Announcing: Health Reform Watch Blog
posted by Frank Pasquale
Now that we’ve got a critical mass of posts, I just wanted to announce Health Reform Watch, a project of the Seton Hall’s Center for Health & Pharmaceutical Law & Policy. We’ve been honored with some great contributions, including:
Tim Greaney on competition in the insurance market.
Tim Jost on the prerequisites for a successful co-op compromise.
John Jacobi on public plans and chronic care.
Nathan Cortez on comparative health reform.
Tamara Coley on quality of care differences by insurance status at community health centers.
Michael Ricciardelli on the Medicare Part D Doughnut Hole and private insurer CEO compensation.
Jacob Hudnut on failed state health reforms.
Justin Goldstein on insurance exchanges.
We’re trying to develop a new resource collecting news and commentary on health reform. The eventual vision is to have bloggers covering certain “beats” (including Medicare, Medicaid, state reforms, licensure rules, etc.). I think Managing Editor Michael Ricciardelli has done a great job getting a wide variety of relevant content online. Please let him or me know if you have any suggestions for improving it.
June 25, 2009 at 2:03 pm
Posted in: Health Law
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Responses (3)
Daniel S. Goldberg - June 25, 2009 at 10:29 pm
Frank,
A question:
Is the website dedicated to analysis of health care reform, or “health reform?” Because there is a very large difference between the two, and a brief glance at the site suggests it is exclusively devoted to analysis of the former.
Frank Pasquale - June 26, 2009 at 8:04 am
Point taken, Daniel….but I’m afraid “health care reform watch” is not a snappy enough title. Actually, that very problem could be a metaphor for the dilemmas for anyone involved in these debates–how to boil down the insights of social scientists and lawyers without oversimplifying.
Daniel S. Goldberg - June 26, 2009 at 8:46 am
Indeed, and while I don’t fault you for the title, I think you are aware that one of my central research agendas is to urge that experts like yourself, let alone laypersons, refrain from engaging in the ubiquitous and (to my mind) dubious assumption that health and health care are deeply, intimately linked.
There is a veritable mountain of evidence suggesting that the tether between the two phenomena is not nearly so tight and obvious as most think. Thus, while I am an unabashed supporter of health care reform, I get irritated by the unending and to my mind obsessive focus on a set of policies which, based on the best evidence, we should not assume will have a substantial impact on population health.
We should focus on health, not health care.
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