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The Greatest Advance for Women in a Generation

Posted by Jean Silver-Isenstadt, MD, PhD, NPA Executive Director January 26, 2012 at 10:01 AM

I attended a health policy conference last week where the buzz was women.  The question on everyone’s mind was: Why aren’t American women angrier that every last one of the Republican candidates for president has threatened to repeal a law that has brought the greatest advance for women in a generation?   The experts had an [...]

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How Much Proof Do We Need To Support Healthcare Reform?

Posted by Mark Ryan, MD April 16, 2011 at 12:36 AM

Just over  year after the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) was passed, surveys show that many Americans are still unsure of what the law will mean for them.  A recent Kaiser Family Foundation poll (pdf) showed that 52% of respondents feel that they lack sufficient information to assess the PPACA’s impact–a proportion similar [...]

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Americans’ Health Care Access and Coverage at Risk with Proposed House Budget Resolution

Posted by Adair Parr, MD, JD April 5, 2011 at 8:44 PM

Today, Representative Paul Ryan (R–Wisconsin) and the Republicans announced the new House Budget resolution, which is in response to Obama’s previously announced budget plan.  The plan involves sweeping overhaul of Medicare and Medicaid, among other changes.  It will cut $1.43 trillion from Medicare and Medicaid.  In addition to the above, Representative Ryan’s plan would: End [...]

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