From hearings and press conferences in Washington, D.C.
The Senate Finance Committee is expected to vote on its health reform bill this week. Once out of the committee, there will be more merging, amending, and negotiating. And it’s anyone’s guess what will make it into a final package. In this week’s Policy & Practice Podcast, our [...]
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October 5, 2009
Nearing the Finish Line?: The Policy & Practice Podcast
June 23, 2009
Two Minutes on Health Reform: The Policy & Practice Podcast
from meetings, press conferences, and briefings in Washington, D.C.
The details are beginning to emerge on health care reform–and to keep you up to speed, we present the Policy & Practice Podcast.
Policy & Practice Podcast 6/23
EGMN’s health policy reporters and editors–Joyce Frieden, Alicia Ault, Mary Ellen Schneider, Denise Napoli, Keith Haglund, and yours truly–scour the daybooks [...]
April 1, 2009
History Repeats Itself
From the National Association of Health Underwriters Capitol Conference in Washington:
When the late President Harry S Truman tried to get a single-payer health care system passed into law six decades ago, he was opposed by a variety of interest groups, including the American Medical Association, which warned that a single-payer system was the equivalent of [...]
February 3, 2009
Real Politik, Montana-Style
From the AcademyHealth/Health Affairs National Health Policy Conference, Washington, D.C.
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, a Montana Democrat, is known for being a basically congenial kind of guy. But even he has his limits. The Senator delivered a 20-minute or so speech on what he deemed the rosy prospects for health reform in 2009, remarking that “it [...]
