Health Care

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Health Care Reform for the American Dream: Structural Reforms for Inclusion, Innovation and Value

The promise of being healthy, and also being able to see the best doctors in the world, either for preventative care or should illness arise, is an important part of our identity as a nation. America is rightfully proud of our medical community. We have outstanding physicians, superior medical schools, and top-notch research institutions and pharmaceutical companies that lead the world in innovation and medical technology. However, not every American can afford the promise of health care.

Opportunity Economics

Opportunity Economics is the public policy mindset and framework that can place the American Dream within reach of all Americans.  It rests on the view that sustainable, robust economic growth and increased equality of opportunity are each best achieved by pursuing both in tandem.  In an Opportunity Economy, a strong economy supported is through policies that give ordinary people the power to earn more, take risks to invest in themselves and their families, and better their own lives.

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Hope Street Group "Friendraiser" and Presidential Debate Party

What do the Presidential candidates have to say about the state of opportunity in America?  What are their ideas for reforming our education and health care systems, and for ensuring we remain a prosperous nation where the American Dream is still possible? Please join Hope Street Group on Tuesday, October 7th for a unique "Friendraiser" event consisting of a lively evening of watching the presidential debate, followed by a discussion of how Hope Street Group is building a bi-partisan movement to address some of the most pressing domestic policy issues of our time.

An Interview with Daniel Brook, author of "The Trap: Selling Out to Stay Afloat in Winner-Take-All America"

There's been some hand-wringing in the press lately about why so many young people, from Ivy League graduates to Law School students, are forgoing public sector and non-profit jobs in favor of the private sector and corporate law firms. Are young people just more materialistic and apathetic these days? Or is there something else at work?

It's OK, Ben--we have your solutions to the health care crisis

Fed Chief Ben Bernanke read our minds. Speaking to a Senate Panel on Capital Hill today, Bernanke noted that the three main challenges facing health care reform are controlling costs, providing health care to the estimated 47 million Americans who lack coverage, and improving the quality of care. As this New York Times article reported:

A High-Stakes Game of Chicken

This weekend I received a letter from Blue Shield, my insurer, telling me that two weeks ago they terminated their contract with my health care provider and hospital. Yes, that's correct--they told me two weeks after the fact, leaving me and countless others scrambling to figure out where to go for health care, and whether their care during the previous two weeks had been covered. Being strongly attached to my doctor (who is also my son's doctor), I got on the internet to see if I couldn't just switch health insurance companies.

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