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Politics of Health Care Reform 
The Consequences of “No”(0)
Arthur L. Kellermann, M.D., M.P.H., and Lawrence S. Lewin, M.B.A.
In the next few weeks, Congress will determine the fate of health care reform. An early and important objective of the Obama administration, reform once carried an air of inevitability. But a spirited anti-reform effort and concerns about the legislation’s cost have raised doubts about its [...]
Health Care Reform — A Republican View
Senator Chuck Grassley
The health care system has serious problems. Costs are rising at three times the inflation rate. Many Americans are uninsured. Millions more fear losing their insurance in a weak economy or because of preexisting conditions. Doctors are ready to close their doors because of high malpractice insurance costs and low government reimbursement rates. [...]
Lobbying, Campaign Contributions, and Health Care Reform
Robert Steinbrook, M.D.
With health care reform in the air, interest groups are spending huge sums of money to influence the final legislation and other matters pending in Washington. Since 2006, the health sector has spent $1.7 billion lobbying Congress and federal agencies — more money than any other sector of the economy.
Getting to the Real Issues in Health Care Reform
Paul B. Ginsburg, Ph.D.
No issue has dominated the health care reform debate as much as whether the U.S. government should offer a health insurance plan to compete with private insurers — the so-called public option. Congress has discussed two approaches to the public option, one of which would have the public plan pay providers at [...]
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