Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report Feature Highlights Recent Blog Entries
"Blog Watch" offers readers a roundup of health policy-related blog posts.
The American Prospect's Ezra Klein writes that President Obama's speech at the White House Forum on Health Reform represents the "banality of progress" because "it is no longer a scoop to report that Obama plans to pass health reform by the end of 2009."
Maggie Mahar of the Century Foundation's Health Beat Blog looks at the professional background of Richard Scott, chair of the new advocacy group Conservatives for Patients Rights. Kathryn Jean Lopez of the National Review Online's The Corner posts an interview with Scott.
Trudy Lieberman of the Columbia Journalism Review's Campaign Desk looks at some media coverage of the COBRA subsidy included in the stimulus package. Bob Vineyard of Insure Blog discusses some individuals who are ineligible for the subsidy and says, "If Congress really wanted to help those out of work, you would think they would allocate more to COBRA subsidies and find a way to make it less onerous for employers who are already struggling."
Health Populi's Jane Sarasohn-Kahn looks at a survey from Edward Jones that found Americans rank health care costs and unemployment as their top concerns in 2009.
Rory Cooper on the Heritage Foundation's The Foundry discusses the Obama administration's health proposals and says it's a "down payment on nationalization." Jacob Hacker on the New Republic's The Treatment advises the administration to be explicit "that employer contributions, an Exchange, and a public health insurance ... are the essence of Obama's vision of a transformed system."
Brady Augustine of Medicaid Front Page hosts the most recent edition of Health Wonk Review, a biweekly compendium of more than two dozen health policy, infrastructure, insurance, technology and managed care bloggers. A different participant's blog hosts each issue.
Domenico Montanaro of MSNBC's First Read looks at some Republican responses to Obama's health reform push.
Rebecca Edelman on the White House Blog live blogged the White House Forum on Health Reform.
