Category Archives: Health Policy

The Politics of Health Care: Part II

Politico had a story on June 9 about the challenges now facing those who opposed the health-care reform bill and are hoping to make it an issue with the public during the November election. Other issues are taking center stage – the Gulf oil spill, rising Middle East tensions and other legislative efforts including financial-services [...]
Posted on June 11, 2010 By Bill Pierce
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THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY OF HEALTH CARE REFORM

Regardless of what you think about the health care law, the debate was epic. Both sides made regular apocalyptic statements claiming all manner of calamity if it passed or not. Neither is true. The bill will neither be the end of the world nor solve all our health care problems. So if the result is [...]
Posted on April 22, 2010 By Bill Pierce
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Health Care Reform: Now What?

Posted by Bill PierceIn the end, I became an unenthusiastic supporter of the health care reform bill.  I did it not because it was good policy; it is a mixed bag at best.  No, I became a supporter because after 100 or 20 years, whatever time-frame you measured the health care debate by, the country [...]
Posted on March 25, 2010 By Bill Pierce
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Expect More Health Reform Next Year

Posted by Kenneth Thorpe, Ph.D.I recently presented some thoughts on health reform at an APCO-sponsored lunch and discussion. The event got me thinking: where is this debate headed? There is no simple answer. But the one certainty is that regardless of whether Democrats send a bill to President Obama’s desk this year, there must be more [...]
Posted on March 3, 2010 By Kenneth Thorpe
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Health summitry: It’s a draw

Posted by Bill Pierce- Here's my recent post from The Daily Caller about the health care debate. -In the runup to the health care summit, no one thought a bipartisan bill was going to emerge. Instead it was all about the politics and who would gain the upper hand in the debate. Part of that question is [...]
Posted on February 26, 2010 By Bill Pierce
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Health Care Reform: SOTU Update

Posted by Bill PierceThe president painted a clear picture to the public. He said all the right things, using phrases such as “Take another look,” “Don’t walk away,” and “Come together.” But to Congress, especially to his own party, the picture was much less clear.   What remains unanswered from his speech is how he [...]
Posted on January 28, 2010 By Bill Pierce
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