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1. Campaign Desk

   The Docs and the Press

   June 25, 2010 07:30 AM

   Well, what do you know? Congress may finally be giving the doctors what they want—sort of. As Campaign Desk has reported, doctors’ groups have lobbied hard to eliminate the fee cuts set in motion more than a decade ago... Continue reading

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   More Words of Wisdom from Alan Simpson

   June 21, 2010 10:41 AM

   Alan Simpson is quickly taking on the persona of the Energizer bunny—his mouth just doesn’t stop. We know about seniors living in gated communities and driving Lexuses to Perkins restaurants for AARP discounts. We know “this country is... Continue reading

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   A Laurel to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

   June 18, 2010 10:47 AM

   Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter John Fauber deserves kudos for his dogged reporting on some unsavory practices in the medical profession. It was especially nice to see his latest piece—so refreshing and so different from the doctor stories... Continue reading

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   Are All Americans Living Longer?

   June 16, 2010 04:54 PM

   A few days ago, CNBC’s Squawk Box turned its show over to a gab-fest between two VIPs in the Social Security debate—Alice Rivlin, who was OMB director in the Clinton administration and is a current member of the... Continue reading

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   Of Death Panels and Rationing

   June 14, 2010 04:46 PM

   For awhile it looked like Don Berwick was the perfect candidate to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the gigantic agency that’s largely responsible for making a go of health reform. Berwick came highly recommended, with a... Continue reading

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   Sebelius Watch, Part III

   June 10, 2010 11:10 AM

   Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has emerged as the person to watch as the Obama administration scrambles to implement health reform. The health care czarina’s words and silences offer clues about the way health reform will play out... Continue reading

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   The Small Business Angle, Part II

   June 8, 2010 10:53 AM

   One of the best stories I’ve seen in the post-health reform media era comes from the Boston Globe. Health reporter Kay Lazar held a microscope to the much-touted small business tax credit and found a lot of little... Continue reading

8. Campaign Desk

   The Small Business Angle

   June 7, 2010 04:27 PM

   Eric Whitney, Colorado Public Radio’s health reporter, did a good job recently on a story that more and more in the media are starting to tell: What will reform mean for small business? You know, the mom and... Continue reading

9. Campaign Desk

   A Conversation with KQED’s Sarah Varney

   June 4, 2010 10:14 AM

   Now that the great health care reform effort is over—or just beginning, depending on your point of view—the media face a challenge: How to keep the health care story alive and more important, fresh? Awhile back, Sarah Varney, the fine... Continue reading

10. Campaign Desk

    Another Take on the Times’s Memphis Piece

    June 2, 2010 11:10 AM

    The New York Times’s excellent piece Sunday—already praised by our Holly Yeager—ended with an unsettling conclusion: Blacks in Memphis are losing ground, economically speaking. The story was laced with all kinds of numbers to bolster writer Michael... Continue reading

11. Campaign Desk

    What Congress Giveth, It Also Taketh Away

    June 1, 2010 08:53 AM

    Much of the health news coverage of late has tracked the topics that administration officials, notably HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, want people to know about—the $250 rebate for seniors who’ve had huge drug expenses, the tax credit for small... Continue reading

12. Campaign Desk

    Secrecy at the Deficit Commission

    May 27, 2010 11:42 AM

    The President’s Deficit Commission held an end-of-the month meeting yesterday, and among the attendees was a woman representing the disability community. The woman, whose organization said she couldn’t let CJR use her name, had a heck of a time getting... Continue reading

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    William Greider on Social Security

    May 25, 2010 11:42 AM

    William Greider, writing in The Nation, didn’t mince words when it came to explaining what’s at stake in the looming fight over Social Security—and Medicare along with it. Anyone who wants to understand what most mainstream media are omitting from... Continue reading

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    Good Coverage at USA Today

    May 24, 2010 12:22 PM

    The other day, on a plane from Ho Chi Minh City to Hong Kong, a flight attendant thrust a copy of USA Today into my hand. After being in Asia for nearly three weeks, reading an American newspaper was kind... Continue reading

15. Campaign Desk

    Everyone Knows the Troubles They’ve Seen

    May 5, 2010 12:13 PM

    If any group can claim responsibility for breaking the logjam on health reform, you might say it was WellPoint. Just as it seemed that health reform was headed for the graveyard, WellPoint’s Anthem subsidiary in California sent a <a href=http://www.cjr.org/campaign_desk/regulating_health_care_part_ii.php... Continue reading

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    More Words of Wisdom from Alan Simpson

    April 30, 2010 11:27 AM

    Former Sen. Alan Simpson’s interview on Fox Sunday was a doozy. His usual outspoken, outrageous, colorful self shined through, perhaps as a prelude to the first meeting of the federal deficit reduction commission, which he leads (and about... Continue reading

17. Campaign Desk

    Rick Foster’s Predictions

    April 28, 2010 01:19 PM

    Richard Foster, as good an actuary as you can find, delivered the Obama folks a bit of bad news last week. As chief actuary of the Medicare system, Foster crunched some numbers and found that health care costs will likely... Continue reading

18. Campaign Desk

    Sebelius Watch, Part II

    April 26, 2010 02:21 PM

    Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has emerged as the person to watch as the Obama administration scrambles to implement health reform. The health care czarina’s words and silences offer clues about the way health reform will play out... Continue reading

19. Campaign Desk

    The Midnight Ride of George Pataki

    April 21, 2010 08:48 AM

    The latest health care news is the formation of a group called Revere America whose mission, it seems, is to collect one million signatures to repeal the health reform law. It’s no secret the law is not wildly popular among... Continue reading

20. Campaign Desk

    Merrill Goozner on Tom Friedman

    April 19, 2010 12:58 PM

    New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman waded into the weeds of health care costs yesterday with a column about a little start-up company called EndoStim. According to Friedman, the St. Louis firm is developing an implantable... Continue reading

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