Tag Archives: health care reform

Now Begins the Hard Part

Posted by Bill PierceWe now know the answer to a question that has been asked for months – How much will health care reform cost?  The initial answer, according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), at least $1 trillion dollars over ten years and that won’t even cover all of those who currently are without [...]
Posted on June 16, 2009 By Bill Pierce
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U.S. health care reform: proof is in the pudding

Posted by Bill PierceThe announcement out of the White House that several of the major health care groups and sectors have each agreed to take actions to help reduce the annual health care spending growth rate by 1.5 percent per year over the next 10 years (for a total of a 20 percent, or a [...]
Posted on May 12, 2009 By Bill Pierce
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With President Obama’s Players Now in Place What’s Next for Health Reform?

Posted by Bill PierceWith the nomination and confirmation of former Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius to be the Secretary of Health and Human Services President Obama now has his health care team in place. And it’s just in time.The delay in getting an HHS Secretary has caused a degree of uncertainty in Congress, in the media [...]
Posted on April 3, 2009 By Bill Pierce
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Health Care Reform Starting to Gain Steam: But Some Hurdles Remain

Posted by Bill PierceThis past week President-elect Obama formally announced that former Senator Tom Daschle was his nominee to be the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.  But it was the other office – the White House Office of Health Reform -- that Senator Daschle was appointed to that provides the clearest [...]
Posted on December 17, 2008 By Bill Pierce
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Health Care After the Election

Posted by Bill PierceThere is no period of grace quite like that time between being hired for a new job and starting that job.  Expectations are high with nothing but promise ahead.  Winning the Presidency is no different.  Unfortunately, in this modern day and age, the grace period is short.   Promises were made, groups feel [...]
Posted on November 6, 2008 By Bill Pierce
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The Impact of the Current Financial Crisis on Health Care Reform

Posted by Bill PierceIf you’ve pried yourself away from the debate over the financial market crisis, you would have seen that questions are being asked about whether health care reform, among many other campaign promises, can be addressed by the next President.  The question being asked is can we afford it?  But based on current [...]
Posted on October 6, 2008 By Bill Pierce
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