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Updating the legislative scenarios (already)
Based on yesterday's organized leaks from the President's staff to the press, I am updating my legislative projections one day after making them.
Health Care Moves
At some point in September, the President, Speaker Pelosi and Leader Reid will need to choose a legislative path for health care reform. I will provide an overview of the legislative landscape, then walk through each of five paths. Today I project a 55% chance that the President will fail to enact a comprehensive health reform bill.
Who should decide whether additional medical care is worth the cost? (part 2)
On Friday we looked at two examples of hard cost-benefit choices in medical care. I believe that much of the complexity in our American health policy debate boils down to the question of who should make these decisions. Today I present your options to answer that question.
Who should decide whether additional medical care is worth the cost?
The value decision that underlies most of this debate flows from this question. Unfortunately, some high-level rhetoric has obscured it.