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17 hours ago ago from Butt Trumpet
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16 hours ago ago from AAPS News of the Day
A large part of the savings projected from “healthcare reform” is supposed to come from wider use of information technology. The federal government is expected to “invest” some $45 billion in encouraging (or compelling) doctors and hospitals to use electronic records systems. “Information is the lifeblood of modern medicine. Health information technology (HIT) is destined to be its circulatory system,” writes David Blumenthal, M.D., ...
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11 hours ago ago from Wall Street Journal
'If you have a better idea, show it to me." That was President Barack Obama's challenge two weeks ago to House Republicans regarding health-care reform. He has since called for a bipartisan forum, not to start over on health reform but to "move forward" on the "best ideas that are out there." The best ideas out there are not those that were passed by the House and Senate last year, which consist of more spending, more regulations and more ...
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1 hour, 21 minutes ago ago from Politics Daily
During a surprise visit to the White House briefing room on Tuesday afternoon, President Barack Obama noted that "the public has soured on the process" that has produced separate-but-close Senate and House versions of health care reform legislation. And this souring, he said, "actually contaminates how [Americans] view the substance of the bills." Consequently, the president added, the bipartisan health care reform summit the White House is ...
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Elections are about making promises and making friends; governing is about making choices and making enemies. If President Obama wants healthcare reform then, both for political and policy reasons, he needs to start making some real enemies on his left because the strategy of conditioning passage on an all-liberal-with-a-few-moderates strategy will not work. The President should begin the upcoming February 25 symposium on healthcare reform ...
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