Health Policy: Media Appearances and Press Releases

ReidCare Remix | Slate

Cecille Isidro — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:02:00 -0500

Len Nichols, the economist who dreamed up this "level playing field" variation on the public option, says CBO's wrong—the public option won't charge higher ...

Critics at Dartmouth Assess Health Bills | New York Times

Cecille Isidro — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:20:00 -0500

In a recent blog post on the Web site of the policy journal Health Affairs, Dr. Wennberg, two other Darmouth researchers and the author Shannon Brownlee ...

Healthcare and Abortion | HardBall (MSNBC)

Erin Drankoski — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:22:00 -0500

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Study: Without Health Reform, Colorado Business Will Face Climbing Costs | Bizjournals.com

Cecille Isidro — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:21:00 -0500

The report was prepared by the New America Foundation, a Washington think tank, in collaboration with the Center for Colorado's Economic Future at the ...

Health Care and Values | NPR

Erin Drankoski — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:58:00 -0500

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...

Health Insurance Costs in Dispute | Indianapolis Star

Cecille Isidro — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:48:00 -0500

Len Nichols -- health economist at the New America Foundation, a public policy institute -- said insurance companies are right to raise concerns about ...

Cut Health Costs? Here's A Prescription | Sacramento Bee

Cecille Isidro — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 02:34:00 -0500

According to the New America Foundation, premiums in California have grown seven times faster than median household income. Even being the very best, ...

House, Senate Health Care Bills Put Limit on Out-of-pocket Expenses for Consumers | Dallas Morning News

Cecille Isidro — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 02:32:00 -0400

... go bankrupt" because of your medical costs, said Elizabeth Carpenter, a policy analyst at the New America Foundation, a center-left research center. ...

CBO Rebuts Pros, Cons of Public Option | Wall Street Journal

Cecille Isidro — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:33:00 -0400

... private health plans," said Len Nichols, director of the health-policy program for the New America Foundation, a left-leaning Washington think tank. ...

Insured, Not Protected: 3 Tales of Health Disaster | MSNBC

Cecille Isidro — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:31:00 -0400

But for some, simply having health insurance is no guarantee they can pay for health care, noted Len Nichols, a health economist at the nonpartisan New America Foundation ...

Women Pay Up to 50% More for Health Insurance Premiums | Denver Post

Cecille Isidro — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 10:07:00 -0400

The rate at which women visit primary care physicians is more than 50 percent higher than for men, according to the New America Foundation. ...

Explaining the Excise Tax | Washington Post

Cecille Isidro — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:41:00 -0400

"The irony," says the New America Foundation's Len Nichols, "is that they made it more friendly to the unions, but they made it less friendly to the union's ...

Curbing Costs Falls to Wayside in Health-Reform Push | Denver Post

Cecille Isidro — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 02:03:00 -0400

"It's fair to say their characterization of the literature is accurate," said Len Nichols, a health-reform expert from the New America Foundation who also ...

Senate Shifts Focus to Health Care Compromise | NewsHour

Cecille Isidro — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:55:00 -0400

Public Option Gains Traction | San Francisco Chronicle

Cecille Isidro — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:55:00 -0400

"Those are all elements that one could easily fashion into an outcome that would seem to be elegant," said economist Len Nichols of the New America Foundation ...

Is Fine in Healthcare Bill Big Enough to Ensure Coverage? | Los Angeles Times

Cecille Isidro — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:46:00 -0400

"The size of the penalty is definitely an issue," acknowledges Len Nichols, an economist at the New America Foundation in Washington. ...

No Quiet Fadeaway for Federal Insurance Option | The Associated Press

Cecille Isidro — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:01:00 -0400

"Those are all elements that one could easily fashion into an outcome that would seem to be elegant," said economist Len Nichols of the New America Foundation ...

Signs of a Split Emerge in Insurance Industry | Wall Street Journal

Cecille Isidro — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:20:00 -0400

Len Nichols, director of health policy at New America Foundation, a Washington think tank, said the industry "is sitting on the cusp of a strategy to go ...

Facts About Swine Flu | The Atlantic

Erin Drankoski — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:24:00 -0400

Shannon Brownlee and Jeanne Lenzer, the authors of the November 2009 story "Does the Vaccine Matter?", answer questions about H1N1 diagnosis and immunity. ... Original Article