Okay, Adam, now we’ve got a genuine academic working on this with us.
Over at his blog Cheap Talk, Sandeep Baliga–who teaches mangerial economics at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management and specializes in game theory–takes a look at our ongoing effort to frame the decisionmaking involved in the House health care …
Is anyone else feeling a bit of déjà vu?
This stage in the health care legislative battle feels, to me at least, a lot like the period just before Christmas. Remember the constant threats from Republicans that they would use all the parliamentary tools available to indefinitely stall a final vote on the Senate health care bill? …
There are a lot of things driving up the cost of medical care in the U.S. Poorly managed chronic diseases and increasingly expensive medical equipment and drugs are partly to blame. But a lack of consumer awareness of how much health care actually costs is just as important. What was the full cost of the last medical procedure, surgery …
There has been much musing around town (and on Swampland) about the tricky logistics of pushing a comprehensive health care reform bill through Congress at this point. The process will require at least three big votes: The House has to pass the Senate bill. The Senate has to pass amendments to its own plan through reconciliation. And the …
* The Obama Administration will post its own health care plan online by Monday morning. It will reportedly include at least an outline of what could be passed via reconciliation in the Senate.
* I remain very skeptical that a final Democratic bill, even one passed via reconciliation, will include a public option. For some Democrats in …
Perhaps to President Obama’s relief, Republican health reform plans are the ones being scrutinized now, in advance of the Feb. 25 bipartisan summit on health care that the president called for over the weekend.
* David Herzenhorn of the New York Times sees a way that the summit could be useful, informative and game changing…if …
As Karen just noted, in an interview with Katie Couric that aired just before the Superbowl, President Obama called for another bipartisan meeting on health care. After being pummeled by accusations of back-room deals and sharp partisanship, Obama said he would convene a half-day meeting where Republicans and Democrats would be able to …
Here’s a newsflash for those fretting that Democratic health reform will lead to a “government takeover of the health care system” – the feds will account for more than half of all U.S. health spending by 2012 even if nothing changes. According to a report out today from economists at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, …
Here’s the latest on the prospects of health care reform:
At a news briefing today, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius talked about funding for her agency contained within President Obama’s proposed 2011 budget. She talked about more money for community health centers, information technology, and drug and cancer research, among other priorities. But toward the end of the …
Is there a Plan B?
The big news today is that the Speaker has come pretty close to closing the door on the idea that the House pass the Senate version of the health care bill. Our colleague Sophia Yan was at her news conference, and reports:
Here’s the story I did on Scott Brown and the Massachusetts election for the new issue of the magazine.
This morning, I sat down with Scott Brown and talked to him about why he won and what it means. He had a lot to say about health care, including what it would mean if the Democrats decide to push the Senate version of their bill through the House:
