The newest version of Health Wonk Review is now up over at Richard Eskow's "The Sentinel Effect." It a sample of some of the best posts from the world of health care blogs and worth a read.
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Drug Reimportation from Canada––The Drug Industry Loves It
Well, the illegal kind of reimportation anyway.For many years we have been debating the issue of drug reimportation--the importation of American drugs from other nation's, such as Canada, at much lower prices which their government-run systems enable their pharmacies to charge.Drug reimportation was never going to be much of a solution to America's high drug price problems--just how many excess
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Giuliani, McCain, and Romney--Where Are Their Health Care Plans?
Looking at the leading Republican candidates for president you wouldn't think health care is much of an issue.In fact, finding anything the top three Republican candidates have said regarding health care is sort of like playing, "Where's Waldo."A recent tour of their official campaign Websites:Rudy Giuliani - Click on "On the Issues" on Giuliani's Website and health care isn't listed as one of
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Clinton, Edwards, Obama--Offering Health Care Reform Proposals More Similar Than Different
In sailboat racing there is a strategy called "covering." It means that when your competitor makes a move you make exactly the same move. That way, you have covered their every move and they can't get away from you because of any new tactic they aim to employ.When you "cover" you intentionally stay even during that phase of the race--you have no intention of getting ahead at that point.On health
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Hillary Clinton Outlines the First Elements of Her Health Care Reform Plan
Hillary Clinton took the first steps in outlining her health care reform platform this week. This time focusing on the underlying problem in the health care system--costs.They were just first steps, fairly vague and hardly controversial.We hear that she will deliver two more speeches in the future outlining her thinking on quality and insurance coverage.This is how Mrs. Clinton says she would
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$6 Billion for Something Called aQuantive and $1.3 Billion for Chrysler--What's Wrong With This Picture?
A lead story in Saturday's Wall Street Journal caught my eye: "Microsoft agreed to buy online-ad specialist aQuantive for $6 billion."Then there was the big story on Friday: Private equity firm buys 80% of Chrysler for $1.3 billion. The private equity firm will also contribute $6 billion to Chrysler and the separated Chrysler will assume all of the estimated $19 billion in health and pension
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Bush Administration Threatens to Veto Democratic Budget if it Doesn't "Address the Unsustainable Growth in Entitlement Spending"--What Chutzpah!!
President Bush spent considerable political capital passing the Part D Medicare drug benefit. That benefit alone increased the long-term Medicare unfunded liability by $8 trillion over the next 75 years. All of Medicare now has a $32 trillion unfunded liability.The President used substantial political capital just after his reelection trying to change the Social Security system because he made
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The “Realistic” Way to Do Health Care Reform
There is a debate about whether we ought to do incremental health care reform as the political process allows us to do so, or whether that is a major waste of time unless we deal with all of the big problems--particularly soaring costs--in a comprehensive way.This Massachusetts health care reform experience and all the problems it is having comes to mind as a case in point.In March, the Senate
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"Florida Health News" Debuts
Always glad to plug folks doing a good job in the states.If you are interested in health care policy and market activities in Florida, check out the Florida Health News, sponsored by the Florida Health Policy Center.It's a non-profit run by folks now doing it as a labor of love.So--to all of you making tons of money in health care down in Florida--give them a hand!
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The California HealthCare Foundation Launches a New Site Following California Health Reform
An excellent non-partisan website covering health reform efforts in California has recently launched--CalHealthReform.org.They explain themselves:"Health care reform has become a major topic of discussion and a key priority for California policymakers in 2007. The California HealthCare Foundation (CHCF) is working to inform statewide efforts to expand access to affordable care and coverage. CHCF
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