Health Care Policy

Mr. Walker Takes TEDMED to Washington

John Weeks | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Integrative Medicine, Tedmed, Health Care Policy, Healthcare Reform, Jay Walker, High Tech, Low-Tech, High Tech Medicine, Washington DC, Politics News

There is blunt idealism in Jay Walker's language about re-positioning the social-intellectual-scientific-policy-business venture called TEDMED to the nation's capital. It's shaping up as a contradictory mix of money and mission.

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Legislators Told To Avoid 'Yugo' Health Care

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 11.30.2011

Read More: State Health Care Reform, Video, State Health Care Reform Grants, Health Care Reform Bill, Obamacare, Health Care Exchanges, National Conference of State Legislatures, Health Care Reform, Health Care Policy, Medicaid, Obama Health Care Reform, Politics News

TAMPA -- The legislative sessions that will begin in a month's time will likely be dominated by debates over how to implement the kind of exchange sys...

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Why It Makes Sense To Keep Avastin Available For Women With Metastatic Breast Cancer

Dr. Elaine Schattner | Posted 10.03.2011

Read More: Patient Advocacy, Metastatic Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer, Health Care Policy, Fda, Cancer, Avastin, Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee, Margaret Hamburg, Healthy Living News

The reason I believe Avastin should be available for breast cancer treatment is that it helps a fraction of women, albeit a small one, to live active, enjoyable lives.

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Dems Ramp Up Push For Colleagues To Block Filibuster On Health Care

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics News, Cloture Votes, Kennedy Cloture, Bernie Sanders, Health Care Policy, Ted Kennedy Replacement, Democrats Filibuster, Filibuster Effort, Sanders Health Care Reform, Democrats Bernie Sanders, Politics News

Buoyed by news of a temporary replacement for the late Senator Ted Kennedy, Senate Democratic leaders are launching a renewed effort to get all 60 mem...

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Private Regulation of Medicine: A Win-Win-win For Doctors, Patients and Public

Ronen Avraham | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Private Health Care, Medical Malpractice, Health Care Policy, Healthcare Reform, Obama Health Care, Obama Health Care Reform, Politics News

Granting doctors who follow such guidelines immunity from malpractice would go a long way toward meeting the nation's goals of minimizing healthcare costs while maximizing patient safety.

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Shocker: Steele Agrees With Obama On Key Health Care Proposal

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Policy, Steele Policy, Obama Tax Health Care, Tax Exemption, Michael Steele, Steele Health Care, Health Care Tax, Steele Health Care Reform, Obama Taxes, Steele Policy Proposal, Politics News

In his speech Monday morning denouncing the president's efforts to overhaul the health care system as a socialistic experiment run amok, Michael Steel...

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Bernie Sanders Demands Democrats Commit To Stopping Health Care Filibuster

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sanders Health Care Reform, Health Care Policy, Democrats Bernie Sanders, Filibuster Effort, Al Franken, Democrats Filibuster, Bernie Sanders, Politics News

One of the Senate's most vocal progressives is demanding that the Democratic Party commit to voting against filibustering health care legislation now ...

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Health-Care Activists Targeting Centrist Dems

Washington Post | Ceci Connolly | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Bill, Arlen Specter, Ben Nelson, Health Care Policy, Democrats, Health Care, Centrist Democrats, Politics News

In the high-stakes battle over health care, a growing cadre of liberal activists is aiming its sharpest firepower against Democratic senators who they...

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Peaceful Revolution: Affordable Autism Treatment for Children

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kristen Gillibrand, New York, Autism Plan, Autism, Health Care Policy, Kirsten Gillibrand Autism, Kirsten Gillibrand, Politics News

Despite autism's far reach, insurance companies still don't provide comprehensive coverage for effective treatments, and parents are paying the price.

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Cantor Tries, Fails To Offer GOP Health Care Plan On Morning Joe (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Video, Morning Joe, Eric Cantor, Universal Health Care, Health Care Policy, Health Care, Eat the Press, Politics News

Eric Cantor recognized that any individual without access to health care is facing "a crisis," he "drew the line" at any sort of government "takeover" of the health care system. So, what did he favor?

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W's Parting Gifts to Women

Martha Burk | Posted 05.25.2011

It's not new that outgoing Presidents try to change national policy at the last minute through rule changes. But W is set to set a record.

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Bush Administration Still Can't Get Health Care Policy Right

Rep. Diana DeGette | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hhs Contraceptives, Birth Control, Hhs, Health Care Policy, Health Care, Reproductive Rights, George W. Bush, Politics News

The Bush Administration's 11th hour attempt to restrict access to reproductive health care is not only abusive, but also threatens everyone's access to other vital health care services.

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Why Health Care Never Wins Elections

Peter A. Ubel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John McCain, Health Insurance, Barack Obama, Health, Obama Health Care Policy, School Shooting, Health Care Policy, Campaign Issues, Election Day, 2008 Presidential Race, 9/11, Gun Control, Health Care Proposal, Politics News

Despite this country's dire situation, health care doesn't win elections, because health care problems never feel as immediate as other threats.

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