Announcements
In letters to President Obama and Senator Harry Reid, FRESH-Thinking leadership joins top economists urging four elements necessary to control costs in health care legislation
Consensus Statement:
The co-directors and Core Group have developed a consensus statement with 8 actionable recommendations for the new Congress and Administration.
In the Press
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Eliminating "Waste" in Health Care (pdf)
Victor R. Fuchs, PhD
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Health Care Reform: Getting Down to Specifics
The Huffington Post
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What's Wrong With a Single-Payer System?
New York Times: The Conversation
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The Perfect Storm of Overutilization
JAMA
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Why Tie Health Insurance to a Job?
One thing we can all agree on is that portable coverage is more secure.Wall Street Journal
Three "Inconvenient Truths" About Health Care
New England Journal of Medicine
Recent Commentary
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The Patient-Centered Medical Home: Its Role in Healthcare Reform (Power Point)
Stephen M. Shortell, PhD
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Accessibility, Affordability and Sustainablity: Insurance Reform and Delivery System Reform (Power Point)
Stephen M. Shortell, PhD
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Reform Bending the Cost Curve: A Critical Component of Health Care Reform (pdf)
Stephen M. Shortell, PhD
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Cost Shifting Does Not Reduce the Cost of Health Care (pdf)
Victor R. Fuchs, PhD
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Beyond the Public Plan: A Pathway to Contain Costs and Transform the Delivery System (pdf)
Harold S. Luft, Ph.D.
Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California, San Francisco and Palo Alto Medical Foundation Research Institute
JULY 2009 -
Funding Health Care for All Americans – An Economic Perspective
Victor R. Fuchs and John B. Shoven
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Participants
- Victor R. Fuchs,
PhD – Project Director - Kenneth J. Arrow, PhD –
Chair, Advisory Committee - Alan M. Garber, MD, PhD
- Sharon L. Levine, MD
- Harold Luft, PhD
- Steve Shortell, PhD,
MPH, MBA