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A Century Foundation Project Following Important Trends, New Ideas, and Noteworthy Research in Health Care Policy.
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Conventional wisdom has long held that fundamental reform of the American health care system is unlikely to occur. Yet a consensus that the existing system is dysfunctional is gaining strength among experts, lawmakers, employers, and the public at large. This growing consensus may generate support for the transformation of U.S. health care financing and delivery. The growing human and financial costs of our current system guarantee that health care will remain at the forefront of U.S. politics. Health Policy Watch seeks to provide experts and non-experts alike with a portal on these developing debates on health policy and on ideas for achieving universal coverage. |
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About The Century Foundation
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| The Century Foundation conducts public policy research
and analyses of economic, social, and foreign policy issues,
including inequality, retirement security, election reform,
media studies, homeland security, and international affairs.
The foundation produces books, reports, and other publications,
convenes task forces, and working groups and operates
seven informational Web sites. With offices in New York
City and Washington, D.C., The Century Foundation is nonprofit
and nonpartisan and was founded in 1919 by Edward A. Filene.
Learn more about our mission at The Century Foundation's
Web site, www.tcf.org.
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The Health Beat by Maggie Mahar Blog
 The Century Foundation fellow, Maggie Mahar discusses today's most pressing health care policy issues in The Health Beat by Maggie Mahar blog. Click here to view.
Getting More Value from Medicare
In “Getting More Value from Medicare,” The Century Foundation, fellow and HealthBeat Blog editor Maggie Mahar points out that past proposals for containing Medicare’s costs, such as putting a cap on physicians’ fees or requiring beneficiaries to pay more for their care, have not worked.
Money-Driven Medicine
 View, Money-Driven Medicine: The Real Reason Health Care Costs So Much (Harper/Collins 2006), a book by The Century Foundation's Health Fellow, Maggie Mahar. |
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A Second Opinion
Dr. Arnold Relman,
PublicAffairs,
The Century Foundation,
4/23/2007
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Medicare Tomorrow
The Century Foundation Task Force on Medicare Reform, Century Foundation Press
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