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THE QUESTION
One year of health-care reform: How's it going?
It has been nearly a year since Washington officials embarked on an effort to overhaul the nation's health-care system. How do you assess the situation today?
Posted by Rachel Saslow on January 6, 2010 9:43 AM
FROM THE PANEL
A kick in the teeth
Once you understand this construction industry massacre, you're ready to explore the destruction contained in the other 4,000-or-so pages of these two bills.
Posted by Robert F. Graboyes, on January 7, 2010 3:34 PM
It's about time
Both bills ensure that there will be no annual or lifetime coverage limits and both bills prohibit discrimination against those with pre-existing conditions, like cancer.
Posted by Doug Ulman, on January 7, 2010 3:08 PM
The end of the beginning
My guess is that we will see some limited form of expanded coverage that will leave no one completely satisfied. Conservatives may see any change as radical and liberals may see it as inadequate.
Posted by Mark Kelley, on January 6, 2010 8:24 PM
A lot has happened, still more to be done
Expanding the current system to a larger number of people may not be best.
Posted by Linda Leckman, on January 6, 2010 7:34 PM
Finish the job
Congress has produced two pieces of legislation that, while imperfect, move the system in all of the right directions.
Posted by Georges Benjamin, on January 6, 2010 5:57 PM
Meaningful reform still needed
If the Obama-Reid-Pelosi bill passes, we will need to develop the reforms for after the reform.
Posted by Newt Gingrich, on January 6, 2010 2:58 PM
Reflecting on 2009
Looking back over the past year of health-care legislation, I would make the following observations:
Posted by Michael Critelli, on January 6, 2010 8:51 AM
The little engine that could
True and radical change will surface when we confront the care culture where health promotion, wellness and prevention take a back seat to cure and disease management.
Posted by Chris T. Pernell, on January 6, 2010 3:17 AM
Fixing the core problems or symptoms?
Will all of this year's activity actually improve our health delivery system? I'm optimistic, but I'm also skeptical that the kind of comprehensive change we need to truly reform the system will happen.
Posted by Peter Neupert, on January 5, 2010 6:20 PM
Where's America's high-value health system?
What we needed for real reform was to re-engineer health financing and delivery toward patient-centered, high-value outcomes.
Posted by Jane Sarasohn-Kahn, on January 5, 2010 9:26 AM
Listen to the front line
Without the voices of our most vulnerable communities, the provisions that could have helped those communities the most -- a robust public option, expansion of Medicare, an improved children's health insurance program, etc. -- have lost out.
Posted by Angela Glover Blackwell, on January 4, 2010 6:19 PM
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