Health Care Reform Articles - September 6, 2011

September 3, 2011

G.O.P. Candidates’ Stances on Health Care Mask Their Records as Governors

By KEVIN SACK

The three most prominent current or former governors running for president — Rick Perry, Mitt Romney and Jon M. Huntsman Jr. — are firmly united in their commitment to repealing President Obama’s health care law. But that unanimity masks a broad divergence in their approaches to the issue while in office, spanning the spectrum of Republican positioning.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/04/us/politics/04governors.html?_r=1&hp=&pagewanted=print

Tracking Vital Signs, Without the Wires

By RANDALL STROSS

CONFINED to their hospital beds, patients can only fantasize about stripping off all the wires that connect them to monitors and bolting for the door.

Suppose, however, that all of a convalescent patient’s electrode patches were consolidated into a single, nearly invisible and weightless version — as thin as a temporary, press-on tattoo. And suppose that a tiny radio transmitter eliminated the need for any wires tethering the patient to monitoring machines.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/04/technology/wireless-medical-monitoring-might-untether-patients.html?hpw=&pagewanted=print

Lessons on Health Care

Rick Perry and Mitt Romney, two of the leading candidates right now for the Republican presidential nomination, have declared themselves fiercely opposed to President Obama’s health care reform.

But what about their own records as governors addressing their residents’ health needs?

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/05/opinion/lessons-on-health-care.html?hp=&pagewanted=print

ALEC RELEASES ANTI-HEALTH REFORM PLAYBOOK FOR GOP STATE LEGISLATORS | The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a shadowy national conservative group, has released a new playbook for Republican legislators determined to undermine and repeal health care reform. “The State Legislators Guide To Repealing Obamacare” contains 14 specific recommendations officials can take to impede the Affordable Care Act, including rejecting ACA grants from the federal government. 

http://www.opednews.com/populum/linkframe.php?linkid=137359

TEN SPECIFIC PREDICTIONS THAT INFORM FUTURE STRATEGY AND TACTICS
Jeoffry B. Gordon, MD, MPH
http://groups.google.com/group/equal-list/browse_thread/thread/a81c1bfaec264d9b