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Elected officials considering health care reform would do well to adopt the “first, do no harm” rule. So far, they haven’t. Health care reform proposals circulating among the States run from the broad and all-encompassing (California) to the very narrow … Continue reading Misguided reform

So a lot of folks are finding good things in Pres. Bush’s plan to use tax policy to help uninsured people get health insurance. Not me. I see it as the worst kind of incrementalism, on a par with consumer-directed … Continue reading Bush’s blithe ignorance

The California Health Care Foundation has published its annual Health Care Costs 101 report, providing a wealth of data on cost trends, cost drivers and health care funding sources. Here are a few highlights. 1. Health care costs in the … Continue reading Health care factoids

There’s so much spin in the press about Bush’s approach to health care the facts are pretty much ignored. So, as a public service, I’ve winnowed through the partisan, the strident, the pedantic and the ideology-driven cacophony surrounding Bush’s State … Continue reading Responses to Bush health care initiatives

The Senate is progressing rapidly on a plan to reduce Federal spending, with potentially significant effects on Medicare and Medicaid. Although Sen. Grassley (R-IA)’s efforts appear to be somewhat short of the support needed to pass, there is an air … Continue reading Changing times for Medicaid and Medicare

It has been a while since the last significant discussion of conversion of the US health care system to a single payer format; that drought has been ended with the introduction of legislation by Sen. Sheila Kuehl D-LA) calling for … Continue reading Single payer in CA