• He endorsed a seven-point plan for healthcare reform: repeal Obamacare reduce barriers to the interstate sale of health insurance institute a full tax deduction for insurance premium payments for individuals make Health Saving Accounts inheritable require price transparency block-grant Medicaid to the states allow for more overseas drug providers through lowered regulatory barriers He also suggested that enforcing immigration laws could reduce healthcare costs. (wikipedia.org)
  • On May 1st , supporters and opponents of expanding Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act will participate in a debate sponsored by the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs. (okpolicy.org)
  • Opponents of the reform believed that the administration's proposal could defund the Medicaid program altogether. (plantemoran.com)
  • Executive orders signed by President Biden focused specifically on reforming Medicaid and expanding the Affordable Care Act (ACA). (savemydegree.com)
  • In studying health care politics, students will also learn about how reform attempts and failures led to many unique features of the U.S. health care system: employer-based health coverage, Medicare and Medicaid, the private insurance industry, rapid cost inflation, and high numbers of uninsured people. (nih.gov)
  • Senators debated a procedural motion to move forward with consideration of health care reform legislation. (c-span.org)
  • Senator Harkin spoke in the Senate on health care reform legislation. (c-span.org)
  • Even as we speak, Congress is preparing to introduce and debate health reform legislation that is the product of many months of effort and deliberation. (enewspf.com)
  • Senators debated amendments to health care reform legislation. (c-span.org)
  • The White House dove into the health care legislation reform debate. (wtop.com)
  • People may object to the eventual health care reform legislation even if it contains the Hyde-type restrictions. (catholicnewsagency.com)
  • Accordingly, immigration reform legislation will likely be introduced early in the next congressional session, and its proponents will be primed to run a blitz geared to rapidly advance it downfield. (capsweb.org)
  • In the case of psychiatry, in terms of mental health care, we need to determine what would be necessary in terms of levels of reimbursement and work through our respective institutions and organizations, through the government relations and advocacy groups, to try to articulate these positions so that they are heard in the context of legislation that is being proposed and that will affect the way healthcare is delivered. (medscape.com)
  • The Trump administration made efforts to repeal the ACA and replace it with a different healthcare policy (known as a "repeal and replace" approach), but it never succeeded in doing so through Congress. (wikipedia.org)
  • Steven doesn't expect Obama's original healthcare plan to pass easily in Congress, and neither to I. Town hall meetings and angry constituents are just the tip of this sizzling iceberg, especially here in Provo. (patchworknation.org)
  • This week, I conveyed to Congress my belief that any health care reform must be built around fundamental reforms that lower costs, improve quality and coverage, and also protect consumer choice. (enewspf.com)
  • My budget included an historic down payment on reform, and we'll work with Congress to fully cover the costs through rigorous spending reductions and appropriate additional revenues. (enewspf.com)
  • In one of the busiest weeks yet, the Trump administration gave Congress two budget proposals to debate. (wtop.com)
  • In this health care reform debate, the issue of 'the public option'-whether or not there should be public, government insurance programs that compete with for-profit health insurance companies-is a huge sticking point in congress. (good.is)
  • In this case, there's so much debate about it in Congress largely because on this issue politicians care a lot about what health insurance industry lobbyists think. (good.is)
  • Obama understands this instinctively, which is why he pushed hard for Congress to pass a healthcare bill before its August recess, rightly fearing the anger legislators would face once they returned to their home districts. (capsweb.org)
  • But there are some differences Obama can look forward to when immigration reform is taken up in Congress. (capsweb.org)
  • by putting immigration reform off until next year, Obama has assigned it to a Congress that faces reelection even as millions of jobless and underemployed Americans continue to seek work in a battered economy. (capsweb.org)
  • Included in the responsibilities of the Commission is a requirement to "submit recommendations to Congress, the Department of Labor, and the Department of Health and Human Services about improving safety, health, and worker protections in the workplace for the healthcare workforce. (cdc.gov)
  • According to a 2015 report from The Commonwealth Fund, although the United States pays almost twice as much per capita towards healthcare as other wealthy countries with universal healthcare, patient outcomes are poorer. (wikipedia.org)
  • How do you support this plan as a sensible solution for universal healthcare if you're 65, but believe that it's tyranny and the end-of-freedom if you're 64? (theincidentaleconomist.com)
  • He insists it is society's responsibility to care for those that cannot care for themselves, and that his Mormonism only augments his petition for universal healthcare. (patchworknation.org)
  • Implement a universal healthcare program to guarantee coverage to all Americans, regardless of income. (issues2000.org)
  • BOSTON (WWLP)-The Senate is debating more than 100 amendments to a proposal reforming Massachusetts pot laws. (wwlp.com)
  • In the next administration, President Trump said the healthcare system should work based on free market principles. (wikipedia.org)
  • Changes to our nation's healthcare system aren't completely off the table. (plantemoran.com)
  • Obama said the reform plan won't fix everything wrong with the nation's health care system, 'but it moves us decisively in the right direction. (cnn.com)
  • The position of the bishops of the United States, myself included, is that authentic reform of the nation's health system is a public good, a moral imperative and an urgent national priority. (catholicnewsagency.com)
  • WASHINGTON, DC - Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today voted in favor of a procedural measure to begin an open debate and amendment process to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. (senate.gov)
  • POLITICO's coverage of the sixth Democratic presidential debate. (politico.com)
  • October 19, 2010 (San Diego) - Angry shouts, jeers and boos frequently interrupted responses by Democratic contender Francine Busby and incumbent Republican Brian Bilbray in the only scheduled debate among 50th Congressional district candidates. (eastcountymagazine.org)
  • Since the introduction in 1998 of the democratic reforms known as Reformasi , Indonesia has undergone significant legal reform, including in the field of human rights and family planning related law. (lu.se)
  • Washington (CNN) -- The House on Sunday passed the Senate's health care reform bill and a package of measures meant to reconcile differences between the Senate bill and the one it passed last year. (cnn.com)
  • Stupak decided to support the Senate bill after President Obama said he would sign an executive order that would make sure the health care reform law would be consistent with current restrictions on federal funding for abortions. (cnn.com)
  • As evidence mounts that the public option faces an uphill battle in the Senate, its supporters are drawing a line in the sand and saying the Senate should not pass a watered-down health reform bill for the sake of drawing 60 votes. (rawstory.com)
  • Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced on Monday that the health reform bill he will bring to the Senate floor will include a public option to compete with private health insurers. (rawstory.com)
  • During the presidency of Barack Obama, who campaigned heavily on accomplishing health care reform, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) was enacted in March 2010. (wikipedia.org)
  • This entry was posted in Motivation and tagged Healthcare , Obama , USA . (gravityloss.com)
  • Steven's pro-Obama Facebook note got me thinking about those few Mormons in the area that are vocally supportive of the Democrats' healthcare agenda (he's the only one I know of-and I know a lot of people). (patchworknation.org)
  • content/images/Sugarman-1-mod-300x199.jpg "Sugarman 1 mod")](http://stanfordreview.org/article/stanford-students-debate-healthcare-reform-2/sugarman-1-mod/) President Obama calling legislators regarding his healthcare reform bill. (stanfordreview.org)
  • I have been transfixed by the long health care reform debates in the US, which finally culminated with the House of Representatives passage of the health care reform bill on March 21, and which President Obama signed into law two days later. (irvingwb.com)
  • Judging by the populist upheaval that is shaking the Obama Administration's still mercurial plan to overhaul the healthcare system, the president's vow to push for so-called "immigration reform" is almost certain to meet an even bigger firestorm of resistance from middle America. (capsweb.org)
  • Thus Obama and his congressional cortege will do everything they can to prevent their coming drive for immigration reform from facing hostile crowds outside the beltway and turning into a replay of the battle over healthcare. (capsweb.org)
  • To that end, there will be some similarities in the core messaging that Obama and his allies will use to pass a mass amnesty: they will declare that immigration reform is critical to saving the American economy and-in a tip of the hat to George Orwell-will claim that it will create and protect jobs for American workers. (capsweb.org)
  • And like his pitch for a radical makeover of the healthcare system, Obama will insist that our immigration system is hopelessly "broken" and unless comprehensive reform is passed immediately, America will face devastating consequences. (capsweb.org)
  • President Obama signing the health insurance reform bill, March 23, 2010. (cdc.gov)
  • A colleague of mine posted a note urging his friends to support the President's pitch for healthcare reform. (patchworknation.org)
  • Folks here are troubled with the idea that the government may play a larger, more expensive role in America's healthcare system. (patchworknation.org)
  • Unlike the forces now arrayed against his healthcare reform, virtually all of the corporate big guns are on Obama's side in the fight to dissolve America's sovereign rule of law under a tidal wave of illegal immigration. (capsweb.org)
  • The ultimate fate of Obama's campaign pledge to secure the single largest mass amnesty in the history of nation states is as uncertain today as the prognosis of his drive to remake America's healthcare system. (capsweb.org)
  • The NAIC's worries would seem to corroborate a recent study by The Commonwealth Fund that warned of the potential for a doubling of health insurance premiums by 2020 if there are no reforms to the current healthcare system. (netquote.com)
  • Healthcare costs are a fundamental driver of health insurance costs, which leads to coverage affordability challenges for millions of families. (wikipedia.org)
  • Is healthcare a fundamental human right? (benjaminrushinstitute.org)
  • The health care reform bill is now the law of the land. (irvingwb.com)
  • Busby has voiced support for the stimulus bill and healthcare reform, but opposed other expenditures. (eastcountymagazine.org)
  • Whether or not the immigration reform bill comes in at 1,500 dense pages that are drafted in the arcane language of lawyers hungry for billable hours, it's a safe bet that the final draft of the bill that's voted on won't be revealed until the last possible moment, allowing legislators to tell constituents their concerns are being "worked out" right up to the vote. (capsweb.org)
  • While even the passive follower of health reform surely recognizes the historic nature of this event, many of the details are not well understood-specifically the prevention provisions in the bill and the implications for workplace safety and health. (cdc.gov)
  • Additionally, to address current and future shortages in the healthcare workforce, the bill includes provisions for increasing the supply of the health care workforce (direct care workforce, allied health professionals and the public health workforce), enhancing health care workforce education and training, and providing support to the existing health care workforce to improve access to and the delivery of health care services for all individuals. (cdc.gov)
  • In the context of the health care reform debate, this may mean harming others "for the greater good", which could be defined as saving unborn fetuses, providing health care to the sick, defending the constitution, fighting for liberty, or an assortment of other moral principles which have been asserted by both sides as justifying actions that might normally be considered out of bounds. (civilpolitics.org)
  • Traditional principles of self-sufficiency and individualism, fiscal prudence and suspicion of Big Government combine to deter most Mormons in Utah from supporting a large, federal takeover of the healthcare system. (patchworknation.org)
  • Recognizing that in the early 1990s new and old health systems faced common challenges, WHO developed principles to guide health systems reform. (who.int)
  • As many have pointed out , despite expenditures that are significantly higher than those of other industrialized countries, US healthcare performance has been declining relative to these countries on just about all key indicators of health, including quality, access, efficiency and equity. (irvingwb.com)
  • This is all being driven by the fact that the rate of healthcare expenditures has risen at a level that has consistently exceeded inflation and has grown to account for a substantial proportion of our overall gross domestic product, now hovering at 16%-17% and projected to go higher. (medscape.com)
  • There is significant debate regarding the quality of the U.S. healthcare system relative to those of other countries. (wikipedia.org)
  • But even as I'm abroad, I'm firmly focused on the other pressing challenges we face - including the urgent need to reform our health care system. (enewspf.com)
  • The United States should offer a fully socialized, National Health Service-style single-payer healthcare system for all Americans, covering everything that could conceivably be covered by a private insurer, including dental, vision, and hearing services. (issues2000.org)
  • Beatrix Hoffman, Professor of History at Northern Illinois University, is a historian of the U.S. health care system, health reform, and social movements. (nih.gov)
  • To ensure that the other problems are not forgotten and that delivery system reform is central to any plan, the Center for American Progress and the Institute on Medicine as a Profession partnered to develop the book, The Health Care Delivery System: A Blueprint for Reform . (americanprogress.org)
  • Discussions of health care reform emphasize the need for coordinated care, and evidence supports the effectiveness of medical home and integrated delivery system models. (cdc.gov)
  • Hawaii and North Carolina have taken the lead in efforts to implement statewide public health system reforms ( 9 , 10 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Although treating illness is an indispensable part of health care, reforming and strengthening our public health system are equally important to improving the health of individuals and of our population as a whole and to managing finite resources effectively. (cdc.gov)
  • It produces Health System in Transition1 reviews (and includes an online platform, the Health Systems and Policies Monitor,2 which offers real-time reporting and analysis of system and policy reforms. (who.int)
  • Today, I voted to start debate and begin the amendment process to repeal and replace Obamacare," said Lankford. (senate.gov)
  • Uncertainty is the name of the game for healthcare providers in the senior care space in light of the proposal to "repeal and replace" the Affordable Care Act (ACA) falling though - for now. (plantemoran.com)
  • On June 10, the health care reform law will become real to many seniors when they receive $250 rebate checks to fill in the 'ê donut hole,'ê or the drug-coverage gap in Medicare Part D. Imagine the conversation in even conservative states when seniors start calling their congressional offices after a member proposes repeal. (crosscut.com)
  • In an election season dominated by the Tea Party and its cries to repeal Obamacare Courtney found a constituency Monday that supports federal health care reform. (ctnewsjunkie.com)
  • Former news anchor Janet Peckinpaugh, the Republican who is challenging Courtney in November, has said she will seek to repeal federal health care reform if elected. (ctnewsjunkie.com)
  • There is ongoing debate whether the current law (ACA/Obamacare) and the Republican alternatives (AHCA and BCRA) do enough to address the cost challenge. (wikipedia.org)
  • Thus the administration's missteps in shepherding through healthcare reform have become, in the parlance of the new Left "a teachable moment. (capsweb.org)
  • Background: Disparities in remuneration between primary care and other physician specialties may impede health care reform by undermining the sustainability of a primary care workforce. (cdc.gov)
  • The Observatory's contribution to health outcomes has been in shifting the balance towards evidence-informed decisions, supporting policy-makers by feeding analysis on key issues (such as financing, workforce and governance) into political debate and contributing to cross-country comparisons and evidence, as increasingly important aspects of complex "real life" decisions. (who.int)
  • Bilbray repeatedly dodged questions over his ethics, including his close ties to the Congressional Cigar Association, a quasi-lobbying association, and his seat on the board of advisors for Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), a designated hate group with ties to neo-Nazi groups. (eastcountymagazine.org)
  • Bilbray highlighted his support for tax cuts and attacked Busby's stances on the economy, healthcare and immigration. (eastcountymagazine.org)
  • Obama's announcement at the feeble 'Three Amigos' summit in Mexico last week that immigration reform would be put off until next year means one thing-he knows he doesn't have the votes. (capsweb.org)
  • His bid to nationalize healthcare has seriously bled his support among middleclass independent voters and he doesn't want to risk further hemorrhaging by pushing immigration reform now. (capsweb.org)
  • The six classes focus on the major reform attempts of the past century, beginning with Progressive health insurance proposals in the 1910s and ending with the 2010 Affordable Care Act. (nih.gov)
  • We should level with the American people about what we can do to make sure that they get quality, affordable healthcare," she said. (politico.com)
  • NAIC Committee chair Sandy Praeger added that efficient and affordable healthcare would best be achieved by providing care for everyone, regardless of their age or pre-existing conditions. (netquote.com)
  • Health care reform through internal markets : experience and proposals / edited by Monique Jérome-Forget, Joseph White and Joshua M. Wiener. (who.int)
  • Campaigning against healthcare reform my be risky business for politicians and pundits. (webtalkradio.net)
  • Or to put it another way: One side is pretending that a wildly reactionary plan to further enrich rapacious corporations is really hardcore, gutbucket socialism from the Bolshevik trenches, while the other side is pretending that its 'reform' is not really a wildly reactionary plan to further enrich rapacious corporations but something that will somehow, in some way, be good for some people at some point way down the line. (chris-floyd.com)
  • This plan might be called "Veterans Administration healthcare for all," or "VA4A" for short. (issues2000.org)
  • My plan, called The Healthcare Security Plan, provides standard, quality healthcare for all Americans regardless of health of wealth. (issues2000.org)
  • Then again I understand the anger and the angst many Americans feel about health care reform. (crosscut.com)
  • A lot of Americans are understandably concerned given the complexity of the whole health care debate that steps to lower health care costs could result in reductions and access to care. (brookings.edu)
  • However, citing the amount of attention paid to reform during the 2008 presidential elections, the association wants to remind the public that they should be consider what reforms need to occur, not if any should occur at all. (netquote.com)
  • Healthcare insurance premiums have increased 76 percent on average for Oklahoma residents on the Affordable Care Act federal exchange. (senate.gov)
  • The National Association of Insurance Commissioners NAIC) is adding its voice to the current health insurance reform debate. (netquote.com)
  • At issue in the health care reform effort is whether current federal law (the so-called Hyde Amendment) should be maintained. (catholicnewsagency.com)
  • The healthcare reform debate in the United States has been a political issue focusing upon increasing medical coverage, decreasing costs, insurance reform, and the philosophy of its provision, funding, and government involvement. (wikipedia.org)
  • U.S. healthcare costs were approximately $3.2 trillion or nearly $10,000 per person on average in 2015. (wikipedia.org)
  • Further, an estimated 77 million Baby Boomers are reaching retirement age, which combined with significant annual increases in healthcare costs per person will place enormous budgetary strain on U.S. state and federal governments. (wikipedia.org)
  • Maintaining the long-term fiscal health of the U.S. federal government is significantly dependent on healthcare costs being controlled. (wikipedia.org)
  • Proponents of the American Heath Care Act or similar reform felt healthcare costs are growing under the ACA. (plantemoran.com)
  • All provider types must commit to controlling costs while continuing to deliver a healthcare experience customers want. (plantemoran.com)
  • The only change you'll see are falling costs as our reforms take hold. (enewspf.com)
  • One of the basic ideas behind the health care reform law was to cut costs. (marketplace.org)
  • The model has garnered attention in recent health care reform discussions as a potential solution to escalating costs and poor access to primary care and preventive services ( 5 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Some critics of reform counter that almost four out of ten of these uninsured come from a household with over $50,000 income per year, and thus might be uninsured voluntarily, or opting to pay for health care services on a "pay-as-you-go" basis. (wikipedia.org)
  • Physicians for a National Health Program, a political advocacy group, has claimed that a free market solution to healthcare provides a lower quality of care, with higher mortality rates, than publicly funded systems. (wikipedia.org)
  • Hillary Clinton opened Thursday night's debate by parrying all of Bernie Sanders arguments that she doesn't go far enough on health care with a simple argument: it's unrealistic to start from scratch with the concept of free care for all. (politico.com)
  • But amid this political turmoil, one thing remains clear: Healthcare reform or no, the senior living and care industry's efforts should remain focused on innovation and providing quality, cost-effective service that's sustainable for the future. (plantemoran.com)
  • The health care reform debate is not a new one. (savemydegree.com)
  • It is important that health care leaders remain informed of health care reform as it affects patient rules of engagement, coverage of insurance plans, and guidelines surrounding public programs. (savemydegree.com)
  • List and briefly describe three recommendations for health care reform from experts, interest groups, etc. (savemydegree.com)
  • Agreement on Health Care Reform? (ourbodiesourselves.org)
  • Senator Coburn spoke about health care reform efforts. (c-span.org)
  • The health care reform debate might be over by then - or so we thought. (crosscut.com)
  • Indeed, even a simple brochure, one similar to those produced by government agencies everyday, generates a new manufactured controversy when it involves health care reform. (crosscut.com)
  • The whole time the country was figuring out health care reform, my sister was suffering. (ctnewsjunkie.com)
  • New health care reform saved us from bankruptcy or selling our house. (ctnewsjunkie.com)
  • Indian country and health care reform:Will 'grandma' redefine this debate? (invw.org)
  • We also debunk some of the mythical horrors of health-care reform. (newsreview.com)
  • A little wisdom would help in the health-care-reform debate. (newsreview.com)
  • In this health care reform debate, the issue of 'the public option'-whether or not there should be public, government insurance programs that. (good.is)
  • The Health Care Reform and History higher education module allows instructors to integrate the story of health care reform into U.S. history, or to add historical analysis to the study of health policy. (nih.gov)
  • It looks at health care reform within the historical contexts of industrialization, medical advances, the Great Depression and New Deal, World War II, and the transformation of the economy since the 1970s. (nih.gov)
  • Secondary sources are excerpts from works by prominent scholars of health care reform history and have been selected for their accessibility to undergraduate readers. (nih.gov)
  • It may also be used in conjunction with the online exhibition, For All the People: A Century of Citizen Action in Health Care Reform , in courses that examine the relationship between social movements and political change. (nih.gov)
  • The political battle on health care reform rages on. (agingparents.com)
  • But the debate totally misses some important features of the Affordable Care Act that directly affect elders. (agingparents.com)
  • The reform law is trying to do that by bringing doctors and hospitals and insurance companies that handle Medicare patients into what are called accountable care organizations. (marketplace.org)
  • Performance-based financing: just a donor fad or a catalyst towards comprehensive health-care reform? (org.in)
  • Speaking from the East Room of the White House, the president, who made health care reform a priority for his administration, said the vote wasn't a victory for a political party but for the American people. (cnn.com)
  • This is the final vote of the day on health care reform. (cnn.com)
  • Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Virginia, said that when it comes to health care reform, the only bipartisanship he's seen is in the opposition to it. (cnn.com)
  • The fact abortion is center stage in the debate over health care reform underscores that sad reality. (catholicnewsagency.com)
  • By a narrow margin via the Stupak Amendment, it was maintained most recently in the House-passed version of health care reform, the "Affordable Health Care for America Act. (catholicnewsagency.com)
  • It is for this reason that the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has worked diligently to assure any federal health care reform be abortion neutral, that is, that it exclude the possibility of federal funding of abortions. (catholicnewsagency.com)
  • Concerns about health care reform are deeper than abortion. (catholicnewsagency.com)
  • As I pen these thoughts, closed door negotiations are under way and no one seems to know the final form health care reform will take or if it will even become reality. (catholicnewsagency.com)
  • It certainly wouldn't match the historical moment to do something that's just health care reform in name only. (rawstory.com)
  • In each and every step of the health care debate, the insurance companies have won. (rawstory.com)
  • I think this argument should be more prominent in the debate - not because it's the most important element - but because it demonstrates how integral to our economy health care is and undermines key right-wing critiques. (2parse.com)
  • If one wants to stimulate the economy by encouraging small businesses and entrepreneurship, there are few better ways to do it than to pass some sort of health care reform that makes it cheaper and more available outside of large employers. (2parse.com)
  • Hour One: Will health care reform hurt or help the economy? (thomhartmann.com)
  • He's the director of the Engleberg Center for Health Care Reform at the Brookings Institution. (brookings.edu)
  • In the grand scheme of health care reform, what does that mean? (brookings.edu)
  • I'm not sure it's enough to do it by itself, but it could be an important step towards a bipartisan approach for health care reform. (brookings.edu)
  • Does it make this discussion about health care reform though more into health-insurance reform somehow? (brookings.edu)
  • I believe this has got to be about health care reform. (brookings.edu)
  • Health reform or the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was passed by the House of Representatives on March 21, 2010, and signed by the President on March 23, 2010. (cdc.gov)
  • In light of low and declining medical student interest in primary care, these findings suggest the need for payment reform aimed at increasing incomes or reducing work hours for primary care physicians. (cdc.gov)
  • The debate on health care reform is focused on expanding insurance coverage, but reform ultimately turns on improved care. (cdc.gov)
  • Discussions of health care reform have been a major part of American public discourse in nearly every decade since President Theodore Roosevelt's 1912 platform for re-election included a proposal for universal health insurance (3). (cdc.gov)
  • Historically and currently, the health care debate has emphasized the treatment of people once they become ill. (cdc.gov)
  • During the U.S. health care reform debate leading up to the passage of the Affordable Care Act, health policy approaches used in other high-income countries were sometimes cited either as models to be emulated or as cautionary tales - and occasionally both. (bvsalud.org)
  • The resulting Ljubljana Charter on reforming health care was signed in 1996 and a seminal volume was produced on strategies for health systems reform as part of the evidence base.2 The European Observatory on Health Care Systems grew from these efforts. (who.int)
  • The results evidenced a lack of knowledge of the network professionals about the Psychiatric Reform and the lack of skilled workers, from basic care to municipal management. (bvsalud.org)
  • As everyone who is involved in healthcare, psychiatric medicine, and mental health care knows, for some years now we have been under increasing pressure from the forces of healthcare reform and cost containment, which are really affecting the way we deliver clinical care and our rates of reimbursement. (medscape.com)
  • Up until now, we haven't had a real thoughtful, comprehensive strategy to guide healthcare reform, and it has defaulted, for the most part, to more brute force approaches of the marketplace in the form of managed care. (medscape.com)
  • How many people that do not want healthcare reform in Utah and don't have insurance with their companies have actually tried to get health insurance for their families? (patchworknation.org)
  • It's been an ongoing debate among consumer groups and health insurance companies - even as regulators work to finalize new rules and regulations for health insurance rate reviews. (insure.com)
  • U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney visited the University of Connecticut's Student Union Monday for a roundtable discussion with student leaders about health insurance reform. (ctnewsjunkie.com)
  • This is an absolutely essential provision of the new health insurance reform law," he said. (ctnewsjunkie.com)
  • House Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) issued a challenge to Democrats to stand up to the health insurance companies working to block reform. (rawstory.com)
  • and 1993-2015 (expanded TB control and surveillance, which followed renewed efforts in the United States to control TB and the introduction of Reforma de Salud de Puerto Rico, a government-run healthcare program managed through private insurance companies). (cdc.gov)
  • Discussions about disease prevention and health promotion today are too frequently overshadowed by politics and debates about medical interventions and technologies. (cdc.gov)
  • The medical and lay press have debated the significance of the decline in hospital autopsy rates and offered a wide variety of explanations. (medscape.com)
  • Incentives vs. controls in health policy : broadening the debate / Jack A. Meyer, editor. (who.int)
  • Moderator Ken Davy, award-winning editor of the North County Times, called for a civil debate with discussion only on substantive policy issues, but supporters of both candidates drowned out responses as Davy struggled to control an exuberant crowd and keep candidates on point. (eastcountymagazine.org)
  • This is only going to become more intense in the coming months and years, and the end result, as most people who are knowledgeable about healthcare services, healthcare policy, and healthcare financing believe, is that it is going to transform the way healthcare is delivered and financed in this country. (medscape.com)
  • In multiple comments early on in the debate hosted by PBS Newshour Clinton stressed that she wasn't against improving or expanding healthcare coverage in the U.S. But, Clinton caveated, "We aren't France. (politico.com)
  • En- frequently interact with cost-sharing there are non-financial constraints that suring equitable access to high-quality rules, imposing limits on the range of limit access. (who.int)
  • Wage (earnings-per-hour) comparisons could better inform the physician payment debate. (cdc.gov)
  • As this is happening, it is more important than ever for us as professionals, either individually, through our healthcare institutions, or through our professional organizations, to be proactive in trying to determine what the optimal forms of healthcare service delivery should be within our respective professions. (medscape.com)
  • That's the only way to weather the political debate and sustain the long-term survival of your organization. (plantemoran.com)
  • He runs a blog at crownbrown.net where he often posts about his dedicated passion toward healthcare reform, frequently using his Mormon upbringing as the basis for many of his political views. (patchworknation.org)
  • That's how we'll achieve reform that fixes what doesn't work, and builds on what does. (enewspf.com)
  • Check this out, from tonight's debate in the Massachusetts Senatorial race: - In case you missed the money quote, Scott Brown said: … So please, people of Massachusetts, send Brown to Washington to fill your seat. (memeorandum.com)