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Primary Care Direct Model: 'Neither Insurance nor Health Plan'

September 06, 2012 - California Healthline
By Mari Edlin

A new model of health care delivery -- direct primary care -- could be déjà vu for some Californians, a retreat to the past when insurance wasn't a part of the health care equation. Direct primary care emphasizes prevention and a reduction in the use of "downstream services" -- treating symptoms rather than the problems themselves.

Two Groups Join Effort To Monitor California Health Benefit Exchange

August 30, 2012 - California Healthline
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The California Medical Association and the Food & Drug Council have joined a statewide alliance that seeks to monitor developments in the California Health Benefit Exchange, the Sacramento Business Journal reports (Robertson, Sacramento Business Journal, 8/29).

Groups Join Alliance to Monitor Development of Health Benefit Exchange

August 29, 2012 - Sacramento Business Journal
By Kathy Robertson

The California Medical Association and the Food & Drug Council have joined a statewide alliance of business and labor leaders, health plans, providers and patient advocates monitoring developments in the California Health Benefit Exchange.

Direct Primary Care Providers Lower Cost of Concierge Services

May 21, 2012 - The New York Times
By Bruce Japsen

On the road 50 hours a week, the drivers who work for Becker Trucking, headquartered in Seattle, have little trouble finding cheap eats at the all-night diners lining the interstates of the Pacific Northwest. But many drivers were struggling with chronic poor health, and the company’s health costs were rising fast. What his employees really needed, the company president realized, was better access to doctors.

Advocacy Group Offers Plan for Affordable Health Care

November 15, 2011 - The Baltimore Sun
By Meredith Cohn

Officials from a health care advocacy group have presented something of a road map to the state leaders at the Maryland Health Exchange Board, whose members are working to implement the national health care reform law.

W.Va. Lawmakers Urged to Target Chronic Illnesses

October 13, 2011 - CNBC
By The Associated Press

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - With chronically ill West Virginians accounting for at least three-fourths of health spending in the state, coordinating their care can do much to ease the rise in such costs, an Emory University professor told a House-Senate committee studying the issue Tuesday.

Kenneth Thorpe, chair of Emory's Rollins School of Public Health, also recommended expanding a diet, exercise and lifestyle program that he said has prevented adult-onset diabetes and can provide similar results against other chronic illnesses.

"Both of these things are important capacity-building investments that I think at the end of the day are going to prove to have very substantial dividends," Thorpe told the Joint Committee on Health.

West Virginia Ahead of Curve on Healthcare Reform, Experts Say

August 30, 2010 - The Charleston Gazette
By Kate Long

West Virginia is taking strong steps to get ready for the new federal health-care reform law, Kathleen Stoll, deputy director of the non-profit Families USA, told a conference of West Virginia health-care workers, policy-makers and advocates Monday.

America's Agenda Calls on Congress and the Obama Administration to Complete Health Care Reform

January 27, 2010 - America's Agenda
By America's Agenda

This morning, America's Agenda joined with a broad “National Coalition of Health Reform Coalitions” at a press conference calling on the White House and Congress to continue their efforts to enact health care reform that Americans need, now, more than ever.

Leading Coalition of Business and Labor Leaders Voices Opposition to Proposed Health Plan Excise Tax

January 12, 2010 - America's Agenda
By America's Agenda

America’s Agenda: Health Care for All, a leading coalition of business and labor organizations, submitted a letter today to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi expressing strong opposition to the proposed excise tax on higher-cost “Cadillac” health plans included in HR 3590, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Thompson, Gephardt: Keep Going

December 21, 2009 - Politico
By Politico Staff

The duo “urge Members of the Senate to continue to work toward enacting consensus health-care reform legislation” – adding that “"The bill before the Senate this week isn't and shouldn't be the final answer, but the status quo is simply unacceptable.”

New Health Care Poll Looks At Swing Districts

November 24, 2009 - Businessweek
By Cathy Arnst

Opinion polls on health care reform keep piling up, and most of them show the public’s deep ambivalence, if not rejection, of the House and Senate bills on the table. But a new survey of residents in key battleground congressional districts found

White House Cites A Republican's Support

November 20, 2009 - New York Times
By Sheryl Gay Stolberg

The White House is once again distributing a statement from a Republican in support of health care reform.

A Business Lesson for Health Care Reform

October 13, 2009 - The Huffington Post
By Tommy G. Thompson

In the often contentious but vital debate over health care reform, one issue unites patients, doctors, business owners and workers alike: the need to reduce how much Americans pay for the care they receive.

Former Bush Health Secretary Thompson Praises The Senate Finance Bill

October 05, 2009 - The New York Times
By David M. Herszenhorn

In a statement distributed by the White House Monday, Tommy Thompson — the former Republican presidential candidate, health and human services secretary in the Bush administration, and four-term governor of Wisconsin — gives strong praise to the health care legislation that is expected to be voted on by the Senate Finance Committee later this week.

Here's At Least One Viable Plan For Health Care Reform This Year

September 24, 2009 - Star-Ledger
By Tommy Thompson and Doug Dority

The need for health reform grows more urgent by the day. Costs are skyrocketing, hurting families and businesses.

Statement from Mark Blum on President Obama's Health Care Address

September 09, 2009 - America's Agenda
By America's Agenda

“After months of spirited conversation and debate, it is time to move forward a broadly supported, pro-growth health-care reform package that reduces costs, helps prevent chronic disease, preserves patient choice, encourages personal responsibility, and, most importantly, ensures quality and affordable care for all Americans,” said Mark Blum, executive director of the organization.

Let's Reset the Tone In the Health Care Debate

September 04, 2009 - The Miami Herald
By Richard Gephardt and Tommy Thompson

Far too often in our nation's policy-making process, we allow ourselves to get caught up in the divisive aspects of issues rather than focusing on how we can work together to achieve a historic, bipartisan result. Nowhere has this been more evident than in the debate over health-care reform set to enter a critical phase when lawmakers return to Washington next week.

Southern WV Women Living Shorter Lives

September 04, 2009 - Charleston Gazette
By Eric Eyre

Women in southern West Virginia are living shorter lives than women in much of the nation, according to a report released today.

Senators, Obama Begin To Settle On Message Strategies

August 05, 2009 - Congress Daily
By Anna Edney

Democratic senators met Tuesday with President Obama to begin coordinating their message on a healthcare overhaul that seems likely to focus on cost containment and changing the way the insurance industry does business.

Obama's Turning Point

July 19, 2009 - The Washington Post
By David Broder

Sooner than anyone had anticipated, President Obama's drive for health reform has reached a crucial decision point.

While the U.S. Spends Heavily on Health Care, a Study Faults the Quality

July 17, 2009 - New York Times
By Reed Abelson

American medical care may be the most expensive in the world, but that does not mean it is worth every penny.

Poll: Most Voters Want Health Overhaul That Improves Care, Lowers Cost

July 16, 2009 - CQ Healthbeat News
By Emily Stephenson

Although much attention in health overhaul legislation has been given to a public plan option, employer mandates and other hotly contested proposals, most voters favor a health system overhaul

Diverse Voices Call For Health Care Reform

July 13, 2009 - The San Francisco Chronicle
By Paul Markovich and Priya Mathur

As the push for national health care reform shifts into high gear, there's reason to think we may get it done this time.

Concern Grows That Healthcare Overhaul Won't Cut Costs

July 13, 2009 - The Los Angeles Times
By Noam Levey

Although still publicly beating the drums for President Obama's healthcare overhaul, representatives of some of the biggest players are beginning to express concern behind the scenes that it won't do enough about the major problem: runaway medical costs.

Insurers May Face Fees To Help Fund Health Overhaul (Update 1)

July 09, 2009 - Bloomberg.com
By Laura Litvan and Kristen Jensen

Insurance companies should use their profits to help fund as much as $100 billion of a landmark U.S. health-care system, senators including Democrat Charles Schumer of New York said.

What I Learned About Health Care In The 1990s

July 05, 2009 - The Daily Beast
By Dick Gephardt

With the growth in health-care costs skyrocketing higher each year, people are demanding change in our health system.

Congressional Quarterly Afternoon Briefing

June 09, 2009 - CQ Healthbeat News
By Emily Stephenson

Leaders from business, labor and health care provider communities announced Tuesday a list of health care priorities that members say are nonpartisan, common sense goals for any overhaul legislation.

Steep Costs Damage Families, Businesses

June 08, 2009 - Roll Call
By Dick Gephardt and Tommy Thompson

As veterans of many political battles, we both learned long ago that far-reaching legislation like health care reform requires House and Senate Members to strike consensus.

West Virginia Legislation Passes Landmark Healthcare Reform

June 01, 2009 - America's Agenda
By America's Agenda

SB 414, passed by the West Virginia legislature on May 28^th, is the centerpiece of a group of landmark health reform bills passed by the West Virginia legislature this year.

Dragging Health Care Records Into The Digital Age

May 18, 2009 - CNET News
By Ina Fried

Walk though a typical Kaiser Permanente doctor's office or hospital, and you won't find a paper chart lying around. Kaiser, with 450 hospitals and offices around the country, is almost entirely paperless.

UCSF Hosts High-Profile Summit On Health Care Reform

May 15, 2009 - UCSF Today
By UCSF

A strong push from the Obama administration and Democratic leaders in Congress has set the wheels in motion toward national health care reform.

Disease Prevention And The 4th Summit Conversation

May 06, 2009 - A Chronic Dose
By Laurie Edwards

Since I spent yesterday talking about health insurance, it seems fitting to switch gears to another health reform discussion: the fourth America’s Agenda Health Care Summit Conversation, happening today at 11am PST at the University of California San Francisco.

A Letter from Speaker Nancy Pelosi

May 06, 2009 - Office of the Speaker
By Nancy Pelosi

Dear Friends, Best wishes for a successful Summit Conversation on American Health Care for the 2Ist Century at the University of Califomia- San Francisco.

Fixing Health Care Won't Be Easy, But It Can Get Done

April 28, 2009 - Roll Call
By Billy Tauzin and Joseph Hunt

America has been talking for half a century about providing quality health care for every citizen.

Summit On Health Care Concludes Real Reform Begins With Disease Prevention

March 13, 2009 - AHN
By Linda Young

Participants at the second of four forums on health care being held across the country concluded that real health care reform must start with disease prevention and better health information technology.

Brainstorming About Health Care In First Of Summit 'Conversations'

February 25, 2009 - Oncology Times
By Peggy Eastman

John R. Seffrin, PhD, Chief Executive Officer of the American Cancer Society, and its advocacy affiliate, ACS CAN, participated in a health care summit at the University of Miami during which leaders from medicine, business, and government discussed ideas to reform the US health system in the new Presidential administration.

ANA President Attended Summit Conversations: Exploring The Emerging Consensus On American Health Car

February 04, 2009 - ANA Nursing World
By ANA

American Nurses Association (ANA) President, Rebecca M. Patton, MSN, RN, CNOR attended the first of a series of “Summit Conversations” to highlight the emerging national consensus on key components of a reformed 21st century health care system on January 28, 2009, at the University of Miami.

Heal Health Care

January 31, 2009 - Dailycomet.com
By Billy Tauzin

The drumbeat of news about the ailing U.S. economy constantly reminds us all about the uncertainties we will continue to face if Congress and the Obama Administration do not act swiftly on an economic-recovery plan.

Diverse Coalition Working Toward Health Reform Consensus

January 30, 2009 - The Daily Kos
By Dick Gephardt

While it may not sell newspapers or light up the ratings on cable shout shows, a diverse group of interests has quietly moved toward consensus on the need for significant health reform this year.

Health Care Summit Conversations

January 27, 2009 - eHealth
By John Sharp

A major summit begins tomorrow in Florida on health care reform. With Donna Shalala moderating, this summit. There will be a dedicated topic on Health Information Technology with one of the key speakers C. Martin Harris of the Cleveland Clinic.

Health System Can Be Mended

January 27, 2009 - The Miami Herald
By Donna Shalala

Our broken healthcare system is bankrupting people and businesses. We're all paying a lot more and getting less. Our nation's economic future depends on making the right policy choices on healthcare.

Drug Industry Adapts to Democrats' Mounting Clout

October 24, 2008 - The Wall Street Journal
By T.W. Farnam, Alicia Mundy and Brad Haynes

The pharmaceutical industry is paying $13.2 million to run advertisements supporting 28 politicians, all but three of them Democrats, in an example of how interest groups are already adjusting to the prospect of stronger Democratic control of Congress in 2009.

America's Agenda Co-Sponsors TV AD Urging Women To "Vote Like Your Health Depends On It..."

October 23, 2008 - America's Agenda
By America's Agenda

America's Agenda: Health Care for All, the Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease, and a team of co-sponsors have launched a nationwide TV spot focusing on health care reform that is running over the two weeks leading up to the presidential election.

WV Poll Finds Strong Support For Health Care Reform

October 15, 2008 - America's Agenda
By America's Agenda

With the election just weeks away, a new poll shows that 79% of West Virginia residents would be more likely to vote for political candidates who worked to guarantee quality health care for all.

Poll: Cost Prevents W. Va. Residents To See Doctor

October 02, 2008 - Associated Press
By Kelley Gillenwater

The majority of West Virginia residents with weight and health problems admit they need help, but many don't see a doctor because they can't afford it or can't get there.

Business, Healthcare Groups Band Together to Promote West Virginia Health Care Reform

October 02, 2008 - Charleston Daily Mail
By Cheryl Caswell

A group of businesses and healthcare groups are joining forces to help make health care more accessible and affordable in West Virginia.

Numbers With Meaning

October 02, 2008 - West Virginia MetroNews
By West Virginia MetroNews

Too many West Virginians are going without healthcare and that has to change.

Summit Conversations Will Explore the Range of Consensus on Health Care Reform

August 26, 2008 - America's Agenda
By America's Agenda

At the Democratic Convention event honoring Dick Gephardt, America's Agenda announced the launch of its new Summit Conversations series on American health care for the 21st century.

National Expert to Lead WV Health Care Reform

May 20, 2008 - West Virginia Public Radio
By America's Agenda

For years now, West Virginia lawmakers have been tossing around different initiatives and policy adjustments to lower the cost of health care.

Emory Professor to Design New Health System for State

May 20, 2008 - Charleston Gazette
By Phil Kabler

Kenneth Thorpe has a tough challenge ahead: Oversee the design of a more efficient, less expensive health-care system for West Virginia.

Health Care Reform: Is The Timing Right?

January 28, 2008 - A Chronic Dose: A Chronic Illness Blog
By Laurie Edwards

When we're too sick to participate in the workforce, when our employers can't keep up with skyrocketing costs, when preventable diseases go unchecked and result in costly complications, we all pay the price.

American Cancer Society CEO To Participate In 'Summit Conversations'

January 22, 2008 - WAAYTV.com
By WAAYTV

John R. Seffrin, Ph.D., chief executive officer of the American Cancer Society and its advocacy affiliate, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), will join other leaders from labor, health care, government and business January 28 at the University of Miami in the first of ten "Summit Conversations" on health care reform.

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