Micah Weinberg: All Publications, Events and Press

US Health Care Reform Could Leave Implementation to States | California Healthline

Cecille Isidro — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:22:00 -0500

... medical care," Micah Weinberg, a senior research fellow in the California Program of the New America Foundation, argues in a Sacramento Bee opinion piece...

The Conversation: Cut Health Costs? Here's A Prescription

Erin Drankoski — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 09:58:00 -0400

There is widespread agreement that if federal health care reform passes, making it work will depend in great part on getting a handle on spiraling medical costs that already consume nearly one of every five dollars spent in the United States.

Grand Junction, Colorado

Health Policy — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 23:00:00 -0400

Health Care Cuts Deeper Than They Appear in California | California Healthline

Erin Drankoski — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 08:07:00 -0400

... The federal government pays about $2 for each dollar the state contributes to Healthy Families. "I don't think this is common knowledge," Micah Weinberg, health policy specialist with the New America Foundation, said ... Original Article

California Budget Cuts Forfeit Billions in Federal Funding | NPR

Cecille Isidro — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:51:00 -0400

Micah Weinberg is a health policy expert with the non-partisan New America Foundation. He says the funding model, similar to a 401k, creates an incentive ...

Is It About Health Care, or About Making Money?

Cecille Isidro — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 10:41:00 -0400

Just a few months ago, national health care reform seemed solidly on the path to congressional approval. A popular new president made it his top domestic priority and turned the process over to the leadership of large Democratic majorities in both houses. The path became rocky, though, with most Republicans and many conservative Blue Dog Democrats signaling concern.

Two Big Ideas for Reform in California

Elizabeth Wu — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:22:00 -0400

California is an ungovernable state. It is plagued by systemic gridlock and paralysis that is built into its governmental institutions. "California does not work because it CANNOT work," said Micah Weinberg in a quote for George Skelton's Los Angeles Times column.

Fix the State or There Will Be Fireworks | Los Angeles Times

Cecille Isidro — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:50:00 -0400

"California government does not work because it cannot work," Micah Weinberg, senior research fellow at the New America Foundation, told a reform forum sponsored by his organization last week.

VIDEO: Budget Syndrome: The Real Costs of Cutting Healthcare

Kate Schuler — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:09:00 -0400

Since Governor Schwarzenegger insists he will not raise taxes, programs such as Healthy Families are still on the chopping block putting health insurance for a million children and their families at risk. In this informative and engaging video, Micah Weinberg, Senior Research Fellow at The New America Foundation, calls out this sort of thinking a Budget Syndrome. A major symptom of this condition is an obsessive focus on taxes and spending. Its side effects include blindness to the true impact of cutting healthcare spending on our pocketbooks, on our economy, and on our lives.

Innovative Care Stretches County Health Budgets | PublicCEO.com

Cecille Isidro — Thu, 14 May 2009 01:42:00 -0400

“Counties are already the default health reform mechanism,” according to Micah Weinberg, Senior Research Fellow for the California Program at the New America Foundation. “Even if Washington passes healthcare reform, it will simply build on the ...

CA EVENT: On The Cutting Edge

Elizabeth Wu — Fri, 08 May 2009 01:30:00 -0400

A New America Event
05/08/2009 - 11:00am

Video: Part 1 of 2 | Part 2 of 2

A Medicare-Type Plan or No Public Plan at All is a False Choice

Elizabeth Wu — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:29:00 -0400

Micah Weinberg's op-ed in The Sacramento Bee asks policymakers to move beyond the "heartless insurers" vs. "socialized medicine" rhetoric to come up with a practical solution for health care reform. This would include the choice of a public insurance plan that competes fairly with private plans.

Weinberg lays out three essential criteria for fair competition:

Everybody's Got a Stake in Reforming Health Care

Cecille Isidro — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 07:23:00 -0400

There is an encouraging – perhaps surprising – amount of agreement that health care in the United States must be reformed now. Key players in the debate, from Wal-Mart executives to labor union leaders, agree that reform should expand affordable health coverage to all, that no one should be denied insurance, and that government, employers and individuals should all share responsibility for funding health care.

CA EVENT: California, the Crisis and the Next Social Contract

Elizabeth Wu — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 14:00:00 -0500

A New America Event
02/09/2009 - 8:00am

Now's the Time to Think of Ideas for a New State Government System

Cecille Isidro — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 16:23:00 -0500

Deep in the doldrums of California's economic woes, with state government unable to pass a budget, Bay Area business leaders have proposed a constitutional convention. Since this could open Pandora's box, a crucial question remains unanswered: Who will wrestle with the demons that come out of the box and lead our state to a better tomorrow? Who are California's James Madisons and Thomas Jeffersons, our Ben Franklins and George Washingtons?

Speech's Key Words Reveal Balancing Act

Cecille Isidro — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 13:44:00 -0500

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger billed this year's State of the State speech as "untraditional." To be sure, evoking Conan's sword, as he did in his most memorable line, is quite original.

Evoking Reagan and Obama to start a political speech, however, is par for the political course. And there is no more conventional way to conclude an address than by praising state heroes who have fallen in the line of duty. The speech was also similar to other State of the State addresses that Arnold has delivered as Conan's pen wrote a speech that was relatively Democratic.

Remapping a Nation without States

adminn — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:10:00 -0500

California is a state of many distinct regions. To give citizens a voice on regional issues and to reinvigorate California's Legislature, the state's central institution of self-government, we propose Personalized Full Representation for the 21st Century (PFR21), a system of representation by means of regionally based legislative elections that will allow the state'scitizens to set the agenda for their regions and for the state as a whole.

CA EVENT: A Nation Without States

Communications — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:30:00 -0500

A New America Event
11/19/2008 - 9:30am

This half-day symposium addressed the distinct economic and cultural differences among our state's regions, highlighted the pioneering work that has been done to improve economic development and land-use decisions at the regional level, and offered a series of new policy proposals to improve regional political accountability and coordination.