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Obama Takes the Ball on Health Reform
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Maggie Mahar,
The Century Foundation,
6/17/2009
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President Barack Obama is stepping forward to take ownership of healthcare reform. In his speech to the American Medical Association, he pulled no punches, emphasizing that while we spend far more than other developed countries, the “quality of our care is often lower.” In effect the president was telling the AMA: “The U.S. does not have the best healthcare in the world.” Continue reading on the Taking Note Blog.
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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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