View from Washington – Too Important Not to Do
Americans want health reform, but a major overhaul may not be their preference Public perception about health reform is changing. Granted, the majority of Americans…
Articles by Robert Betz Ph.D.
View from Washington – The Playing Field
A government run health plan for the market Among the competing tensions in the current policy debate, none is greater than the proposal for the…
View from Washington – Brace Yourself
Brace Yourself What’s a little healthcare reform mutiny among friends? At no time outside or inside the Capital Beltway has there been such hope about…
View from Washington
The Big Push What the economic stimulus plan may mean for healthcare and healthcare reform. At the ballpark, the saying goes “you have to have…
View from Washington – On Tour
How large employers may use medical tourism to cope with healthcare cost escalation. Confucius said “And remember, no matter where you go, there you are.”…
View from Washington – Roadmap to Reform
A “how-to” for the upcoming health reform debate. It was Pericles (430 B.C.) who said it best “Just because you do not take an interest…
View from Washington – What Changed with the Physician Payment Vote
Since the July 9, 2008 vote in the U.S. Senate on H.R. 6331, a House-passed bill to extend a prohibition on a scheduled Medicare physician…
View from Washington: The Nursing Shortage – The Policy Challenge
A recent Washington Post article made mention that by the year 2011, over 74 million Baby Boomers will be hitting the Medicare roles. While discussion…
View from Washington – Matters of the States
Although he suspended his campaign, will Mitt Romney’s healthcare proposals resonate with future GOP strategy? Last issue we examined the health reform proposal of a…
View from Washington: Surveying the Field
A look at Democratic Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton’s healthcare reform proposals. With the presidential primary election approaching, it may be useful to examine what the…