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Health Care
The following compendium of articles is one I came across while trying to understand all aspects of the current healthcare issue. I found this to be a pretty good source of reference of information and so I have placed it out here on the blog for others to benefit from. It may not fall on everyone’s side of the political divide…
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A Close Look at Health Care
These issue briefs from CAP’s health experts can help you better understand some of the key concepts factoring into the health reform debate.
Progressive Prescriptions
CAP proposes a bold but practical approach to guaranteeing an American right to affordable, quality health coverage.
There’s No Excuse
See CAP’s new idea, a Wellness Trust, and reports by other experts on overhauling the American health care system.
The Health Care Delivery System
Book brings together health policy experts and practitioners to put forward recommendations that address key health delivery issues.
Other Health Care Features
July 31, 2009
Why We Need Health Reform
State-by-state fact sheets show the need for health reform in every state.
July 30, 2009
A Taxing Problem
Last week, five pro-life Democrats, headed by Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH), sent Speaker Pelosi a letter suggesting a “common ground” solution to the abortion “roadblock” in health care reform. They proposed that insurance companies neither be required to nor prohibited from paying for abortion and that no federal subsidies be used to pay for the procedure.
By Jessica Arons
July 29, 2009
Ask the Expert: Making Health Care Affordable for Small Businesses
Peter Harbage discusses why small businesses are hit so hard by rising health care costs and how health care reform can help.
By Peter Harbage
July 28, 2009
Medical Debt: Is Our Health Care System Bankrupting Americans?
CAP Action’s Elizabeth Edwards testifies before the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
By Elizabeth Edwards
July 24, 2009
Health Care Premiums Run Amok
Unless we take serious steps now to reform our health care system, health insurance coverage will slip out of reach for even more Americans writes David Cutler.
By David M. Cutler
July 23, 2009
Technology in Health Care: Panelists Debate IT Policy
A CAP event parses the definition of ‘meaningful use’ of health IT, and discusses the relationship between health IT and health care reform.
July 22, 2009
Ask the Expert: Getting More Value from the Health System
Karen Davenport explains what it means to modernize the health care system and how it could save Americans $550 billion over 10 years.
By Karen Davenport
July 21, 2009
Reproductive Roulette
Presentation from Reece Rushing shows how reproductive health is declining in the United States while dangerous chemicals are on the rise, and how we can forge a new way forward.
By Reece Rushing
July 20, 2009
The State of the Individual Market
Find out from these 50 state fact sheets how health insurers across the country prevent consumers from receiving coverage for their care.
July 20, 2009
Too Sick for Health Care
Peter Harbage explains in this memo how insurers limit and deny care in the individual health insurance market.
By Peter Harbage
July 9, 2009
Costly and Dangerous Treatments Weigh Down Health Care
Inefficient and harmful care accounts for $700 billion in spending each year; comprehensive health reform will help, write Ellen-Marie Whelan and Sonia Sekhar.
By Ellen-Marie Whelan, Sonia Sekhar
July 2, 2009
CAP Comments on HHS Definition of “Meaningful Use” of Health IT
The Center for American Progress comments on the government’s proposed definition of “meaningful use” in health information technology.
June 29, 2009
Financing Health Care Reform
David M. Cutler and Judy Feder propose a plan to insure that the cost of health reform is budget-neutral.
By David M. Cutler, Judy Feder
June 26, 2009
Weekly Round Up: June 22 – 26, 2009
This week CAP pushed for health care reform and global warming legislation and argued for ending “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell.”
June 24, 2009
Payment Reform to Improve Health Care
Ellen-Marie Whelan and Judy Feder examine the most prominent payment reform proposals and innovative models to offer ways forward on health payment reform.
By Ellen-Marie Whelan, Judy Feder
June 24, 2009
The Two Trillion Dollar Solution
We can save money by modernizing the health care system; Melinda Beeuwkes Buntin and David Cutler explain how.
By Melinda Beeuwkes Buntin, David M. Cutler
June 23, 2009
Removing Obstacles to Generic Drug Competition
Report from David Balto examines anticompetitive conduct that may delay the emergence of generic drugs and offers solutions.
By David Balto
June 16, 2009
Interactive Map: Health Care Competition
An interactive map shows that in many states health insurance markets are dominated by a handful of carriers.
By Ben Furnas, Rebecca Buckwalter-Poza
June 15, 2009
Public Opinion Snapshot: Move on Health Care Reform Now (and Don’t Forget the Public Plan!)
The public wants action on health care reform now, writes Ruy Teixeira, and they want it to include a public plan.
By Ruy Teixeira
June 11, 2009
Use Medicare to Hold Industry to Cost and Quality Promises
Judy Feder and Marilyn Moon in Kaiser Health News discuss how to use Medicare to hold the health care industry to cost and quality promises.
By Judy Feder, Marilyn Moon
June 8, 2009
Helping Breadwinners When It Can’t Wait
Heather Boushey lays out a progressive program that would guarantee Americans access to paid family and medical leave, giving a boost to workers, employers, and the economy.
By Heather Boushey
June 3, 2009
Animation: Why Americans Need Health Reform
Animation shows that without health reform, businesses’ and families’ costs will continue to rise, and American workers will not receive the care they need to be healthy.
June 3, 2009
Efficiency and Quality
Report from Paul B. Ginsburg details how health care payment reform can help control rising health care costs.
By Paul B. Ginsburg, Ph.D.
May 29, 2009
The Cost of Doing Nothing on Health Care
Interactive map from Peter Harbage and Ben Furnas shows that lack of health insurance brings steep economic costs to states in the form of lost productivity.
By Peter Harbage, Ben Furnas
May 28, 2009
Ask the Expert: Can We Afford Not to Modernize the Health System?
Karen Davenport explains why health reform is crucial to balancing the budget and how quickly we could begin to see savings.
By Karen Davenport
May 28, 2009
Health Reform that Works for Kids
As policymakers consider options for health reform, they must remember to watch out for the needs of children, too, writes Karen Davenport in a CAP Action report.
By Karen Davenport
May 26, 2009
What Is Comparative Effectiveness Research?
Ellen-Marie Whelan discusses why we need evidence-based health care, how it will improve health, and how we can promote it.
By Ellen-Marie Whelan
May 22, 2009
CAP Comments on HHS Health Data Breach Guidelines
Strong technical standards should be built into proposed data breach guidelines for health care records as new health information technology is implemented.
By Peter Swire
May 22, 2009
Weekly Round Up: May 18 – 22, 2009
We supported clean-energy legislation, hosted Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, and imagined what America would look like without health reform.
May 21, 2009
America Without Health Care Reform
Without reform, our broken health care system will continue to squeeze families, businesses, doctors, the federal budget, and the economy, writes Ben Furnas.
By Ben Furnas
May 18, 2009
A Historic Opportunity
Report from Todd Park and Peter Basch on wedding health information technology to care delivery innovation and provider payment reform.
By Todd Park, Peter Basch
May 11, 2009
Ask the Expert: Fixing Our Broken Health Care System
Everyone will benefit from an improved health care system. Judy Feder explains how and why.
By Judy Feder
May 11, 2009
Health System Modernization Will Reduce the Deficit
Modernizing the health system could help the government save nearly $600 billion in health spending over the next decade, writes David Cutler in a CAP Action report.
By David M. Cutler
May 8, 2009
Weekly Round Up: May 4 – May 8, 2009
This week the center documented the loss of insurance coverage and jobs, looked at education entrepreneurs, and reported on the growing problem of wildfires in the West.
May 8, 2009
Coverage When It Counts
CAP Action report by Karen Pollitz, Eliza Bangit, Jennifer Libster, Stephanie Lewis, and Nicole Johnston proposes truthful labeling for health insurance policies to improve transparency and information for consumers.
By Karen Pollitz, Eliza Bangit, Jennifer Libster, Stephanie Lewis, Nicole Johnston
May 4, 2009
Interactive Map: Dramatic Increase in the Uninsured Rate in Every State
An interactive map shows a 13-percent increase since 2007 in the number of Americans without health insurance.
May 4, 2009
More Americans Losing Health Insurance Every Day
An analysis by Nayla Kazzi of health coverage losses during the current recession underscores the urgent need for health reform.
By Nayla Kazzi
May 4, 2009
Interactive Map: Health Care in Crisis
Almost two-thirds of uninsured adults work, and that number is expected to grow in the coming years, show Peter Harbage and Ben Furnas in an interactive map.
By Peter Harbage, Ben Furnas
May 1, 2009
Comparative Effectiveness Research Will Help People Make Better Health Choices
Comparative effectiveness research will help people make better health choices, write Ruth Faden and Jonathan D. Moreno in the Baltimore Sun.
By Ruth Faden, Jonathan D. Moreno
April 28, 2009
Better Information, Better Decisions
Comparative effectiveness research will help everyone make better health decisions, and it will bring down costs and improve care, writes Ellen-Marie Whelan.
By Ellen-Marie Whelan
April 27, 2009
Swine Flu Tests Public Health System
The outbreak is a test for the government’s capacity to respond to public health threats, and so far, the response has been good, write P.J. Crowley and Andy Grotto.
By P.J. Crowley, Andrew J. Grotto
April 27, 2009
Weekly Round Up: April 27 – May 1, 2009
This week CAP looked at swine flu, rescinding the Bush conscience rule, and the growing importance of women as breadwinners.
April 23, 2009
Assuring Access to Employer-Provided Health Coverage
CAP Action Director of Health Policy Karen Davenport testifies before the House Committee on Education and Labor on making employer-provided coverage accessible and affordable.
By Karen Davenport
April 14, 2009
Ask the Expert: How to Build an Effective Public Health Insurance Plan
Peter Harbage discusses why we need a public health insurance plan, what would make it effective, and how it would make health care more affordable for all.
By Peter Harbage
April 14, 2009
Health Reform: Delivering for Those Who Deliver Health Care
CAP Action report from Robert A. Berenson and Ellen-Marie Whelan details how health reform will benefit health care professionals.
By Robert A. Berenson, Ellen-Marie Whelan
April 10, 2009
Weekly Round Up: April 6 – 10, 2009
This week, CAP proposed smart ways to spend stimulus money, reform health care and the defense budget, and make the Treasury’s toxic asset program work.
April 8, 2009
Interactive Map: Individuals with Pre-Existing Conditions
A map by Ben Furnas shows the numbers and percentages of adults aged 18-64 in each state who have conditions that insurers use as a pretext to raise rates, restrict coverage, or deny insurance altogether.
By Ben Furnas
April 2, 2009
Lessons from Medicare for Health Care Reform
Report from Marilyn Moon shows that Medicare’s experience offers a number of key lessons that can help in the development of affordable health coverage for all Americans.
By Marilyn Moon
April 2, 2009
Ask the Expert: The Case for Health Reform
Peter Harbage explains why we need health reform, who will benefit from it, and what’s at stake if Congress is unable to enact reform.
By Peter Harbage
March 26, 2009
Health Care’s Efficiency Dividend
Eliminating inefficiency in the health care system could reduce costs, writes CAP Action’s Peter Harbage.
By Peter Harbage
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