Saturday, January 30, 2010

Friday in Baltimore--The Way to Actually Accomplish Something

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Intentionally or unintentionally, my sense is that the White House came out of Baltimore thinking they are now on to something, and I hope t...
Wednesday, January 27, 2010

The State of the Union--The President Came to a Fork in the Road and He Took It

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As Yogi Berra said, "When you come to a fork in the road, take it." The President came to a fork in the road tonight on health car...
Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Plan B—There Isn’t One—But There Could Be

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As the State of the Union approaches Democrats are considering their health care policy options. There are lots of reports about “Plan B”—pu...
Thursday, January 21, 2010

A Smaller Bipartisan Health Bill? What It Could Look Like

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In the wake of the Massachusetts vote, Democrats are scrambling to find a way out of the health care political mess they are in. Right now t...
Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Stick a Fork in It! The Democratic Effort to Pass a Health Bill is Dead

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Tuesday’s Republican victory in Massachusetts means the current Democratic health care bills will not be on the President’s desk in 2010. Fo...

The Silver Lining in the Massachusetts Vote

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The Silver Lining by Brian Klepper and David C. Kibbe Massachusetts voters' stunning rejection of Democrat Martha Coakley, in favor of a...
Friday, January 15, 2010

The Union “Cadillac” Tax Sweetheart Deal

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Just when you thought you couldn’t be more cynical about the health care bill. As I have said before, there wasn’t a lot of hope the same ad...
Thursday, January 7, 2010

A Great Summary of Where We Are

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Good friend Brian Klepper has an excellent round-up of recent blog reactions to the health care bill's progress in a "Special Editi...
Wednesday, December 23, 2009

How Will the Senate Bill Impact the Insurance Companies and Their Customers?

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How will the Senate bill impact health insurance companies and their customers? Even better, how will it impact a not-for-profit health plan...
Monday, December 21, 2009

The Senate Bill--Wall Street Likes It and the House Will Have To

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In morning trading HMO stocks are once again hitting 52-week highs with each of the major publicly traded plans up 3% to 6% from their Frida...
Saturday, December 19, 2009

Coal in Your Christmas Stocking?

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Is there anyone left, on either side of the political spectrum, who wants the Senate health care bill to pass? Republican Mississippi Govern...
Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Oh, Ease Up on Joe Already

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The Democratic rhetoric coming from Capitol Hill today beating on Joe Lieberman is, in the least, disingenuous. The public option has not be...
Friday, December 11, 2009

The Medicare Buy-In Is Dead--The Liberals Are Now the Swing Votes in Health Care

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The Medicare buy-in idea is dead. After Democratic Congressman Weiner's candid comment, “Never mind the camel’s nose, we’ve got his head...
Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Selling Insurance Across State Lines--Now the Dems Are Pushing the Idea--Why It Won't Work

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A favorite Republican health care soundbite calls for making the health insurance system more efficient by letting health plans sell across ...

Liberal Demands Over Giving Up the Public Option Threaten Health Care Deals

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I actually feel for Harry Reid this morning. He was on his way. He had mastered an incredibly fine balance in his health care bill. No it wa...
Monday, December 7, 2009

The Latest Version of the Public Option—The Democrats Could Have Saved Us Lot of Time If This is What They Call a “Public Option”

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If the latest version of the public option is something that will give its proponents reason to argue they still have a way to "make th...
Sunday, December 6, 2009

2009 a Year of Surprises and Change for the EHR Technology Market

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2009 a Year of Surprises and Change for the EHR Technology Market by DAVID C. KIBBE and BRIAN KLEPPER "Oft expectation fails, and most ...
Thursday, December 3, 2009

Good For Orszag--Budget Director Discusses Cost Containment in Dem Bills

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I was encouraged by remarks White House Budget chief Peter Orszag made in Washington yesterday. There has been substantial debate in recent ...
Monday, November 30, 2009

There Are Four Health Insurance Renewal Cycles and Two Elections Between Now and 2014—Could be Sort of Like a “Death By a Thousand Cuts” for the Dems

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The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) issued a report today saying that if the Reid bill becomes law the price of non group policies would b...
Sunday, November 29, 2009

The Senate Democratic Health Care Bill is a “Milestone” on the Road to Cost Containment—If It Is It's a Pretty Small One

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The Obama administration is reportedly pleased with a recent Ron Brownstein article in the Atlantic . In it Brownstein praises the Reid Sena...