Comments on: The Revised Senate Health Reform Bill: Cost Control And Other Aspects http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2009/12/21/the-revised-senate-health-reform-bill-cost-control-and-other-aspects/ The Policy Journal of the Health Sphere Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:23:43 +0000 hourly 1 By: Linda Bergthold: What’s next for health reform? | News Feeds Blog http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2009/12/21/the-revised-senate-health-reform-bill-cost-control-and-other-aspects/comment-page-1/#comment-32327 Linda Bergthold: What’s next for health reform? | News Feeds Blog Sun, 10 Jan 2010 09:10:05 +0000 http://healthaffairs.org/blog/?p=3264#comment-32327 [...] on the two bills. Two pieces by Timothy Jost, one on insurance reform provisions and one on delivery system and cost control, are great and readable summaries of what is in these bills. Jost makes a list of things that were [...] [...] on the two bills. Two pieces by Timothy Jost, one on insurance reform provisions and one on delivery system and cost control, are great and readable summaries of what is in these bills. Jost makes a list of things that were [...]

]]> By: Linda Bergthold: What’s next for health reform? | Deconstructing The News http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2009/12/21/the-revised-senate-health-reform-bill-cost-control-and-other-aspects/comment-page-1/#comment-32271 Linda Bergthold: What’s next for health reform? | Deconstructing The News Tue, 05 Jan 2010 01:44:53 +0000 http://healthaffairs.org/blog/?p=3264#comment-32271 [...] on the two bills. Two pieces by Timothy Jost, one on insurance reform provisions and one on delivery system and cost control, are great and readable summaries of what is in these bills. Jost makes a list of things that were [...] [...] on the two bills. Two pieces by Timothy Jost, one on insurance reform provisions and one on delivery system and cost control, are great and readable summaries of what is in these bills. Jost makes a list of things that were [...]

]]> By: OpinionEditorial — Blog — The United States Congress At Work: Dysfunction, Datfunction & Malfunction http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2009/12/21/the-revised-senate-health-reform-bill-cost-control-and-other-aspects/comment-page-1/#comment-32174 OpinionEditorial — Blog — The United States Congress At Work: Dysfunction, Datfunction & Malfunction Tue, 29 Dec 2009 09:48:48 +0000 http://healthaffairs.org/blog/?p=3264#comment-32174 [...] Dr. Timothy Jost at Health Affairs: Once it is adopted, the Senate bill will have to be reconciled with the House bill. While the insurance provisions of the Senate bill have real strengths — their transparency provisions for example — the bill also has, from my perspective, great weaknesses. The two most significant, I believe, are its four-year delay in implementation date and its dependence on the states to enact and enforce the federal reforms. [...] [...] Dr. Timothy Jost at Health Affairs: Once it is adopted, the Senate bill will have to be reconciled with the House bill. While the insurance provisions of the Senate bill have real strengths — their transparency provisions for example — the bill also has, from my perspective, great weaknesses. The two most significant, I believe, are its four-year delay in implementation date and its dependence on the states to enact and enforce the federal reforms. [...]

]]> By: Linda Bergthold: What’s next for health reform? | News from: The Huffington Post - Breaking News and Opinion http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2009/12/21/the-revised-senate-health-reform-bill-cost-control-and-other-aspects/comment-page-1/#comment-32164 Linda Bergthold: What’s next for health reform? | News from: The Huffington Post - Breaking News and Opinion Mon, 28 Dec 2009 19:37:33 +0000 http://healthaffairs.org/blog/?p=3264#comment-32164 [...] on the two bills. Two pieces by Timothy Jost, one on insurance reform provisions and one on delivery system and cost control, are great and readable summaries of what is in these bills. Jost makes a list of things that were [...] [...] on the two bills. Two pieces by Timothy Jost, one on insurance reform provisions and one on delivery system and cost control, are great and readable summaries of what is in these bills. Jost makes a list of things that were [...]

]]> By: Linda Bergthold: What’s next for health reform? | Obama Biden White House http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2009/12/21/the-revised-senate-health-reform-bill-cost-control-and-other-aspects/comment-page-1/#comment-32162 Linda Bergthold: What’s next for health reform? | Obama Biden White House Mon, 28 Dec 2009 19:30:23 +0000 http://healthaffairs.org/blog/?p=3264#comment-32162 [...] on the two bills. Two pieces by Timothy Jost, one on insurance reform provisions and one on delivery system and cost control, are great and readable summaries of what is in these bills. Jost makes a list of things that were [...] [...] on the two bills. Two pieces by Timothy Jost, one on insurance reform provisions and one on delivery system and cost control, are great and readable summaries of what is in these bills. Jost makes a list of things that were [...]

]]> By: Health Reform, Health Care - What’s next for health reform http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2009/12/21/the-revised-senate-health-reform-bill-cost-control-and-other-aspects/comment-page-1/#comment-32159 Health Reform, Health Care - What’s next for health reform Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:57:58 +0000 http://healthaffairs.org/blog/?p=3264#comment-32159 [...] on the two bills. Two pieces by Timothy Jost, one on insurance reform provisions and one on delivery system and cost control, are great and readable summaries of what is in these [...] [...] on the two bills. Two pieces by Timothy Jost, one on insurance reform provisions and one on delivery system and cost control, are great and readable summaries of what is in these [...]

]]> By: Dr. M.Z.Younis http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2009/12/21/the-revised-senate-health-reform-bill-cost-control-and-other-aspects/comment-page-1/#comment-32095 Dr. M.Z.Younis Thu, 24 Dec 2009 07:28:03 +0000 http://healthaffairs.org/blog/?p=3264#comment-32095 President Obama is eager to pass any form of healthcare legislation. He is compromising to the conservative Democrats, Republicans, and other conservatives of both parties. His behavior can be compared to a woman in her late thirties trying to get married to any man who knocks at her door so she can bear a child before her “biological clock” runs out. In reality, we cannot know what is going on in the President’s mind. The best guess is that he is worried about his legacy, but this is an issue every president tackles during his term of office. If we look at recent history, there is no doubt the President believes if he does not pass any healthcare legislation now that he is not going to be elected to a 2nd term. This is similar to what happened to President Clinton who in reality was a president for 18-24 month. After his healthcare reform bill failed, the Republicans took over Congress and effectively moved it to the conservative right. Clinton basically spent the rest of his two terms bending over backwards to the conservatives by passing what was called welfare reform and ending the safety net--easing regulations that effectively caused the 2008 financial crash and attempted to privatize social security. The Progressives hope that the President will be emboldened to pass real bankruptcy reform and other pro-consumer legislation while hopefully claiming victory for any healthcare legislation. President Obama is eager to pass any form of healthcare legislation. He is compromising to the conservative Democrats, Republicans, and other conservatives of both parties. His behavior can be compared to a woman in her late thirties trying to get married to any man who knocks at her door so she can bear a child before her “biological clock” runs out. In reality, we cannot know what is going on in the President’s mind. The best guess is that he is worried about his legacy, but this is an issue every president tackles during his term of office. If we look at recent history, there is no doubt the President believes if he does not pass any healthcare legislation now that he is not going to be elected to a 2nd term.

This is similar to what happened to President Clinton who in reality was a president for 18-24 month. After his healthcare reform bill failed, the Republicans took over Congress and effectively moved it to the conservative right. Clinton basically spent the rest of his two terms bending over backwards to the conservatives by passing what was called welfare reform and ending the safety net–easing regulations that effectively caused the 2008 financial crash and attempted to privatize social security. The Progressives hope that the President will be emboldened to pass real bankruptcy reform and other pro-consumer legislation while hopefully claiming victory for any healthcare legislation.

]]> By: Health Care Reform: Final Vote in Senate Tomorrow « MCC Washington Memo http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2009/12/21/the-revised-senate-health-reform-bill-cost-control-and-other-aspects/comment-page-1/#comment-32085 Health Care Reform: Final Vote in Senate Tomorrow « MCC Washington Memo Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:06:19 +0000 http://healthaffairs.org/blog/?p=3264#comment-32085 [...] more at HealthAffiars.org or view a summary from the Kaiser Family Foundation (select the “Senate Leadership [...] [...] more at HealthAffiars.org or view a summary from the Kaiser Family Foundation (select the “Senate Leadership [...]

]]> By: Reid Channels Rodney King On Senate Floor | Obama Biden White House http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2009/12/21/the-revised-senate-health-reform-bill-cost-control-and-other-aspects/comment-page-1/#comment-32065 Reid Channels Rodney King On Senate Floor | Obama Biden White House Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:12:24 +0000 http://healthaffairs.org/blog/?p=3264#comment-32065 [...] has already ended. (A good summary of the bill from health care policy expert Timothy Jost is here.) “We are working on an agreement that will give certainty to the way to end this session, and [...] [...] has already ended. (A good summary of the bill from health care policy expert Timothy Jost is here.) “We are working on an agreement that will give certainty to the way to end this session, and [...]

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