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An Important New Beginning in Health Reform An Analysis and Action Guide (December 13, 2009) In the next six to eight weeks, Congress will likely pass a massive health reform bill. Much remains uncertain about that bill's provisions. And, we can be certain, much that we once hoped for will be absent. But the bill will be historic, and we must ensure that the most desirable provisions in the texts being considered now remain in the final bill. For the first time ever, the federal government will tell the people that universal coverage is a public good that can be realized only with a tax funded health insurance program. Also, for the first time ever, the federal government will start regulating the health insurance industry, to put an end to its most brutal practices and to make it more accountable. Please click here to see the rest of the analysis and how you can help.  Why We Need a Public Plan Option in Health Care Reform View full article here HEALTH CARE REFORM: WHAT NEXT? A New Position Statement (October 10, 2009) Several stages of hard work remain before Congress arrives at a single unified bill for its consideration. The House is already working to merge the drafts of its three committees and produce a bill of its own, and the Senate will shortly be doing likewise with its two committee products. Rekindling Reform considers the draft developed by the Senate Finance Committee to be on the wrong track in several key respects. The House leadership is working to resolve differences among its three somewhat acceptable but still far from adequate drafts. The two bills that Senate and House leaders present for consideration in their respective chambers will be subject to floor debate and amendment, offering opportunities for further revisions, for better or worse. (See the full statement here.) Health Care Reform--Spring and Summer 2009 Updates on the struggle for a public plan option • Robert Borosage on the politics • Jacob Hacker's new paper compares the bills The Center for Policy Analysis has produced a very useful guide. Why Single Payer Advocacy Matters Now More than Ever Joseph White - Cost Control and Health Care Reform: The Case for All-Payer Regulation Improving Public Health: Center for Policy Analysis Shows the Links to Affordable Health Reform Report Projects Up to 66 Million Americans Could be Uninsured by 2019 Unless Health Reform is Enacted. UE's General Executive Board Weighs in on Washington Healthcare Proposals Study Finds Insurance Coverage for All Could Reduce Health Disparities A First 100 Days Health Agenda We ask Congress and the President to act in the First 100 Days of the new administration to expand health care and improve the public's health:
A Health Care Assessment of the First Hundred Days of the New Administration and Congress Friday, May 1, 2009 - 8:30am to 1:00pm Joseph Murphy Institute, City University of New York 25 West 43rd Street, 18th floor , in Manhattan Sponsored in conjunction with the Queens College Dept. of Urban Studies Program:
Policy Brief on the 2008 Election and Universal Health Care May 27, 2008 A new policy brief reviews the major US presidential contenders' positions on health care reform, testing them against a set of six benchmarks for accessible, affordable health care for all. The review finds that none of the proposals addresses the basic obstacles to attaining affordable health care for all. Yet, it points out, while Senators Obama and Clinton support the idea that all citizens are entitled to affordable health care, Senator McCain rejects it, also proposing actions that would discourage employer health coverage. Noting that only the views the Democrats voice are consistent with the six benchmarks, the brief suggests that they can do better than the actual proposals they have made, and it urges them to do so. Read the full Policy Brief here. WINTER 2008: Thoughts on the Challenge Facing The New York State Partnership for Coverage According to Sid Socolar, Chair of Rekindling Reform's National Programs Committee, the assignment facing the NYS Partnership for Coverage is formidable. The Partnership has been charged with generating development of a plan that assures "access to affordable, high quality medical care for every single New Yorker, reduces the overwhelming and unsustainable cost of healthcare incurred by the public and the state, and avoids the significant implementation problems that have plagued other state efforts in this area." Click here for Sid Socolar's full aricle. Alliance to Restore Medicare Rekindling Reform has helped to form a new national partnership to protect Medicare -- the Alliance to Restore Medicare (ARM). To date, ten leading national organizations concerned with Medicare have become part of this important effort. ARM is seeking major changes in provisions of the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 that are serving to privatize Medicare services and erode its fiscal integrity. Included in these provisions are the excess payments going to Medicare Advantage Plans and the prohibition on government bargaining with drug companies on the prices of prescription drugs. ARM is inviting other organizations to indicate their support for this campaign. You can find out more at www.alliancetorestoremedicare.org. Please spread the word. Rekindling Reform believes that the protection of Medicare is fundamental for advancement to universal health care. Being within the framework of government, Medicare can lead the way towards fundamental changes in the health care system that emphasize primary care, prevention of illness and disability, maintenance of wellness, and value for money. Medicare can be the test site for new forms of reimbursement for medical services that move away from payment for procedures towards a system emphasizing high quality accessible and coordinated primary care. We welcome the advent of ARM and will do everything we can to help it achieve its vital aims. Medicare Reform Legislation, 2007 A bill passed August 1 by the House of Representatives is a giant step toward restoring Medicare as the dependable program that seniors and people with disabilities have counted on for four decades. The bill, if enacted, would undo the great majority of the corrosive provisions of the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA), legislation that was calculated to undermine Medicare's fiscal integrity and transform it from social insurance to private insurance. Read more... Congress, Fix Medicare 'Reform' Flaws First BY THEODORE R. MARMOR AND SIDNEY J. SOCOLAR Newsday, July 24, 2007 In 2007, efforts to reform American medical care have taken two distinct paths. Presidential debates have concentrated on the plans candidates have proposed for moving toward universal health insurance coverage. By contrast, the new Democratic Congress has concentrated on problems arising from the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA). This has split the reform debate sharply. Read more... Newsletter Archive Fall 2008 January 2008 October 2007 July 2007 The 2005-2006 Health Action Program of Rekindling Reform
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