It’s been trumpeted as one of the key elements in the Democrats’ plan to expand access to health care for tens of millions of vulnerable Americans.
Yet a provision of the newly passed health reform bill that raises doctors’ payments under Medicaid is both temporary and limited in the More…
The Washington Post’s Ezra Klein hits the nail on the head today regarding the toughest hurdle Democrats face in passing health reform this year: Namely, the inertial force of the medical-industrial complex that’s been built up around the inefficient health system that’s in place.
The central problem in
Republicans and even some moderate Democrats have blasted it this week, but a $1.2 trillion House proposal to overhaul the nation’s health care system got an enormous boost Thursday when the country’s largest doctors group threw its weight behind the legislation.
In a letter to Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), More…
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