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The Schizophrenia of Health Care Spending: Cost to Some and Revenue to Others

Marianne Udow-Phillips

Posted by Marianne Udow-Phillips on September 6, 2011

In early August, when the debt ceiling agreement was reached, many news reports noted the agreement did nothing to address core reasons for the debt, namely: Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare. Indeed, nearly every article written about the debt ceiling talked about the need to “deal with” (aka: cut) Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security.

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Bipartisan Opportunities in Health Care: the Push for Transparency

Marianne Udow-Phillips

Posted by Marianne Udow-Phillips on March 14, 2011

Despite the “Strum und Drang” over health care reform in Congress these days, there is actually some interesting bipartisan activity occurring. While the stridency on health care reform often gets the most notice, the bipartisan activity offers some hope that challenging problems can move forward in a constructive way.

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The Wrong Policy: Physicians, Medicare Payment, and What Congress Could Learn from Private Sector Experience

Marianne Udow-Phillips

Posted by Marianne Udow-Phillips on May 10, 2010

Bruce Vladeck has a terrific piece in this week’s New England Journal of Medicine describing the problems with how physician fees are currently adjusted under Medicare.

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Advancing Social Justice and Equity: The Federal/State Balance in Health Care Reform

Marianne Udow-Phillips

Posted by Marianne Udow-Phillips on April 19, 2010

One of the most interesting stories in the new health reform Act – and vastly under-reported – is the significance of the roles established for state and federal governments. These roles represent a historic shift in the philosophy of health care policy-making in this country: a shift I think is all to the good.

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