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   Laurel to The Oregonian

   January 28, 2009 10:52 AM

   “Wonder of wonders, miracle of miracles!” That pretty much describes the media’s approach to coverage of new drugs and medical therapies. The Oregonian in Portland did not go in that direction this month when it ran... Continue reading

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   COBRA and Health Care Equity

   January 26, 2009 09:27 AM

   Remedies for America’s diseased health system tend to come incrementally—an approach that doesn’t disrupt the status quo but never quite provides everyone with insurance. In 1965 came Medicare for old people and Medicaid for those poor enough to qualify; in... Continue reading

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   Baucus Watch Archive

   January 25, 2009 12:47 PM

   Below, you will find links to every entry in Trudy Lieberman’s “Baucus Watch” series, in descending order. 10/02/09: Baucus Watch, Part XVI - What we should have known all along 09/27/09: Baucus Watch, Part XV -... Continue reading

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   Baucus Watch, Part IV

   January 23, 2009 09:12 AM

   As chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, Senator Max Baucus holds the keys to health-care reform; any health-care legislation must pass through his committee. So what he says or doesn’t say is important to those following the twists and turns... Continue reading

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   Missing Children

   January 20, 2009 11:28 AM

   Last week, the House passed a long-awaited bill that would increase the number of kids covered under the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). The coverage was predictable. Republicans grumbled, making the same arguments they made when Congress tried to... Continue reading

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   Dart to the Florida Health News Service

   January 16, 2009 11:50 AM

   “Will Obama be able to kill popular Advantage plans?" Whoa! The headline sounded ominous and signaled that the new president might be ready to sock it to Medicare benies who have been reaping fruits from the controversial Medicare Advantage (MA)... Continue reading

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   WellPoint Gets in Trouble with Medicare

   January 14, 2009 10:04 AM

   It’s not everyday that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) cracks down hard on one of its clients; that is, one of the private insurance companies Congress allowed and encouraged to provide benefits to Medicare recipients. Bloomberg News... Continue reading

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   Health Care Flashpoints Archive

   January 12, 2009 12:27 PM

   Below, you will find links to every entry in Trudy Lieberman’s “Health Care Flashpoints” series, in descending order. 06/29/09: Health Care Flashpoints, Part III - Taxing insurance benefits and health care equity 06/12/09: Health Care Flashpoints,... Continue reading

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   A Headline Writer Gets Carried Away

   January 12, 2009 09:19 AM

   The headline on a New York Times story Friday piqued my interest and probably that of health care mavens who scour the paper for clues to the Administration’s current thinking. “Daschle Lays Out a Plan to Overhaul Health... Continue reading

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    The TV Doc as Surgeon General

    January 8, 2009 11:38 AM

    The president-elect has paged CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta and asked him to be the next surgeon general, a position that has historically been used as a bully pulpit to change health behavior. To wit: Luther Terry’s warning about cigarettes back... Continue reading

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    Who Will Be at the Table Archive

    January 7, 2009 04:05 PM

    Below, you will find links to every entry in Trudy Lieberman’s “Who Will Be at the Table” series, in descending order. 10/22/09: Who Will Be at the Table? Part Seventeen - The docs are back for their piece... Continue reading

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    Who Will Be at the Table? Part IV

    January 7, 2009 09:06 AM

    During the campaign, Barack Obama promised his cheering crowds that, when he rolled up his sleeves to work on health care, he would “have insurance company representatives and drug company representatives at the table. They just won’t be able to... Continue reading

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    A Laurel to the AP

    January 6, 2009 08:56 AM

    The press has pretty much ignored Medicare over the past year, largely because the politicians have ignored it too. Media advisers told their candidates to stay clear of Medicare, even though more than 40 million Americans rely on it for... Continue reading

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    Report from the Tupperware Circuit, Part II

    January 5, 2009 08:19 AM

    Before Christmas, we urged the press to cover the community meetings called by Obama’s health chief Tom Daschle in order to hear ordinary citizens’ opinions about medical care. Many news outlets, from The New York Times and The... Continue reading

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    Best of 2008: Trudy Lieberman

    January 1, 2009 03:10 PM

    1) Health Care on the Mississippi By showing how real people would fare under the proposals of both candidates, the holes and warts in their plans got exposed. I remember the people I met and their struggles with... Continue reading

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    Excluded Voices Archive

    January 1, 2009 12:56 PM

    Here are the links to every entry in Trudy Lieberman’s “Excluded Voices” series, in descending order. 08/18/09: Excluded Voices - An interview with Andrew Dillon, who heads Britain's National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) 06/24/09: <a... Continue reading

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    Report from the Tupperware Circuit

    December 23, 2008 11:22 AM

    On Friday, we urged reporters to attend the community listening sessions called for by Tom Daschle, the President-elect’s health chief. Between now and the end of the year, there will no doubt be many such meetings in libraries,... Continue reading

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    Health Care Flashpoints

    December 22, 2008 11:25 AM

    Over the next few years, health reform will succeed or fail based on a few major flashpoints that will shape any new program, including the financing of health insurance and the access to medical care itself. This is the first... Continue reading

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    Who Will Be at the Table? Part III

    December 19, 2008 01:48 PM

    During the campaign, Barack Obama promised his cheering crowds that, when he rolled up his sleeves to work on health care, he would “have insurance company representatives and drug company representatives at the table. They just won’t be able to... Continue reading

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    Only in America

    December 18, 2008 02:27 PM

    During the campaign, as the candidates sparred over health care, it became clear that the reform they had in mind would deliver millions of new customers to the nation’s insurers. Golden Rule Insurance has jumped right into this potential market... Continue reading

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