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Iowa Committee Produces Principles for National Efforts to Reform Health Care

Jul 27, 2009

Washington -- The Iowa Committee for Value in Healthcare today issued a set of principles to guide the health care reform debate. Comprised of a diverse group of Iowa health care providers, purchasers, payers, patient advocates, and policy analysts, the…

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The President’s Words

Jul 24, 2009

While the President's press conference Wednesday night got a lot of attention and focused substantially on health care, he also did an interview with Washington Post editorial page editor Fred Hiatt earlier in the day. (more…)

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The Can’t-We-Do-Better Blue Dogs

Jul 22, 2009

In today’s Washington Post, Harold Meyerson complains that the centrist “Blue Dog” Democrats have a “can’t do” attitude when it comes to health care reform: (more…)

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It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s an IMAC!

Jul 17, 2009

From my previous post, it might be clear that there's finally some serious discussion on the Hill about cost control within the health care reform debate. (more…)

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Health Care Blogging

Jul 16, 2009

Health Care reform is moving quite quickly on the Hill and it is almost impossible to keep up with all of the developments in Congress and all of the great reporting in the media on what is needed for fiscally…

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Congrats to EconomistMom!

Jul 16, 2009

The Tabulation and The Concord Coalition would like to congratulate our own Diane Lim Rogers for her blog EconomistMom.com being named as one of the Wall Street Journal's “Top 25" economics blogs. (more…)

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Aging, Costs, and Interaction

Jun 30, 2009

It has almost become axiomatic that growing health care costs, rather than population aging, is the overwhelming cause of a projected spike in federal spending. That notion was dispelled in CBO’s Long-Term Budget Outlook published last week. As explained in…

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PAYGO is Simple: Just Pay for What You Want!

Jun 25, 2009

After reading this post, hopefully all of our loyal readers will finally understand the simplicity and beauty of the Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) concept. (more…)

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Youth Spreading the Word

Jun 22, 2009

On June 15 and June 16, leaders from various youth organizations traveled to Washington, D.C. for a youth conference hosted by The Concord Coalition and the Youth Entitlements Summit (YES), and underwritten by The Peter G. Peterson Foundation. (more…)

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Youth Conference Produces Plan For Action On Nation’s Long-Term Fiscal Outlook

Jun 17, 2009

On June 15 and June 16, The Concord Coalition and the Youth Entitlements Summit (YES) hosted a two-day conference in Washington, D.C with support from The Peter G. Peterson Foundation. The conference brought together youth leaders and organizations and created…

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Statutory PAYGO Important But Not Cure All

Jun 9, 2009

Today, President Obama held a press conference with Congressional leaders to announce his support for enactment of a statutory pay-as-you-go (PAYGO) budgeting rule. (more…)

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Concord Coalition Supports Statutory PAYGO But Cautions Against Large Exemptions

Jun 9, 2009

The Concord Coalition today reiterated its support for enacting statutory pay-as-you-go (PAYGO) rules, particularly in light of proposals to expand the federal government’s health care commitments. Concord warned, however, that the Obama Administration’s PAYGO proposal would exempt $3.5 trillion of…

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Iowa Committee Produces Principles for National Efforts to Reform Health Care

The President’s Words

The Can’t-We-Do-Better Blue Dogs

It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s an IMAC!

Health Care Blogging

Congrats to EconomistMom!

Aging, Costs, and Interaction

PAYGO is Simple: Just Pay for What You Want!

Youth Spreading the Word

Youth Conference Produces Plan For Action On Nation’s Long-Term Fiscal Outlook

Statutory PAYGO Important But Not Cure All

Concord Coalition Supports Statutory PAYGO But Cautions Against Large Exemptions

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