Publications: Perspectives on Health Reform Brief

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The Long Wait: The Impact of Delaying Medicare Coverage for People with Disabilities

May 20, 2009 - At a particularly difficult point in their lives, disabled individuals must wait two years before they are eligible to begin receiving Medicare benefits--a delay that can block access to needed care and relief from financial pressures.

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The Federal Role in Promoting Health Information Technology

January 26, 2009 - David Blumenthal, M.D., the new federal health IT coordinator, describes how the federal government can help providers overcome the financial, technical, and logistical obstacles to adoption of health IT.

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Expanding SCHIP: A Downpayment on Health Reform

January 8, 2009 - In this essay, Columbia University's Sherry Glied, Ph.D., calls for using the upcoming reauthorization of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) as means to achieve universal coverage for U.S. children.

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