The Risk of Partial Health Care Reform: More Expenses, Fewer Cost Controls

As the White House and congressional leaders rethink health care reform after the Republican upset in the Massachusetts ...

Health Care

Death Panels Part II: How Advance Care Planning and Palliative Care Relate to Current Health Reform Efforts

In my previous post, I spent some time clarifying how “advance care planning” is in no way, shape ...

Clarifying Misinformation about Death Panels

When discussing health care reform, if we cannot even be clear that “advance care planning” is in no ...

Summary Numbers for Health Care Reform Legislation

When we finished our issue brief on the health care reform "endgame" before the holidays, we had a ...

New Study Shows That American Public is Willing to Accept Major Reforms in Medicare Program

WASHINGTON — Although Americans see Medicare as a key part of the country's social contract and want to ...

The "End Game" on Health Care Reform

With the House having passed its version of health care reform (H.R. 3962) and the Senate on the ...

Health Care Reform: End Game Fiscal Considerations

I. Introduction With the House having passed its version of health care reform (H.R. 3962) and the Senate on ...

Medicare Commission: Redux

As mentioned in the last post, the Senate dramatically weakened the Independent Medicare Advisory Board in the health ...

Rockefeller Amendment Would Strengthen Cost Control in Senate Health Care Legislation

Health care legislation currently being debated in the Senate creates a new Independent Medicare Advisory Board (IMAB). The ...

Save the Medicare Commission!

As you have read here, here, and here, The Concord Coalition firmly believes that having an independent Medicare ...

Initial Thoughts on the House Health Care Reform Bill

Here are a few initial thoughts from The Concord Coalition about the House of Representatives health care bill ...