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1. Campaign Desk

   The Headlines Tell Us Everything

   December 4, 2009 02:05 PM

   The release of the Congressional Budget Office’s report this week predicting how health reform might affect insurance premiums dished up something for everyone. Premiums could go up; they could go down; they could stay the same—and by the way, CBO’s... Continue reading

2. Campaign Desk

   Yes, Virginia, There Really Are Cost Controls

   December 3, 2009 08:00 AM

   At this point in the health reform debate, press coverage is beginning to sound a lot like 1993-94, when the media—at least the big guys—got behind the managed competition juggernaut. The mantra then was that managed competition and its corollary,... Continue reading

3. Campaign Desk

   The Man in the Middle

   November 30, 2009 10:58 AM

   Meet Jeremy Devor, a technician with an associate degree in engineering, who lives in Salem, Illinois, a town of about 8,000 people 254 miles south of Chicago. It’s a land of corn fields, few jobs, and an unemployment rate of... Continue reading

4. Campaign Desk

   Missing Persons Redux

   November 25, 2009 08:00 AM

   Last Monday night, the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer devoted air time to an exchange between two former secretaries of Health and Human Services—Donna Shalala, who served in the Clinton cabinet, and Michael Leavitt, who served under George W.... Continue reading

5. Campaign Desk

   The Devil in the Details, Part III

   November 24, 2009 08:07 AM

   Every lobbyist swarming Capitol Hill these days knows that, when it comes to legislation, the devil is always lurking in the details, not lounging in the concepts. Yet concepts, not details, are drifting down to the public--who will be in... Continue reading

6. Campaign Desk

   Ron Wyden Speaks Out

   November 23, 2009 09:22 AM

   On Friday, Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden got the Senate health care duo, Max Baucus and Harry Reid, to agree that some workers who cannot afford their share of the premiums for employer coverage could shop in the government’s... Continue reading

7. Campaign Desk

   Laurel to the Missoulian

   November 18, 2009 04:10 PM

   Last Sunday, the Missoulian in Missoula, Montana did what Campaign Desk has been urging papers to do--it showed how its readers how might fare under health reform. Missoulian state bureau reporter Mike Dennison interviewed five families to see... Continue reading

8. Campaign Desk

   Missing Persons

   November 16, 2009 10:48 AM

   Come on now. We’ve heard enough about the political horserace of health reform—way too much of Nancy, Max, and Olympia. No doubt we’ll be overfed on the theatrics of the coming Joe and Harry Show; but that’s not where the... Continue reading

9. Campaign Desk

   Do Doctors Always Tell the Truth?

   November 13, 2009 02:38 PM

   Kudos to the Journal Sentinel and reporter John Fauber for digging up the difference between fact and fiction when it comes to medical researchers at the University of Wisconsin medical school. At least nine doctors there told the... Continue reading

10. Campaign Desk

    Infant Mortality, Abortion, and WellPoint’s Tonik Policy

    November 11, 2009 09:40 AM

    First, there was last week’s news that the U.S. ranks thirtieth in the world when it comes to infant mortality. American infant mortality rates are more than twice as high as infant mortality rates in such countries as... Continue reading

11. Campaign Desk

    The Doctors and the Disabled

    November 9, 2009 09:18 AM

    The American Medical Association was positively gleeful after the House bill passed, quickly issuing a statement on its Web site that gave the group’s spin on the legislation. “The AMA hails the passage of the House health reform... Continue reading

12. Campaign Desk

    The Disabled and the Doctors

    November 9, 2009 09:17 AM

    As members of Congress ticked off for the home crowds the general achievements of their narrowly passed bill Saturday, and advocates for the elderly praised the goodies for Medicare beneficiaries, nobody mentioned that one important fix which would... Continue reading

13. Campaign Desk

    The Price of Medical Services

    November 5, 2009 12:58 PM

    By now, most of the health care cognoscenti realize that we have not had a robust discussion of medical costs. You could say that the public has been misled by the pols and the advocacy groups, which have been preaching... Continue reading

14. Campaign Desk

    Health Reform Lessons from Massachusetts, Part IX

    November 4, 2009 11:13 AM

    Three years ago, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts enacted a far-reaching health reform law that politicians and the media hailed as a model for other states and the federal government. That law has become the blueprint for health system change on... Continue reading

15. Campaign Desk

    The Devil in the Details, Part II

    November 2, 2009 09:51 AM

    Every lobbyist swarming Capitol Hill these days knows that, when it comes to legislation, the devil is always lurking in the details, not lounging in the concepts. Yet it is concepts, not details, which are drifting down to the public--who... Continue reading

16. Campaign Desk

    The Times Misses the Mark

    October 30, 2009 11:28 AM

    What could The New York Times have been thinking when it fronted a piece the other day serving up some personal tidbits about two major health care lobbyists—Billy Tauzin for the pharmaceutical manufacturers and Karen Ignagni for the... Continue reading

17. Campaign Desk

    Dr. Coca-Cola on Call

    October 27, 2009 02:08 PM

    One thing you have to say about the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) is that it is consistently on the side of the consumer, pointing out how corporate interests too often collide with public health. So it... Continue reading

18. Campaign Desk

    Truth Emerges about the Public Option

    October 26, 2009 11:34 AM

    Sunday on This Week with George Stephanopoulos, George and his guests suddenly realized that the public option, whatever shape it takes, will be very limited. While it’s good to see the MSM finally get real about the public option, Campaign... Continue reading

19. Campaign Desk

    The Latest News from Massachusetts

    October 26, 2009 10:32 AM

    It is surprising, as The Washington Post noted Friday, that President Obama paid a political visit to help Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick but not to talk about health reform. He came to MIT for a chat about energy—kind of an... Continue reading

20. Campaign Desk

    Who Will Be at the Table, Part XVII

    October 22, 2009 10:58 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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