Len Nichols, Director of the Health Policy Program, New America Foundation: "As we
face mounting economic challenges, the link between health care and our
economy has never been more apparent. We cannot restore our economic
health if we ignore our health care system. With the help of leadership
that extends from the President to Congress to Americans across the
country, we will tackle our health care crisis this year and in doing
so will lay the groundwork for a more sustainable Medicare program. We
"There is now a search for pragmatic approaches to big problems that is associated with the kinds of ideas and policy formulations that some people call 'post-partisan,'" said Steve Coll, president of the New America Foundation, a think tank that has ...
"I'm going to say spending is never going to go below 21 percent again in this country," says Maya MacGuineas, president of the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. At the Brookings Institution, Isabel Sawhill, an economist and a ...
The New America Foundation is releasing a study tomorrow asserting that under-30 voters -- known as the Millennial generation -- will impart lasting ...
February 17, 2009
Tomás Jiménez on Mexico-US relations: "Obviously, it is a big deal to particularly countries like Mexico whose citizens live in the United States in large numbers. Any country is going to want to be sure that its citizens are protected from human rights abuses, from labor abuses.
As Mexico's foreign minister during the early years of the Bush administration, Jorge Castaneda took part in ambitious high-level negotiations between the U.S. and Mexico to address the growing problem of illegal immigration, only to see those efforts fall by the wayside as the U.S. turned its attention to Iraq and Afghanistan.
"What this administration needs is deputy undersecretaries, people who report directly to Daschle, to help him run the place," said Len Nichols, director of the health policy program at the New America Foundation. "At some level, he sets the visionary tone and hires people who can implement it." Original article (subscription required)
One would be "hard-pressed to find a senator or congressman who wants to convene a hearing right now to make it harder for foreign capital to invest in the United States. There are bigger issues going on with the financial sector," said Doug Rediker, co-director of the Global Strategic Finance Initiative at the New America Foundation. Original article (subscription required)
New America Foundation president and CEO discusses philanthropy's role in revitalizing news reporting. LINK to video
Steve Clemons, Washington Note: I think blogs have become a substantial portal for many Americans and people abroad to get their political news -- particularly as the mainstream press seems to tilt towards extreme homogenization. Independent blogs and those owned by mainstream vehicles are more agile and quick to publish, adding to the overall excitement in news flow. I think blogs have mattered in second-tier issues -- helping Joe Biden to beat Evan Bayh in the VP race with a…
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