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Save to My Portfolio Obama and Health Care Reform

Henry J. Aaron, January 20, 2010

In this installment of the Status Report, a series of policy assessments of the Obama administration's first year, Henry Aaron gives President Obama an incomplete in pursuing health care reform, as Congress has so far failed to enact legislation. Aaron notes that history will judge Obama’s presidency on whether the effort succeeds or fails in the long run. Read More

Health Care, U.S. Congress, U.S. Politics, U.S. Economy

SPOTLIGHT: Health Care


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Save to My Portfolio Bending the Curve: Effective Steps to Address Long-Term Health Care Spending Growth

Joseph Antos, John Bertko, Michael Chernew, David Cutler, Dana Goldman, Mark B. McClellan, Elizabeth McGlynn, Mark Pauly, Leonard Schaeffer and Stephen Shortell, September 01, 2009

Reducing the growth of health care spending must be a top priority for health care reform. With this goal in mind, a group of leading health policy experts, including Engelberg Center Director Mark McClellan, has released a set of concrete, feasible steps that show promise for both slowing spending growth and improving quality and value in health care. Read More

Health Care, Health IT, Medicare, Public Health

SPOTLIGHT: Health Care


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Save to My Portfolio Bend the Revenue Curve: Health Reform Alone Won't End Deficits

Henry J. Aaron and Isabel V. Sawhill, October 13, 2009

Although health care reform is intended to bend the curve of spending and reduce the deficit, it alone will not be enough, say Henry Aaron and Isabel Sawhill. They propose that Congress enact a value-added tax, the equivalent of a broad-based sales tax on all goods and services. The revenue from the new tax, and other sources, should be linked directly to public health care spending through a newly created trust fund which would pay for all federal health care spending. Read More

Health Care, Taxes, U.S. Economy

SPOTLIGHT: Health Care

Save to My Portfolio Battleground or Common Ground? American Public Opinion on Health Care Reform

William A. Galston, Steven Kull and Clay Ramsay, October 08, 2009

To dig deeper into what the American public really thinks about health care, experts at Brookings and WorldPublicOpinion.org gathered and interpreted polling research about public attitudes toward reform of the country’s health care system. Their results offer a new and complex portrait of how Americans view health care reform and the policy debate surrounding the polarizing issue. Read More

Health Care, Polling and Public Opinion, Public Health, U.S. Politics

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioHealth Reform: The Need To Move Forward

Henry J. Aaron, February 01, 2010, Health Affairs

Henry Aaron addresses the crucial question resulting from the recent Congressional election in Massachusetts, did that election require the abandonment of efforts to reform U.S. health care? Aaron says that the only viable strategy is to move ahead despite the loss of a filibuster-proof majority in the U.S. Senate to enact the Senate bill with modifications. Read More

Health Care, U.S. Congress

PAST EVENT

Save to My PortfolioState of the Union 2010: A Pivotal Moment

Thursday, January 28, 2010
1:00 PM to 2:30 PM
Washington, DC

State of the Union 2010: A Pivotal MomentPresident Obama’s State of the Union address came at a critical time for his administration and for the country. On January 28, Brookings hosted a discussion of the address and its impact on the policy agenda in areas such as the economy, health care, foreign policy and climate change. Read More

The Presidency, 2010 State of the Union, U.S. Economy, Afghanistan, Iraq

PAST EVENT

Save to My PortfolioHealth Care Reform and Older Americans: Achieving Better Chronic Care at Lower Costs

Thursday, January 28, 2010
9:00 AM to 4:30 PM
Washington, DC

Health Care Reform and Older Americans: Achieving Better Chronic Care at Lower CostsOlder Americans face unique health care challenges—many not supported in Medicare’s current payment systems— that tend to promote fragmented, high-volume, and high-intensity care and can undermine quality. On January 28, the Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform at Brookings hosted a forum to discuss strategies for improving care for older Americans across a range of institutional and community-based settings. Read More

Health Care, Medicare

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioHealth Reform: The Way Forward

Henry J. Aaron, January 28, 2010, National Journal

Henry Aaron writes that President Obama's State of the Union address contained no surprises on health reform, but it did display resolve. The way forward, according to Aaron, involves not only the Senate and House passing a mutually agreeable health reform bill, but more importantly, the need to overcome the prevailing public mood of distrust and skepticism about health reform. Read More

Health Care, U.S. Politics, U.S. Economy

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioReconciliation in the Senate

Sarah A. Binder, January 25, 2010, The Brookings Institution

Reconciliation in the SenateAlthough Democrats lost the supermajority in the senate, they can start the process for writing a reconciliation bill that addresses health care reform. Reconciliation is a budget procedure that provides a fast-track to passage by circumventing a filibuster in the senate. Reconciliation was originally intended as a cleaning up mechanism to make two congressional budget resolutions consistent with one another, but has recently come to be used for securing controversial policy changes, writes Sarah Binder. Read More

U.S. Politics, U.S. Congress, Health Care

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioReforming the Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital Program

Aaron McKethan, Cindy Chen, Nadia Nguyen and S. Lawrence Kocot, January 21, 2010, The Brookings Institution

Building on their recent Health Affairs paper, Aaron McKethan, Larry Kocot, and other experts examine different policy approaches to reduce Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) Program spending while proposing new ideas that could help ensure such spending is more directly connected to the delivery of care for vulnerable populations. Read More

Health Care, Medicaid

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioAround the Halls: Scott Brown's Special Election Victory and the Congressional Agenda

Thomas E. Mann, William A. Galston and Alan Berube, January 20, 2010, The Brookings Institution

Around the Halls: Scott Brown's Special Election Victory and the Congressional AgendaScott Brown's victory in the Massachusetts special election for U.S. Senator has caused reverberations throughout Washington. Brown has promised to be the 41st vote against the current health care reform bill, calling the passage of the legislation into question. Scholars from around the halls of Brookings offer their analysis of what Brown's victory means for health care reform and the economy. Read More

Health Care, U.S. Economy, U.S. Congress, U.S. Politics

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioWhat About Health Care Costs?

Mark B. McClellan, January 20, 2010, Wall Street Journal

Mark McClellan takes a closer look at whether the current health care reform legislation will result in lower spending growth. McClellan writes that it is possible to provide better care at a lower cost, by ensuring payment reforms can be quickly evaluated and widely implemented, by creating incentives to reduce the prevalence of high-cost health plans, and by reinforcing these potentially strong steps alongside other reforms to promote high-quality health care. Read More

Health Care, Medicare

PAST EVENT

Save to My PortfolioThe Scouting Report: Health Care Reform Legislation

Wednesday, January 13, 2010
12:30 PM to 1:30 PM
Washington, DC

Reforming the American health care system was a key aspect of President Obama’s agenda for 2009. Now that bills have passed both the House and the Senate, health care reform may be within reach—although significant hurdles remain. Henry Aaron answered your questions on health care reform during a live web chat. Fred Barbash, senior editor at POLITICO, moderated the discussion. Read More

Health Care

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioThe Scouting Report Web Chat: Health Care Reform Legislation

Henry J. Aaron, January 13, 2010, The Scouting Report

The Scouting Report Web Chat: Health Care Reform LegislationReforming the American health care system was a key aspect of President Obama’s agenda for 2009. As part of a new Brookings series to assess President Obama’s performance in his first year in office, Henry Aaron answered your questions on health care reform in an online chat. Fred Barbash, senior editor at POLITICO, moderated the discussion. Read More

Health Care

Health Care at Brookings

Brookings is committed to producing innovative policy solutions to our nation’s most difficult challenges. The country may face no more important domestic policy challenge than the much-needed reform of our health care system. Through an institution-wide effort, Brookings delivers new ideas and offers policy solutions to improve health care both at home and globally.

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Mark B. McClellan

Mark B. McClellan

Director, Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform
Leonard D. Schaeffer Chair in Health Policy Studies

A medical doctor and economist, Mark McClellan works on promoting high-quality, innovative and affordable health care. Once commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration and administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Dr. McClellan now directs the Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform.
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Amanda Glassman

Amanda Glassman

Nonresident Fellow, Global Economy and Development

Amanda Glassman is a senior social development specialist at the Inter-American Development Bank, working on health policy and financing in developing countries. She is a Nonresident Health Fellow in Brookings's Global Health Initiative.
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Henry J. Aaron

Henry J. Aaron

Senior Fellow, Economic Studies
The Bruce and Virginia MacLaury Chair

A noted health care expert, Henry Aaron focuses on the reform of health care financing; public systems such as Medicare and Medicaid; Social Security; and tax and budget policy.
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