Shargel & Co. Insurance Services: Health Reform

Health Care Reform
Here are links to resources for health care policy reform. GENEral information AIS Health Reform aishealth.com/AISHealthReform.html Presidential candidate platforms Kaiser Family Foundation health08.org WebMD webmd.com/election2008 Barack Obama Website barackobama.com/issues/healthcare/ John McCain Website johnmccain.com/Informing/Issues/ Other Proposals American Medical Association Voice for the Uninsured voicefortheuninsured.org Coalition for Affordable Health Coverage cahc.net/ The Commonwealth Fund Building Blocks for Reform: Achieving Universal Coverage with Private and Public Group Health Insurance commonwealthfund.org/publications/ publications_show.htm?doc_id=685132 Institute of Medicine Insurance America's Health iom.edu/CMS/3809/4660/17632.aspx Checklist of The Five Principles for Reform iom.edu/CMS/3809/4660/17632/17738.aspx National Association of Health Underwriters Healthy Access nahu.org/legislative/ healthyaccess/index.cfm Senator Ron Wyden Healthy Americans Act wyden.senate.gov/issues/Legislation/ Healthy_Americans_Act.cfm benchmarking & Benefits Trends MetLife 6th Annual Survey of Employee Benefits Trends MetLife Benefits Benchmarking Tool whymetlife.com/benchmarkingtool/ Canadian Healthcare reform Government of Quebec Task Force 142.213.166.134/en/rapport/index.asp National Review of Medicine nationalreviewofmedicine.com/issue/2008/03/5_policy-politics01_3.html Health Management Blog intlhealthmanagement.blogspot.com/2008/02/castonguay-report.html	State Level Information
	State Health Data statehealthfacts.org/ Foundation for Health Care Coverage Education coverageforall.org/
	Articles
	New York TImes U.S. / Politics McCain Plan to Aid States on Health Could Be Costly By KEVIN SACK Published: July 9, 2008 Senator John McCain’s plan to expand federal support for state high-risk pools could run into his pledge to balance the budget.

	Business / Small Business Small Business Is Latest Focus in Health Fight By REED ABELSON Published: July 10, 2008 States are taking various approaches to help businesses unable to provide health insurance for their employees.

	archives In Costly Cancer Drug, Hope and a Dilemma By GINA KOLATA AND ANDREW POLLACK Published: July 6, 2008 It took only an instant for 58-year-old Gailanne Reeh to go from the picture of health to deaths door.
	NAWBO References
	Advocacy Affordable Health Care nawbo.org/section_64.cfm California 2007 survey shargel.com/NAWBODocs/ CASurveySummaryNational.pdf