Week of September 28, 2009 The Senate Finance Committee wasted no time last week in wading through a seemingly endless number of amendments to its proposed health care reform legislation…
While the proposals being considered by Congress to help reform the health care system could make significant strides in addressing health care access problems, many remain concerned that the proposals…
Federal The Senate Finance Committee pledged bipartisan compromise on health care reform, but it appears no new agreements have been reached. Senator Edward Kennedy’s passing last week caused some on…
While these concepts can be applied to all industries (see Harvard Business Review Blog "Lessons from GE's Approach to Personal Productivity"), the daunting complexity of moving to new health care…
Week of August 24, 2009 With opposition to a government-plan option evident at many health care reform town hall meetings this summer, an alternative option based on private regional cooperatives…
Week of August 17 The highly charged health care reform debate continues to get extensive news coverage, and Members of Congress are clearly feeling the heat. Senate Finance Committee Ranking…
With Congress now recessed for the summer, much attention has shifted to the home front where many Senators and Representatives are conducting town hall meetings to gauge public opinion toward…
Week of August 3, 2009 The timetable for federal health care reform was delayed again. No vote on health care reform by the full Senate or House is possible before…
The President’s health care town hall, context and opening remarks: “fix what’s broken, build on what works” appears here: http://bit.ly/YDfayThe President just concluded a town hall at Southwest High School…
While at America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) conference in San Diego, we interviewed Carl Scarabelli from EDI Watch. The company's solution promises to reduce a huge problem for health insurance…