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Health Care Reform: HHS Beacon Program

by francine 07.21.2010

President Obama’s HiTech Act, enacted right after he took office, should produce a major transformation in American health care when it gets going. Along with the health care reform legislation that was dragged kicking and screaming through Congress last spring, the Act could put the planets in alignment for real change in the way care [...]

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Gleevec: A Cancer “Wonder Drug” with a Wonderous Price Tag

by francine 09.15.2009

Here’s another post from Pat’s CaringBridge journal: One of the things I truly enjoy in my professional life is helping people understand the power of the Internet. Today, I tapped into some of that power myself. From the comfort of my home, I attended a presentation titled CML: What Every Newly Diagnosed Patient Needs to [...]

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Read the Bill 101

by Karoli 07.26.2009

After spending my weekend tamping down fires around HR 3200 which were purely the result of a lack of understanding about how legislation is constructed, I thought it might be helpful to put together some pointers on how to read it, along with some key terms. Format The bill is written in outline form. Because [...]

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Healthcare debate: 100 years later, still the same

by Karoli 06.26.2009

Look at this amazing Google timeline of the national debate about health care reform over the past 100 years. At a glance, it’s clear that the anti-reformers have won the debate by throwing lots of money and hysterical arguments at the issue, leaving us where we are today. There’s only one lesson to learn from [...]

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