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Joe Paduda hosts a special edition of Health Wonk Review over at Managed Care Matters. This week's edition kicks off with special message from Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND), chair of the Senate Democratic Policy Committee, explaining why now is the time to act on health reform.

The Health Policy Program at New America Foundation (home to this blog) has updated, reorganized, and revamped its program website.

Tinker Ready hosts the latest Health Wonk Review over at Boston Health News. This week's edition was born to run with a Springsteen theme that hits tramps like us where we live.

Julie Ferguson hosts the latest Health Wonk Review over at Workers Comp Insider. This week's edition features our colleague Joanne Kenen's thoughtful commentary on end of life care in the context of President Obama's remarks on the death of his grandmother. Check it out!

Bob Laszewski hosts the latest Health Wonk Review over at Health Care Policy and Marketplace Review. We strongly recommend Bill Kramer's thoughtful piece on value-based benefit design. Check it out!

We'll be tweeting the Senate Finance Committee's roundtable discussion on delivery system reform. You can follow our coverage of the event live on Twitter (tag: #SenFin), and read our wrap up of the roundtable later today.

Glenn Laffel hosts the latest Health Wonk Review over at Pizaazz, "health care news and more." We'd recommend Joe Paduda's post at Managed Care Matters dispelling fears that covering all Americans will lead to rationing of care.

We'll be tweeting the Center for American Progress event: "Can Health Reform Deliver for Providers." You can follow our coverage of the event live on Twitter (tag: #CAP_EVENT), and read the new report from CAP

In case you missed it, OMB director Peter Orszag was on the Daily Show Wednesday. The man who’s “made nerdy sexy” according to Rahm Emanuel, was on his game, had one thing on his mind: health care.

One of the reasons we need to get health care costs under control is because that is the key thing that is forcing us to borrow as you go out five, 10, 15 years. That’s why the President wants to get health care reform done this year because it brings down costs overt time. … The banking crisis is crucial to what’s happening this year, but as you go out over time, the thing that’s driving our fiscal future is the rate at which health cares costs are growing.

Part I below, part II after the break.

"I never said half the things I said," Yogi Berra once said (supposedly). Fortunately, Anthony Wright used the other half of great Berra-ism to provide a witty and entertaining framework for the latest edition of Health Wonk Review over at the Health Access Weblog.