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Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Health Care Reform Articles - December 14, 2011

Deb Richter: A Cure for Broken Health Care

The YES! Breakthrough 15: Meet the doctor who uprooted her life to bring universal health care to Vermont.



Candid Advice From a Health Care Visionary



Dr. Donald Berwick, who was blocked by Republicans from serving a full term as the administrator of the agency that runs Medicare and Medicaid, has been speaking out. He makes a compelling case about the harm caused by partisan demagoguery and about the need for health care professionals to take the lead in implementing reforms.


Free the F.D.A.




Cambridge, Mass.
THE unilateral decision last week by Kathleen Sebelius, the secretary of health and human services, to block the Plan B One-Step contraceptive pill from being sold to adolescents without a prescription is shocking in more ways than one.
Not only was it unexpected, but for the first time in American history, a cabinet secretary — and by extension, a president — has overruled a drug-approval decision by the Food and Drug Administration.

Democrats take issue with MaineCare figures

Critics say a budget deficit reflects poor planning, but the DHHS chief expresses confidence in the analysis.

By Susan M. Cover scover@mainetoday.com
MaineToday Media State House Writer
AUGUSTA — Democrats continued to question the numbers driving Gov. Paul LePage's proposed cuts to Medicaid on Tuesday as a legislative committee began four days of meetings to consider the plan.

Study: Health care costs grow 4 times faster than pay

Posted Aug. 12, 2009, at 2:36 p.m.
PORTLAND, Maine — A new study shows family health care premiums have grown more than four times faster than income this decade in Maine.
Families USA said Wednesday health insurance premiums rose by 101 percent, while median earnings rose by only 22 percent from 2000 to 2009.




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