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January 27, 2010

One of the best forums for diverse opinions on current healthcare issues is the National Journal’s Health Care Expert Blog.  National Journal’s healthcare correspondent, Marilyn Werber Serafini, has assembled a … Continued

November 23, 2009

There was a great deal of hoopla Saturday night over the Senate Democratic leadership’s success in gaining the minimum 60 votes necessary to bring health reform legislation to the floor … Continued

November 4, 2009

Since 2000, the Healthcare Leadership Council’s Honor Roll for Coverage Award has recognized exemplary community programs that have distinguished themselves as leaders in providing access to health insurance for uninsured … Continued

November 3, 2009

Senator Joe Lieberman (I-CT) has been absorbing a lot of criticism in the media and the blogosphere for his comments last week that he may have no choice but to … Continued

November 2, 2009

Newsweek magazine’s website has a post well worth reading about a new study from the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center showing that 17,000 children died in hospitals over the past two … Continued

September 18, 2009

Chairman Baucus deserves to be commended for his steadfast efforts to develop health reform legislation that has the potential to gain strong majority support in the United States Senate.  Health … Continued

August 20, 2009

Long before congressional committees began debating health reform legislation, Ascension Health, a Healthcare Leadership Council member and the nation’s largest non-profit healthcare system, had developed a set of principles on … Continued

August 18, 2009

For those of us who strongly want a good health reform bill to become law this year, it was dispiriting to say the least to hear a member of Congress … Continued

August 10, 2009

President Obama has rightly and frequently cited the Cleveland Clinic as one of the health providers in this country that provides the kind of high-quality, cost-effective care that should be … Continued

August 4, 2009

We were going to do it better this time around.  As the current version of health reform got underway, there was a shared determination by groups spanning the political spectrum … Continued