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1. Campaign Desk

   Health Reform Lessons from Massachusetts, Part VIII

   October 20, 2009 08:31 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

2. Campaign Desk

   CJR’s Town Hall Meetings, Part VI

   October 15, 2009 05:30 AM

   Everyone, it seems is trying to take the pulse of the electorate--Americans who, as the saying goes, vote with their feet and may well decide the fate of this effort to change the American way of health care. The pollsters,... Continue reading

3. Campaign Desk

   The Insurers’ Grand Strategy

   October 13, 2009 10:31 AM

   I have no pipeline to the insurance industry gods, but for more than a year now, I have watched their grand strategy unfold with surgical precision and—yes, you have to admit—brilliance. Every step of the way, the industry has made... Continue reading

4. Campaign Desk

   Who Will Be at the Table? Part XVI

   October 12, 2009 12:54 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

5. Campaign Desk

   WellPoint versus the State of Maine

   October 9, 2009 12:48 PM

   For weeks, the only health reform news from Maine has swirled around Sen. Olympia Snowe. Would the state’s senior senator support a public option? Would she support the Baucus blueprint? Would she support reform at all? The MSM has been... Continue reading

6. Campaign Desk

   The Devil in the Details, Part I

   October 8, 2009 12:00 PM

   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, that are drifting down to the public—who... Continue reading

7. Campaign Desk

   The Devil in the Details Archive

   October 8, 2009 09:30 AM

   Here are the links to every entry in Trudy Lieberman’s “The Devil in the Details” series, in descending order. 04/12/10: The Devil in the Details, Part VIII - What’s really in store for seniors on Medicare? 03/30/10: <a... Continue reading

8. Campaign Desk

   Health Reform Lessons from Massachusetts, Part VII

   October 7, 2009 01:01 PM

   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

9. Campaign Desk

   Baucus Watch, Part XVI

   October 2, 2009 10:21 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... Continue reading

10. Campaign Desk

    Journalism in the Heartland

    September 30, 2009 03:03 PM

    Good journalism doesn’t just grow on the right and left coasts. Two papers in America’s middle show that good reporting is still possible in this Age of Decline. So we offer another kudos to the Kansas City Star for <a... Continue reading

11. Campaign Desk

    CJR’s Town Hall Meetings, Part V

    September 29, 2009 10:00 AM

    Everyone, it seems is trying to take the pulse of the electorate—Americans who, as the saying goes, vote with their feet and may well decide the fate of this effort to change the American way of health care. The pollsters,... Continue reading

12. Campaign Desk

    Baucus Watch, Part XV

    September 27, 2009 03:19 PM

    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... Continue reading

13. Campaign Desk

    A Dart to Health Affairs

    September 25, 2009 10:52 AM

    In this day and age, when medical journals have come under fire for failing to disclose researchers’ conflicts of interest; hyping faulty studies; and publishing too many positive stories about drugs…it’s puzzling to see the latest edition of Health Affairs.... Continue reading

14. Campaign Desk

    Baucus Watch, Part XIV

    September 23, 2009 04:33 PM

    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... Continue reading

15. Campaign Desk

    When a Tax Is a Tax

    September 22, 2009 12:19 PM

    Reed Abelson deserves a shout-out for her story Sunday detailing how Sen. Max Baucus and his Senate Finance Committee plan to pay for subsidies that the uninsured will need to buy the health insurance they will be required... Continue reading

16. Campaign Desk

    The President versus Stephanopoulos

    September 21, 2009 08:00 AM

    I had a lot of sympathy for George Stephanopoulos Sunday when he faced the president in a one-on-one interview. This can be an uncomfortable spot to be in, especially when your interview subject is likely to be difficult.... Continue reading

17. Campaign Desk

    Medical Homes? You’ve Got To Be Kidding

    September 20, 2009 11:58 AM

    At a gathering of Washington health care journalists last week, panelists, including myself, talked about the challenges of covering this year’s version of the health care debate. Too much horse race coverage; too few details; hard to make stuff understandable;... Continue reading

18. Campaign Desk

    Examining the Individual Mandate

    September 18, 2009 11:26 AM

    Hurrah! At last a major publication has looked in some depth at the central feature of the Obama-et-al health plan. For months we on Campaign Desk have been urging media of all stripes to look at what has... Continue reading

19. Campaign Desk

    Health Reform Lessons from Massachusetts, Part VI

    September 16, 2009 09:54 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

20. Campaign Desk

    Who Will Be at the Table? Part XV

    September 14, 2009 10:42 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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