Health Affairs

President Obama has begun his campaign for re-election in 2012.  Several Republicans have declared their intention to consider the possibility of running.   Meanwhile, implementation of health care reform proceeds slowly, with threats of defunding and legal action scuttling alongside to keep up.  Policy debates about accountable care organizations, medical homes, and other attempts to bring... Read the rest of this entry »

Editor’s Note: In addition to Carol Levine (photo and bio above), authors of this post include Eric Coleman, Professor in the Division of Health Care Policy and Research, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine; and Mary Naylor, Director of the New Courtland Center for Transitions and Health, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. The opportunity for significant... Read the rest of this entry »

As uncomfortable as it is for many Americans to accept, allocation issues are a permanent feature of our health care system, “reformed” or not.  Who should get the H1N1 flu vaccine first? In a flu pandemic or a biological disaster, who should be put on respirators and who should not?  These hard choices are realities,... Read the rest of this entry »