Cross posted at the Wonk Room Just when you thought the last nail had been driven in the public option coffin months ago, just like a phoenix rising from the ashes, the public option has once again returned to Congress. As Noam Levey reported last night, “[c]reating a major government health insurance program was roundly [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Health Policy’
June 28, 2010
What the Healthy San Francisco Supreme Court Decision Means for National Health Care Reform
After a four year extensive legal battle, the Supreme Court abruptly ended one of the longest, most divisive, health insurance battles in recent history. Contained in the Healthy San Francisco program is a mandate on employers in San Francisco to offer health insurance coverage to their employees. If failing to do so, the employer can [...]
June 21, 2010
Graph of the Day: How the Media Covered Health Care Reform
Today, Pew Researchers released a report on how the media covered the health care reform debate. Igor Volsky beat me to the punch this morning with some great analysis and you should take a look at it. In his piece, Volsky gives a personal glimpse of how the media and Republicans played to the politics [...]
May 1, 2010
Arnold’s Smart Move
I’ve been a critic of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s (R-CA) policies for the better part of his term as governor. But Thursday, his support for the California Medicaid would make opponents proud. Arnold had been a wavering, sometimes supporter of health care reform throughout the debate. More recently, in early January, he called the legislation “health care to [...]
March 31, 2010
Graph of the Day: Health Care Reform Timeline
Although the commentary could be done without, take a look at this timeline graphic (from the Health Insurance Providers):
March 28, 2010
Social Justice and Allowing Youth to Stay on Their Parents’ Plan
After the signing of the health care reform bill David Leonhardt of the New York Times called the move the, “federal government’s biggest attack on economic inequality since inequality began rising more than three decades ago.” While he is right in “nearly every major aspect of the health bill” (now law) does push toward economic [...]
March 8, 2010
The Thirty Year History Of Republicans Supporting the Individual Mandate
Over the course of the White House summit on health care reform, Republican members of Congress repeatedly reminded Americans of their opposition to the controversial individual mandate or requirement to purchase insurance. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) said, “The high cost of this bill comes from a non-constitutional mandate.” Minority Leader John Boehner also attempted to [...]
February 13, 2010
China: A Failed Experiment in Private Health Care
Long lines, waits for care, endless bureaucracy: this is what happens when you move to socialized medicine, right? Wrong. For years, the Republicans in Congress have argued a socialized, government run health care system would lead to all of these things, but as China recently found out– moving from a socialized system to a private [...]
February 11, 2010
Jamie Oliver’s Ideas to Reduce Obesity
British celebrity chef, Jamie Oliver was awarded the TED prize for “ideas to change the world.” His fight is reducing obesity in the US. Included in his suggestions are four points to improve obesity policy within the country: • Every child in the U.S. should learn to cook 10 meals before leaving high school. • [...]
February 8, 2010
Obama Administration Action on Anthem Blue Cross Insurance Increases
As reported earlier, Anthem Blue Cross of California is raising insurance rates as much as 39% for California consumers. Today it is reported, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius, wrote a letter to the company asking to “provide a detailed justification for these rate increases to the public.” Sebelius also [...]
