Month: December 2011

On The Record

Kaiser: Fast facts (on health care/reform) in downloadable slide format CBO: Impact of Middle Class Tax Relief & Job Creation Act of ’11 (payroll tax

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Electronic medical records [podcast]

Obviously these podcasts will not be weekly. We’ll strive for a more sustainable “occasional” one. Anyway, in the podcast below, we discuss electronic medical records.

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The Grinch almost stole Christmas

The original briefing schedule for the PPACA Supreme Court cases had many of the parties filing their Petitioner’s briefs in the week between Christmas and

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Reading list

Converting Medicare to Premium Support Would Likely Lead to Two-Tier Health Care System, by Paul N. Van de Water (Center on Budget and Policy Priorities)

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TIE in Australia

For the next week, I’ll be in Australia, giving talks on tobacco, trade and public health at ANU and U Melbourne.  I’ll also be give a

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The standard of safety

In defending the Plan B decision yesterday, President Obama said the following: “And as I understand it, the reason Kathleen made this decision was she

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Reflex: December 9, 2011

Plan B decision draws strong and mixed reaction, reports Anne E. Kornblut and N.C. Aizenman. “President Obama on Thursday defended his administration’s decision to block unrestricted

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Caregivers as bad advocates

Howard Gleckman has an interesting post wondering why the 40-60 Million caregivers (those providing informal, unpaid care to loved ones dealing with disability) are such

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I like this sentence

(A Cowen-esque post because, as does so much of his blogging style, it works.) Just as better brakes on a train or car enable it

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