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What Washington, D.C. could learn from Washington State on health reform

What Washington, D.C. could learn from Washington State on health reform

The story of 1993 Washington Health Services Act should serve as a cautionary tale.

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Breast Cancer: How politics is driving up costs

Breast Cancer: How politics is driving up costs

FDA shouldn’t cave to pressure and allow Genentech to keep advanced metastatic breast cancer on the Avastin label, argues Merrill Goozner.

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When Medicaid drops patients–Cohn answers Goodman

When Medicaid drops patients–Cohn answers Goodman

Jon Cohn answers John Goodman’s column: Comparing Medicaid cutbacks to private insurer’s dropping costly patients “is grossly misleading,” Cohn writes.

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View: After passage, we learn the true cost of health reform

View: After passage, we learn the true cost of health reform

By any measure, the true cost of the health care legislation is well over $1 trillion for the first ten years and in no way will it reduce the deficit.

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Where are the innovators in health care delivery?

Where are the innovators in health care delivery?

In healthcare, in areas where patients pay out of pocket for services entrepreneurs, driven by market forces, have been lowering cost and raising quality.

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When bad news about health reform isn’t bad

When bad news about health reform isn’t bad

Jon Cohn argues that news stories about businesses dropping insurance and insurers limiting doctor choice isn’t bad: they highlight health reform’s benefits.

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Bad Medicine: The Real Cost of a Dangerous Drug

Bad Medicine: The Real Cost of a Dangerous Drug

Clinical trials that compare effectiveness–and safety–of new drugs with old drugs would not only save lives, but money as well, says Merrill Goozner

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Back To The Future: CBO Budget Predictions and Health Reform

Back To The Future: CBO Budget Predictions and Health Reform

Add it all up and the budget deficit actually gets a little smaller. The emphasis is on “little,” since the net reduction is actually pretty small.

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View: Change coming to most health plans

View: Change coming to most health plans

“Will most people’s health insurance still change? Absolutely. But change was coming no matter what. With reform, it’s likely to be change for the better,” writes Jon Cohn.

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When pig flu flew

When pig flu flew

Did industry influence prompt WHO to change its working definition of pandemic, asks Seattle global health blogger Tom Paulson.

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Putting the Gateses’ mission shift in context

Putting the Gateses’ mission shift in context

Maybe someone should take a hard look at how many members of the G8 kept their previous global health commitments — and whether these new commitments represent true progress or sort of a shell game.

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What we mean when we talk about women & children’s health

What we mean when we talk about women & children’s health

Seattle global health blogger Tom Paulson asks: Have women and children’s health issues really been neglected in global health policy and agenda-setting? And if so, how?

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Healthcare reform whiplash

Healthcare reform whiplash

The question isn’t so much whether the waste exists. The question, rather, is whether reform can pinpoint and excise that waste — whether it can cut out the bad medical care without removing the good.

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India rises, leaving the poor behind

India rises, leaving the poor behind

Seattle global health blogger Tom Paulson covers a talk by Dr. Jonathan Fine, a leading physician activist, on the inequities of development in India.

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UW Study: AIDS treatment IS prevention

UW Study: AIDS treatment IS prevention

UW study shows drug treatment cuts HIV transmission 92%. Some experts say the spread of AIDS in Africa could be contained in as little as five years if everyone infected received treatment now.

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Child survival improving worldwide–except in America

Child survival improving worldwide–except in America

Worldwide, child mortality is down, but the U.S. does far worse than most of the rest of the developed world, writes Seattle global health reporter Tom Paulson

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Thailand AIDS Vaccine Trial: Back Story Troubles

Thailand AIDS Vaccine Trial: Back Story Troubles

Tom Paulson went to Thailand believing the recent AIDS vaccine trial had been a success; when he got there he learned about some serious, unresolved problems.

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Gates adds family planning as top scientific priority

Gates adds family planning as top scientific priority

Few noticed that a flurry of grant awards given out this week from the Gates Foundation signaled a shift in this direction, writes Seattle global health blogger Tom Paulson

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Drug safety watchdogs needed worldwide

Drug safety watchdogs needed worldwide

More needs to be done to guarantee that drugs in the developing world are safe and effective, writes Seattle global health blogger Tom Paulson

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Two reports on global health funding—increasing, but to what effect?

Two reports on global health funding—increasing, but to what effect?

Seattle Global Health Blogger Tom Paulson casts his skeptical eye on two recent articles on global health funding.

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Playing chicken

Playing chicken

A lot of people laughed when Sue Lowden, the Nevada Republican running for the U.S. Senate, suggested last month that people start paying for their medical care with chickens. I didn’t.

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View: What one state stands to gain from health reform

View: What one state stands to gain from health reform

Michigan’s attorney general wants the new health reform law overturned. Jon Cohn reviews what the state’s residents will lose should their attorney general succeed.

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View: State’s mandates drive up health costs, reduce access to coverage

View: State’s mandates drive up health costs, reduce access to coverage

Each time lawmakers adopt a new mandate, proponents predict the change will increase the affordability and accessibility of care, but research shows the opposite has happened, Guppy argues.

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View: Can Massachusetts’ experiment tell us what’s next?

View: Can Massachusetts’ experiment tell us what’s next?

After three years, no real progress has been made on rising costs. The program remains well over budget, with no end in sight.

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View: ObamaCare taxes now, services later

View: ObamaCare taxes now, services later

“From now on, the federal government will manage the health care of all Washingtonians.”

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The vote changes the debate forever

The vote changes the debate forever

There are two ways for societies to decide how to allocate resources: collectively, through government, or individually, through the market.

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View: Will health reform work?

View: Will health reform work?

Will reform pay for itself? The answer will come slowly over the next decade as the reforms gradually go into effect.

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How Blue Cross became part of a dysfunctional health care system

How Blue Cross became part of a dysfunctional health care system

The evolution of Blue Cross is a case study in the need for health care reform.

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Malpractice Reform: a test case for bipartisanship at the health summit

Malpractice Reform: a test case for bipartisanship at the health summit

The key is finding a fix that helps both doctors and the patients, rather than one at the expense of the other.

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View: Health reform that scares both parties

View: Health reform that scares both parties

A 1983 bill cut billions of dollars from the federal budget, caused medical inflation to plummet, yet still maintained quality.

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