Pre-Reform Archive

Articles and Reports

Testimony of Joseph R. Baker III, President of the Medicare Rights Center, before the New York State Senate Committee on Aging regarding H.R. 3200: "America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009" and Its Impact on Senior Citizens
September 8, 2009
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House Health Reform Bill Would Strengthen Medicare Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
By Edwin Park, September 21, 2009
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Implementation Choices for the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Reauthorization Act of 2009
The Commonwealth Fund, September, 2009
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"Public Plan Choice In Congressional Health Plans: The Good, The Not-So-Good, and the Ugly"
By Jacob S. Hacker, Ph.D.
Institute for America's Future, August 20, 2009
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Crossing Our Lines: Working Together to Reform the U.S. Health Care System
Howard Baker, Tom Daschle and Bob Dole
Bipartisan Policy Center, The Leaders' Project, June 2009
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Side-By-Side Comparison of Major Health Care Reform Proposals
Kaiser Family Foundation, May 21, 2009
The "Senate Finance Committee Policy Options" column provides the clearest indication so far of what is likely to come out of this committee.
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Notes on Three Health Care Reform Meetings in Early March
This summary, compiled by Bucks Voices' own George Faulkner is available for review.
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A Summary of Recent Health Care Reform Background Papers and Proposals
This summary, compiled by Bucks Voices' own George Faulkner is helpful for those that do no have time to review each report in depth.
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HR 676-PNHP Executive Summary
Executive Summary of the United States National Health Insurance Act (HR676) "Expanded and Improved Medicare for All" Bill Introduced by U.S. Rep. John Conyers, of the 108th Congress
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The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice has sent the new Obama Administration a white paper predicting "coverage of everyone will have a much smaller impact on the trend in health care costs, provided that capacity is not increased." See the full paper at: http://tdi.dartmouth.edu/

In a new report from the Center for Studying Health System Change, the Senior Researcher and coauthor Laurie Felland said, "The number of Americans who cannot afford prescription medications is likely to grow as the economy continues to decline and the ranks of the uninsured grow." The report says that "the number of children and working-age Americans who went without needed prescription drugs because of cost concerns jumped to one in seven in 2007, up from one in 10 in 2003." See the full report at: http://www.hschange.org/CONTENT/1039/

An Analysis of Leading Congressional Health Care Bills, 2007–2008: Part I, Insurance Coverage
The Commonwealth Fund, January 9, 2009

Articles by Dr. John W. Glaser of St. Joseph Health Care System, Orange, CA

Health Affairs: The Policy Journal of the Health Sphere

Health Care That Works for All Americans Report
The Citizens' Health Care Working Group was established by Congress to "engage in an informed national public debate to make choices about the services they want covered, what health care coverage they want, and how they are willing to pay for coverage."