Blog
September 11, 2012
This week, National Journal provided a welcome reminder that the finger-pointing, bombastic rhetoric and hardened, polarized positions that characterize election-year politics can give way to reasonable discussions and collaborative problem-solving … Continued
August 23, 2012
For all of the criticisms of this year’s presidential campaign being overly negative and personalized, I actually believe one of the most important failures of the campaign thus far is … Continued
July 10, 2012
Governor Rick Perry’s announcement that Texas will not participate in the coming expansion of the Medicaid program – a decision made possible by last month’s Supreme Court decision forbidding the … Continued
May 29, 2012
Does fact-checking even matter in today’s throw-anything-at-the-wall political environment? In 2011, the PolitiFact blog, which measures political assertions and advertising against reality, gave its “Lie of the Year” award, if … Continued
May 1, 2012
We need a better understanding of exactly why the medical device tax contained in the Affordable Care Act is so harmful to both the U.S. economy and the future of … Continued
April 23, 2012
In a Forbes commentary, Eli Lilly and Company CEO John Lechleiter underscores the need for new medicines and medical technologies to provide better healthcare to our aging society. While U.S. … Continued
April 10, 2012
Today, I saw an argument in support of the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) – the 15-member board of political appointees with unprecedented power to reduce Medicare expenditures – that … Continued
April 4, 2012
When you examine the rising costs in our healthcare system, an important starting point is the care required by the so-called dual eligibles, those Americans who are eligible for both … Continued
March 19, 2012
In this morning’s editorial, “This Cost-Cutting Reform Deserves a Chance,” the Washington Post paints opposition to the Independent Payment Advisory Board as largely political, or parochial, in nature. Republicans, the … Continued
March 8, 2012
We’re all concerned about how our healthcare workforces will keep up with an increasing patient population. Not only is Medicare growing at the rate of 7,500 new beneficiaries per day, … Continued
Sean Brown
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