The New Health Dialogue

A Blog from New America's Health Policy Program

IN THE NEWS: The Politics of State Reform

Published:  August 2, 2010
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Our own Joanne Kenen, Senior Writer for the Health Policy Program, has two articles in the American Prospect this week. The first looks at different responses to health reform on the part of the states, and groups the responders into three general categories: The Ready and Able (like Wisconsin), The Willing but Broke (California) and The Resisters (Georgia, for example). The second article takes a look at Connecticut's effort to make a public health insurance option work. Yes, you heard us -- the public plan. Efforts are already underway to "tweak" the plan into compliance with current federal law -- at this rate, Connecticut could have a public option in place before the rest of the country gets their health insurance exchanges up and running.

You can read more here, and we'll have something more in depth available tomorrow.

 

 

 

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