What’s in It for Patients?

ABC News, May 12, 2009 On the same day that insurance companies, hospitals, doctors’ groups and other so-called stakeholders in the United States health care system met with President Obama to discuss reforms, 64-year-old Patty Keen of Delaware was adjusting her schedule to attend the rehearsal for her grandson’s confirmation. ...
Commentary

Washington View: Health care fix hinges on learning from others’ mistakes

The Columbian (Vancouver, WA), May 11, 2009 Bonney Lake/Sumner Courier Herald (WA), May 12, 2009 Comprehensive health care reform is high on President Obama’s agenda, as it rightly should be. Health care is a growing expense for government, employers and families. There are no easy answers, as U.S. Sen. Ben ...
Commentary

Kansas Gov. Sebelius 2nd Choice for HHS

President Barack Obama has nominated Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius (D) to serve as secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Sebelius is Obama’s second nominee for the post, after his initial selection for HHS and White House health care czar, former U.S. senator Tom Daschle (D-SD), admitted ...
Commentary

Obama’s public plan will be a disaster for American health care

High-ranking Democrats recently signaled that they might exploit a procedural maneuver in congressional protocol to pass major healthcare legislation without a single Republican vote. Through “budget reconciliation,” a fast-track process that allows the Senate to pass the government’s budget without debate and with just a simple majority, Democratic leaders hope ...
Commentary

Would the Health Reform Prescriptions Offered by President Obama and Congressional Leaders Help Patients?

Health Policy Consensus Group Statement By Thomas P. Miller, Scott Gottlieb, M.D., Robert B. Helms, Joseph Antos, Doug Badger, Robert A. Book, James C. Capretta, Greg D’Angelo, Stephen J. Entin, John C. Goodman, Linda Gorman, John R. Graham, Paul Guppy, John S. Hoff, Merrill Matthews, Amy Menefee, Robert E. Moffit, ...
Health Care

Testimony to the U.S. Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health

Sally C. Pipes, President & CEO, Pacific Research Institute Tuesday, March 17, 2009 2322 Rayburn Building, Washington, D.C. I would like to thank the members of the Subcommittee for inviting me to testify on “Making Health Care Work for American Families: Ensuring Affordable Coverage”. I think that everyone would agree ...
Health Care

Top Ten Myths of American Health Care – Speech at the John Locke Foundation

Sally C. Pipes, President and CEO of the Pacific Research Institute, talks about her book The Top 10 Myths of American Health Care, comparative effectiveness research, and the new administrations proposals for health care reform.
Health Care

Should US Health Care Reform Follow Canada’s Single Payer System?

Leah Costello interviews a panel of experts, including John R. Graham, discussing whether US health care reform should follow Canada’s single payer system, why investment is down in Alberta’s energy industry, and new US proposals to regulate the financial markets.
Commentary

At Summit, President Obama Says He’s Open To Compromise On His Health Care Proposal, New York Times Reports

Medical News Today, March 9, 2009 President Obama on Thursday during a White House health care summit “indicated for the first time that he was open to compromise on details of the proposal he put forth in the 2008 campaign,” the New York Times reports (Pear/Stolberg, New York Times, 3/6). ...
Commentary

Obama’s healthcare plan: Not healthy, not wealthy, and certainly not wise.

The Examiner (Washington, D.C.), March 7, 2009 In his recent speech to Congress, President Barack Obama touted his administration’s “historic commitment” to “the principle that we must have quality, affordable health care for every American.” But the plan he’s poised to enact would provide care that is neither quality nor ...
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