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| TCF Fellow Maggie Mahar Can Offer Insight and Analysis on the Results of the Upcoming Vote on the Health Insurance Reform Bill
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3/18/2010
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| The U.S. Congress is poised to take a historic vote on health insurance reform in the coming days. What will the results of that vote—up or down—mean for health care delivery systems and the individual and families they serve? What happens next?
Maggie Mahar, a fellow at The Century Foundation and editor of the highly respected Health Beat Blog (www.healthbeatblog.org), can help sort out the answers to these critical questions. She has been an intelligent and informed voice in the current debate over health care reform. Through her blog, media interviews, and as a part of the Health Reform panel for the Washington Post, she has become known for her ability to cut through the political posturing and rhetoric and hone in on the important policy issues arising from this debate. Through her “Truth Squad” series, she also offers commentary on various efforts to spin or mislead the public about issues related to the reform effort. Download the press release.
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| New Issue Brief from the Century Foundation Recommends Changes to Medicare Part D
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10/28/2008
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| Medicare Part D, which was aimed at relieving senior citizens of some of the burdens imposed by the costs of their prescription drugs, offers seniors the chance to enroll in any one of a number of plans provided by private insurers in their region.
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| Getting More Value from Medicare
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9/29/2008
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| With Medicare’s financing unraveling, Medicare reform will need to be high on the next president’s agenda. In a new report from The Century Foundation, fellow and HealthBeat Blog editor Maggie Mahar (www.healthbeatblog.org) 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. She calls for a fundamental set of reforms that would not only save money but also improve the quality of care that beneficiaries receive
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| Health Policy Expert Maggie Mahar Joins The Century Foundation and Launches New “Health Beat” Series
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7/24/2007
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| Maggie Mahar, the author of Money-Driven Medicine: The Real Reason Health Care Costs So Much (Harper/Collins 2006), has joined The Century Foundation as a Health Policy Fellow. Mahar, a long-time editor at Barron’s, has written extensively on issues related to the medical industry and health care policy, and contributes regular columns to The Health Care Blog and TPMCafe.com.
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| Facing the Problems of Providing Long-Term Care for the Oldest Old
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6/11/2007
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| As the baby boomers reach the so-called third age, they are healthier and more active than any earlier group of retirees. However, one day they will be joining the already growing population of those over 85, raising economic and health care issues that range from addressing the special needs of the aged to containing the costs of meeting those needs, especially the costs and problems involved in nursing home placement. A new issue brief from The Century Foundation warns that the nation must address the critical issues raised by this trend, or caring for this population will increasingly strain the resources of individuals, their families, and federal, state, and local governments.
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| The Century Foundation Offers a Primer on the Complex Issues in the Stem Cell Debate
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4/10/2007
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| The Senate is again debating legislation that would ease the Bush administration’s limits on federal financing of embryonic stem cell research. It is expected to vote this week on the measure, which was passed by the House. Last summer the President vetoed an identical bill passed by the Senate. This is the latest chapter in the ongoing social and political debate over stem cell research and the proper use of new scientific technologies.
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| Questions Remain as Medicare Part D Enrollment Ends
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5/22/2006
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| While seniors have signed up in much greater numbers in recent weeks, the future of this complex and unwieldy benefit remains unclear.
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| Launching the Medicare Drug Benefit: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
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10/28/2005
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| A short glance at the pros and cons of Medicare Part D.
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| A New Deal for Health? A Proposal for Universal Coverage
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5/5/2005
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| Leif Wellington Haase, a fellow at The Century Foundation, lays out an innovative plan for achieving universal health coverage in A New Deal for Health: How to Cover Everyone and Get Medical Costs under Control.
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| Why We Need to Cure the Nation’s Ailing Health Insurance System: A New Reality Check
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6/21/2004
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| America's system of employer based health care is leaving more and more individuals without coverage.
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| The Century Foundation Covers the Medicare Reform Debate
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6/9/2003
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| In December 2003, President Bush signed a $395 billion Medicare reform bill that will include a prescription drug benefit in the federal health insurance program for older and some disabled Americans.
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| Century Foundation Reports Shed Light on Bush’s Medicare Reform Plan
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3/4/2003
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| Century Foundation Reports Shed Light on Bush’s
Medicare Reform Plan Policy.
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| The Century Foundation Releases “A Place at the Table”
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2/20/2003
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| Medicare reform is back on the national agenda. While this issue is important to all Americans, women have an especially big stake in the current debate.
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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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