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Senate Bill Would Postpone Reform until 2014: The Political Implications
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Maggie Mahar,
The Century Foundation,
11/23/2009
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What if in 2012, unemployment remains relatively high, the recession continues, and voters blame President Obama, voting him and his Congressional supporters out of office?
Consider how that would affect health care reform. If the House bill prevails on the timing of reform, the Exchanges will open in 2013, subsidies will be available, private insurers will be regulated, and the Public Plan will be available to tens of millions of Americans. Conservatives elected in November of 2012 would have only two months to try figure out how to derail the roll-out scheduled for January 1, 2013. Continue Reading on the Taking Note Blog.
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The Health Beat by Maggie Mahar Blog
 The Century Foundation fellow, Maggie Mahar discusses today's most pressing health care policy issues in The Health Beat by Maggie Mahar blog. Click here to view.
Getting More Value from Medicare
In “Getting More Value from Medicare,” The Century Foundation, fellow and HealthBeat Blog editor Maggie Mahar points out that past proposals for containing Medicare’s costs, such as putting a cap on physicians’ fees or requiring beneficiaries to pay more for their care, have not worked.
Money-Driven Medicine
 View, Money-Driven Medicine: The Real Reason Health Care Costs So Much (Harper/Collins 2006), a book by The Century Foundation's Health Fellow, Maggie Mahar. |
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A Second Opinion
Dr. Arnold Relman,
PublicAffairs,
The Century Foundation,
4/23/2007
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Medicare Tomorrow
The Century Foundation Task Force on Medicare Reform, Century Foundation Press
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