Washington Policy Center’s Annual Health Care Conference this year will focus on the state implementation of federal health care reform.
The featured speakers are Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna and Harvard Business School Professor Regina Herzlinger.
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.
“From now on, the federal government will manage the health care of all Washingtonians.”
Democrats seem driven to pass a bill regardless of the public’s concerns.
Democrats seem driven to pass a bill regardless of the public’s concerns.
At the end of the session, business owners identified three priorities.
President proposes a bigger government role in health care and a $1 trillion increase in the deficit .
By Paul Guppy, vice president for research at Washington Policy Center Responding to the concern that setting up a government-run public option insurance plan would inject politics into American health care, public option backers are saying, “Right. And that’s a good thing.” A recent Washington Post article reports, “Economists in this [pro-public option] camp say a [...]
By Roger Stark, MD Washington Policy Center Health Care Policy Analyst The Obama Administration has proposed allocating $634 billion toward a national health care plan and Congress is working feverishly to pass legislation into law before this session ends in the fall. As the underdog, Republicans realize the best defense is a good offense and [...]
In the coming weeks, we’re going to be hearing a lot about the failings of the U.S. health-care system as Congress and the nation debate health-care reform. But are these criticisms fair? Many are not, argues Dr. Stark, a health policy analyst with the Washington Policy Center, in this column. Many of these arguments are [...]
U.S. Senator Patty Murray and U.S. Representative Jim McDermott will address rallies for health-care reform in Seattle, Saturday, May 30. Organizers predict more than 5,000 people will attend the Health Care for All in 2009 march and rally, which will begin at 12:30 p.m. at Edwin Pratt Park (20th Ave. S & E. Yesler Way) [...]
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Experts divided over recommendation to screen children for cholesterol
Some clinicians say universal screening is an important tool to help identify children who are genetically predisposed to high cholesterol and to pinpoint others who could benefit from treatment. Others express concerns that screening may do more harm than good.
People in state high-risk insurance plans often feel left behind
The federal health law set up new plans that are cheaper and more comprehensive than the older ones run by states but consumers need to go without insurance for six months to qualify.
Peeking in on your doctor’s notes
Although federal law guarantees patients the right to examine and get copies of their medical records, providers haven’t always made it easy to do so. But the movement to give patients direct access to their health information has picked up steam, and policymakers have encouraged it as a way to empower patients to help manage their health and their medical care.
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