Gail Wilensky's
"Eye on Washington"
Column, hfm Magazine

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Updated February 15, 2010

Gail R. Wilensky Special Edition - "The Future of Medicare"
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Updated January 2008

January 2007: Dr. Wilensky elected Co-Chair of DoD Task Force on Future of Military Health Care:

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March 2007:
Dr. Wilensky named to President's Commission on care for America's Returning Wounded Warriors: Photo

February 2006:
Dr. Wilensky participates with President Bush in Health Care Panel Discussion: Photos

June 2005: Director General/WHO Appoints 4 New Commissioners:

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October 2004: Governor Appoints Three to MD Health Care Commission.

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EYE ON WASHINGTON

last throes of healthcare reform 1.0
After focusing on healthcare reform for most of 2009, the
House and the Senate are in the final stages of reconciling the
differences among their various bills both within and between
the two houses of Congress.
(December 2009)

what can we really expect from healthcare reform?
Sorting through all of the charges and countercharges that
have been raised against the various healthcare reform bills is
a challenge as we enter what is likely to be the final critical
period that will determine the fate of healthcare legislation in
2009. It’s probably not surprising that this is where we find
ourselves.
(October 2009)

healthcare reform: a work in progress
Once again a Democratic president has made passage
of healthcare reform a major domestic priority for his
administration.
(August 2009)

the Massachusetts experience: can it inform the
national debate?
(June 2009)

early legislative wins for Obama
Within his first month in office, President Obama can already
point to two important pieces of legislation that have been
enacted into law.
(April 2009)

a new year, a new administration, and old, familiar
  challenges for health care
(February 2009)

changes in healthcare financing
a retrospective of the past decade
(December 2008)

campaign 2008 - healthcare reform revisited
(October 2008)

on fiscal wake-up tours and toothless tigers
(June 2008)

Medicare continues to struggle with physician payment
(April 2008)

the future of military health care (February 2008)

the SCHIP debate raises fundamental questions (October 2007)

the growing interest in a comparative clinical effectiveness center (August 2007)

changing the tax code for health insurance (April 2007)

pay for performance and physicians—an open question (February 2007)

the challenge of Medicare physician spending

clearing the way for transparency in health care

implementing the Medicare drug benefit—the first 90 days

the State of the Union speech and health care

On the road to a national performance measurement system

Meeting the pay-for-performance imperative

Consumer-directed Health Plans A New Force In Health Insurance?

The Challenges of Medicaid

Implementing The MMA

The Growing Challenge of Medicare

Medicare Bill Sets Precedent For Future Funding

Next Steps for Health Care

This page was updated on February 15, 2010

January 26, 2010: Bloomberg News, What the Budget Numbers Mean.

September 26, 2009, NewsHour w/Jim Lehrer: The Future of Medicare Advantage.

August 10, 2009, NewsHour w/Jim Lehrer: What Healthcare Reform Might Mean for Senior Citizens.

June 22, 2009, Bloomberg News, Challenges Ahead for Health Care Reform.

June 10, 2009 Bloomberg News, The $1 Trillion Question: Health Care Reform.

December 21, 2007, Washington Journal: Future of Military Health Care.

August 2004 CNBC Power Lunch: Topic: Healthcare in the Nation.

July 2004 CNBC Power Lunch: Topic: President's Healthcare Agenda.

Washington Journal 2003.

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