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Paul Testa of the New Health Dialogue pulled key words from the Democratic and Republican senators' opening statements made during last week's markup ...

... is that it gets watered down even more," said Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, a government watchdog group. ...

Joanne Kenen of the New Health Dialogue posts a video from Linda Bird Johnson Robb, invoking the 'unfinished business' of her father, President Lyndon B. ... and more »

... it isn't everything Democrats wanted either," said Elizabeth Carpenter, associate policy director at the centrist New America Foundation in Washington. ... and more »

"I don't think people have given up on the big thing," said Len Nichols, an economist at the centrist New America Foundation, adding that Democratic leaders ... and more »

The legislation would have to "sufficiently honor" Republican values of "choice and incentives and markets" and assure Democrats that it would cover most of the uninsured and begin to put a dent in rising spending, says Len Nichols, director of the ...

Paul Testa of the New America Foundation's New Health Dialogue reports on an NAF event unveiling a new coalition of Health CEOs for Health Reform. ...

...Len Nichols, director of the Health Policy Program at the New America Foundation, said California's attempt to expand health coverage to all residents, although unsuccessful, did achieve bipartisan participation, coalition building and public support...LINK

Health care spending will consume about half of the U.S. economy in 75 years if nothing is done to curb growing costs, according to a Congressional Budget Office report released on Tuesday....

CBO Director Peter Orszag on Tuesday said that policymakers are focusing on the wrong issue by weighing the effects of the aging baby boom generation on health care costs rather than looking into treatment effectiveness and quality.

"The nature of the long-term fiscal problem has been misdiagnosed," Orszag said,… more