SCHIP: A Falsely Politicized Debate
One of the more peculiar aspects of life in Washington D.C. is the politicization of policy problems, to the point that the political framing effort hopelessly distorts the matter at hand. The 2007...
View ArticleSCHIP: Is Increasing The Tobacco Tax To Expand Coverage A Good Idea?
Genevieve Kenney, a principle research associate at the Urban Institute, is a coauthor of this post. She is a nationally renowned expert on the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, Medicaid, and...
View ArticleSCHIP: How Can SCHIP And Medicaid Reach More Eligible Children?
In SCHIP reauthorization, sound and fury surround the following question: What should be the highest income level for SCHIP-eligible children? The more important challenge facing policymakers, however,...
View ArticleSCHIP: Analyzing The Insurance Program’s Hot-Button Issues
In a wistful and wise editorial in the August 3 Washington Post, David Broder mourned what the SCHIP debate had become–an ugly polarizing event. Many commentators have wondered how a bipartisan program...
View ArticleSCHIP: It’s Not Just About The Children
The current SCHIP debate is about more than just children’s health coverage. Behind the rhetoric from both sides lies the struggle to define the future of health care in America. One side in the debate...
View ArticleBLOG: Medical Humanities Blog Hosts Wonk Review
Daniel Goldberg of the Medical Humanities Blog hosts a terrific Health Wonk Review today. First time I’ve seen Erasmus, Cicero, and Martin Luther mentioned in this roving round-up of the best of health...
View ArticleINSURANCE: Big Jump In Number Of Uninsured Americans
This morning the U.S. Census Bureau announced that the number of uninsured Americans jumped to 47 million in 2006, up from 44.8 million in 2005. In percentage terms, there were 15.8 percent of...
View ArticleKATRINA: Two Years Later–Are Health Systems Better Prepared?
No–health systems today are still not prepared to handle the risk of a Katrina-level disaster, says one Gulf-area health care provider in an interview published today on Health Affairs’ Web site...
View ArticleBLOG: Cavalcade Of Risk: Examining Risk 2 Years After Katrina
On the second anniversary of the disastrous Hurricane Katrina, it is fitting to look at issues of risk and preparedness. Today, Health Affairs Blog is hosting the blog carnival “Cavalcade Of Risk”...
View ArticleREFORM: 10 Recommendations For Improving Health Care After Katrina
A new report, released August 29 by Florida Health Care Association (FHCA) and funded by The John A. Hartford Foundation, offers ten recommendations for improving how frail and elderly people are cared...
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