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Ezra Klein Archive: Health Reform

A very bad deal to pass a very good bill

The final compromises before a bill comes to the floor are never very pretty. This one, however, is worse than I anticipated. Opposition from anti-abortion Democrats, driven in large part by aggressive activism from the Catholic Church, forced Democratic...

By Ezra Klein  |  November 7, 2009; 11:40 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (38)
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Can Congress control costs?

One of the more sophisticated arguments against health-care reform is that for all the sharp policies and elegant initiatives contained in the bill, none of it will work because Congress will vote to roll back the cost savings. The...

By Ezra Klein  |  November 6, 2009; 5:17 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (8)
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Socialism in action

At Thursday's tea party march protesting government-run health care, a participant suffered a heart attack about 20 minutes into the proceedings. As Dana Milbank reports, medical personnel from the Capitol physician's office rushed over, attaching electrodes to the man's...

By Ezra Klein  |  November 6, 2009; 4:36 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (6)
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An interview with Kaiser Permanente CEO George Halvorson: Part 2

On Friday, I sat down with George Halvorson, CEO of Kaiser Permanente, the largest managed-care organization in the United States. The interview is long, so I'm transcribing it in parts. The first installment focuses on the role of private insurers,...

By Ezra Klein  |  November 6, 2009; 1:23 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (8)
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Don't listen to Texas

Texas's Rick Perry and Mars's Newt Gingrich have an op-ed in The Washington Post this morning presenting the Lone Star State as an example of all the whiz-bang health-care innovation being generated at the state level. "Texas," they write,...

By Ezra Klein  |  November 6, 2009; 11:19 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (22)
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A more modest vision for the public plan

Jacob Hacker and Diane Archer make the argument for the public option with negotiated rates. Medicare rates would be better, they say, but the public plan can still play a host of valuable roles, some of which people don't really...

By Ezra Klein  |  November 6, 2009; 10:00 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (7)
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The progressive case for the excise tax, Ezra Klein , November 5, 2009
Bless you, Ezra Klein , November 4, 2009
High-risk pools, Ezra Klein , November 3, 2009
A pessimistic thought on the exchanges, Ezra Klein , November 2, 2009
The many lives of the public option, Ezra Klein , October 30, 2009
An interview with Rep. George Miller, Ezra Klein , October 29, 2009
Comparing the House and Senate subsidies, Ezra Klein , October 27, 2009
The public option is not the Medicare option, Ezra Klein , October 27, 2009
Reid: 'We hope that Olympia will come back', Ezra Klein , October 26, 2009
Reid to announce a public option?, Ezra Klein , October 26, 2009
Why hasn't Olympia Snowe pulled the trigger?, Ezra Klein , October 23, 2009
The nightmare scenario on the public option, Ezra Klein , October 23, 2009
A gang of one, Ezra Klein , October 23, 2009
Pelosi's game runs deep, Ezra Klein , October 23, 2009
A difficult graph for health-care reformers, Ezra Klein , October 22, 2009
The doctors vs. the Republicans, Ezra Klein , October 22, 2009
Comparing the HELP and Finance bills, Ezra Klein , October 21, 2009
Explaining the excise tax: part 2, Ezra Klein , October 20, 2009
The individual mandate is popular, Ezra Klein , October 20, 2009
Public option more popular than bipartisanship, Ezra Klein , October 19, 2009
Pelosi's public option plan, Ezra Klein , October 19, 2009
California dreaming, Ezra Klein , October 19, 2009
Why the Senate Finance Committee vote mattered, Ezra Klein , October 19, 2009
The most powerful man you've never heard of, Ezra Klein , October 19, 2009
Harry Reid and the public option, Ezra Klein , October 19, 2009
Olympia Snowe's Conservatism -- and Ours, Ezra Klein , October 16, 2009
HCAN Vs. the Excise Tax, Ezra Klein , October 16, 2009
What Comes Next for Health-Care Reform?, Ezra Klein , October 16, 2009
Olympia Snowe Vs. Ben Nelson, Ezra Klein , October 15, 2009
The Medicare Advantage Scam, Ezra Klein , October 15, 2009
Giving Max Baucus Some Credit, Ezra Klein , October 15, 2009
Why Are Insurers Exempt From Antitrust Laws?, Ezra Klein , October 14, 2009
The House That Private Insurance Built, Ezra Klein , October 14, 2009
The Next Step for Health-Care Reform, Ezra Klein , October 14, 2009
What Olympia Snowe Got for Her Vote, Ezra Klein , October 14, 2009
PriceWaterhouseCoopers Backs Away From AHIP, Ezra Klein , October 13, 2009
What Do the Insurers Want?, Ezra Klein , October 12, 2009
A Return to Form for the Insurance Industry, Ezra Klein , October 12, 2009
The Insurance Industry's Deceptive Report, Ezra Klein , October 12, 2009
I Heart the Post Office, Ezra Klein , October 9, 2009
Bipartisanship Lost, Ezra Klein , October 9, 2009
American Values, Ezra Klein , October 9, 2009
Comparing the Finance Bills, Ezra Klein , October 7, 2009
Things to Worry About in the CBO's Score, Ezra Klein , October 7, 2009
Flip-Flopping on the Individual Mandate, Ezra Klein , October 7, 2009
The Question of Cost-Shifting, Ezra Klein , October 7, 2009
Rep. Tom Price's 'Empower Patients First' Act, Ezra Klein , October 7, 2009
The Fake Health-Care Debate, Ezra Klein , October 6, 2009
Should America Copy the Dutch?, Ezra Klein , October 6, 2009
Gaming the Exchanges, Ezra Klein , October 6, 2009
Republicans for Health-Care Reform, Ezra Klein , October 6, 2009
Listen to the Voice of Experience, Ezra Klein , October 5, 2009
Count the Votes, Ezra Klein , October 5, 2009
What Betsy McCaughey Knows, Ezra Klein , October 5, 2009
'Uncharted Territory', Ezra Klein , October 2, 2009
The Status Quo Wins in Health-Care Reform, Ezra Klein , October 2, 2009
Problems in Rural Health Care, Ezra Klein , October 1, 2009
Schumer: 'We Don't Have 60 Votes.', Ezra Klein , September 29, 2009
A Tale of Two Public Options, Ezra Klein , September 29, 2009
Senator Grassley, the Public Option, and Me, Ezra Klein , September 29, 2009
Anti-Rationing, Ezra Klein , September 29, 2009
Is Medicare Advantage Worth It?, Ezra Klein , September 29, 2009
Some Thoughts on Malpractice, Ezra Klein , September 25, 2009
The Republican Pretext, Ezra Klein , September 25, 2009
CBO: A Strong Public Plan Saves Lots of Money, Ezra Klein , September 25, 2009
Republicans for Waste and Abuse in Medicare, Ezra Klein , September 24, 2009
Medical Malpractice Costs, Ezra Klein , September 23, 2009
Entrepreneurship and Health Care, Ezra Klein , September 23, 2009
Kent Conrad Hearts the French Health-Care System?, Ezra Klein , September 23, 2009
Delivery System Day: Peter Orszag, Ezra Klein , September 22, 2009
Delivery System Day: Chris Jennings, Ezra Klein , September 22, 2009
Delivery System Day: Len Nichols, Ezra Klein , September 22, 2009
Delivery System Day: Harold Pollack, Ezra Klein , September 22, 2009
Delivery System Day: Sara Rosenbaum, Ezra Klein , September 22, 2009
Delivery System Day: David Cutler, Ezra Klein , September 22, 2009
Delivery System Day: Henry Aaron, Ezra Klein , September 22, 2009
Delivery System Day: Judy Feder, Ezra Klein , September 22, 2009
Delivery System Day!, Ezra Klein , September 22, 2009
The Three Compromises, Ezra Klein , September 21, 2009
Olympia Snowe's Amendments, Ezra Klein , September 21, 2009
Olympia Snowe's Trigger Amendment, Ezra Klein , September 21, 2009
A Look Back at 1994, Ezra Klein , September 21, 2009
The Money Problem, Cont'd, Ezra Klein , September 18, 2009
Happy Days for Health Reform?, Ezra Klein , September 18, 2009
Max Baucus's Legitimacy Problem, Ezra Klein , September 17, 2009
Five Ways to Improve Max Baucus's Bill, Ezra Klein , September 16, 2009
The Baucus Bill: Taxing Insurers, Ezra Klein , September 16, 2009
The Baucus Bill: Public Programs, Ezra Klein , September 16, 2009
The Baucus Bill: CBO Luvs It, Ezra Klein , September 16, 2009
The Baucus Bill: The Neutered Co-Ops, Ezra Klein , September 16, 2009
The Baucus Bill: Individual Mandates , Ezra Klein , September 16, 2009
The Baucus Bill: Affordability, Ezra Klein , September 16, 2009
The Baucus Bill: What the Plans Must Offer, Ezra Klein , September 16, 2009
The Baucus Plan and the Exchanges, Ezra Klein , September 16, 2009
Insurance Cost Variation in Baucus's Bill, Ezra Klein , September 16, 2009
Happy Max Baucus Bill Day!, Ezra Klein , September 16, 2009
A Number Is Worth a Thousand Words, Ezra Klein , September 15, 2009
Too Hot for Health-Care Reform, Ezra Klein , September 15, 2009
Affordability in the Baucus Bill, Ezra Klein , September 15, 2009
Doctors Support the Public Option, Ezra Klein , September 14, 2009
How Do You Count the Uninsured?, Ezra Klein , September 14, 2009
Compromises, Ezra Klein , September 14, 2009
The Federalist Compromise, Ezra Klein , September 14, 2009
The Case for Insuring Illegal Immigrants, Ezra Klein , September 14, 2009
The Tea Party vs. the Polls, Ezra Klein , September 14, 2009
Olympia Snowe Bargains With Olympia Snowe, Ezra Klein , September 11, 2009
Obama's Trigger: An Interview With Judy Feder, Ezra Klein , September 11, 2009
What Obama Should Have Said on the Public Option, Ezra Klein , September 10, 2009
Obama Promises Improvement, Not Change, Ezra Klein , September 9, 2009
Profit and the Insurance Industry, Ezra Klein , September 9, 2009
Tom Perriello's Health-Care Dilemma, Ezra Klein , September 9, 2009
The State of Health-Care Reform, Ezra Klein , September 9, 2009
Nancy Pelosi on the Trigger, Ezra Klein , September 9, 2009
The Provider Problem, Ezra Klein , September 9, 2009
Making Savings Count, Ezra Klein , September 8, 2009
Areas of Dispute, Ezra Klein , September 8, 2009
Baucus's Framework: Summary, Ezra Klein , September 8, 2009
EXCLUSIVE: The Baucus Framework, Ezra Klein , September 8, 2009
Little Better, But No Worse, Ezra Klein , September 8, 2009
A Tale of Two Speeches, Ezra Klein , September 8, 2009
Eight Questions About Health-Care Reform, Ezra Klein , September 8, 2009
The 900 Billion-Dollar Man, Ezra Klein , September 8, 2009
The Primacy of Congress, Ezra Klein , September 4, 2009
Gang of Six Has a 'Productive' Chat, Ezra Klein , September 4, 2009
The Partisan Path to Bipartisanship, Ezra Klein , September 4, 2009
The Money Problem, Ezra Klein , September 4, 2009
What Happened to Last Year's Max Baucus?, Ezra Klein , September 4, 2009
The Structuralist Club, Ezra Klein , September 3, 2009
Paragraphs That Should Worry Liberals, Ezra Klein , September 2, 2009
Obama Set to Engage on Health Care, Ezra Klein , September 2, 2009
The Most Powerful Senator, Ezra Klein , September 2, 2009
The Rationales for Reconciliation, Ezra Klein , September 1, 2009
The Ethics of Placebos, Ezra Klein , September 1, 2009
Should the Polls Doom Health-Care Reform?, Ezra Klein , September 1, 2009
What Will the Market Think?, Ezra Klein , September 1, 2009
The Problem With Deals, Ezra Klein , August 31, 2009
I Am the Uninsured, Ezra Klein , August 28, 2009
We Ration. We Ration. We Ration. We Ration. , Ezra Klein , August 28, 2009
No More Regrets, Ezra Klein , August 28, 2009
Is the Deficit Being Used as a Distraction?, Ezra Klein , August 27, 2009
Confused About Insurance, Ezra Klein , August 26, 2009
The Pressure on Chuck Grassley, Ezra Klein , August 26, 2009
Swine Flu Hearts Our Health-Care System, Ezra Klein , August 25, 2009
Where Are Reform's Beneficiaries?, Ezra Klein , August 24, 2009
Is Ted Kennedy the Missing Ingredient?, Ezra Klein , August 24, 2009
Be Excited!, Ezra Klein , August 24, 2009
Do We Just Need Congressional Consensus?, Ezra Klein , August 20, 2009
Ted Kennedy's Vote, Ezra Klein , August 20, 2009
The Two-Bill Strategy, Ezra Klein , August 20, 2009
Americans Hate Everyone, Believe Everything, Ezra Klein , August 19, 2009
The Power of Unpopularity, Ezra Klein , August 19, 2009
Tomorrow's Bizarre Smears Today, Ezra Klein , August 19, 2009
Against Giving Up on the Public Option, Ezra Klein , August 19, 2009
Why Is Max Baucus Sticking by Chuck Grassley?, Ezra Klein , August 18, 2009
The Evolution of the Public Option, Ezra Klein , August 18, 2009
The Liberal Revolt, Ezra Klein , August 18, 2009
Co-Ops as an Alternative to the Public Plan, Ezra Klein , August 17, 2009
Chuck Grassley's Dispiriting Bipartisanship, Ezra Klein , August 17, 2009
One Flowchart to Rule Them All, Ezra Klein , August 17, 2009
Max Baucus's Unpleasant Position, Ezra Klein , August 17, 2009
The Michael Jackson Moment, Ezra Klein , August 14, 2009
An Interview With Ezekiel Emanuel, Ezra Klein , August 14, 2009
The Power of Nonsense, Ezra Klein , August 14, 2009
Time Heals All Wounds, Ezra Klein , August 14, 2009
A More Painful, and a More Expensive, Death, Ezra Klein , August 14, 2009
Howard Dean and the Goal Posts, Ezra Klein , August 14, 2009
The Town Hall You Didn't See, Ezra Klein , August 14, 2009
Pharma's Investment, Ezra Klein , August 14, 2009
A Floor, Not a Ceiling, Ezra Klein , August 13, 2009
The Crankiest Republican, Ezra Klein , August 13, 2009
What End-of-Life Counseling Is Actually About, Ezra Klein , August 12, 2009
What Health Care Can Learn From Whole Foods, Ezra Klein , August 12, 2009
How Much Power Does Obama Have?, Ezra Klein , August 12, 2009
Is There Anything Sarah Palin Can't Polarize?, Ezra Klein , August 12, 2009
The Actual Debate Over Health-Care Reform, Ezra Klein , August 12, 2009
More on Isakson and End-of-Life Counseling, Ezra Klein , August 11, 2009
A Bit More on Madness, Ezra Klein , August 11, 2009
Republicans vs. the Business Community, Ezra Klein , August 11, 2009
Ezekiel Emanuel on Euthanasia, Ezra Klein , August 11, 2009
Health-Care Reform and You, Ezra Klein , August 10, 2009
The Need for FAQs, Ezra Klein , August 10, 2009
The Fear of Change, Ezra Klein , August 7, 2009
Seniors and Health-Care Reform, Ezra Klein , August 6, 2009
The $52 Million Question, Ezra Klein , August 5, 2009
The Problem With Seniors, Ezra Klein , August 4, 2009
Orszag vs. the CBO: Round Two, Ezra Klein , August 4, 2009
The Strange Role of the Insurers, Ezra Klein , August 4, 2009
Why Don't We Just Expand Medicare?, Ezra Klein , August 3, 2009
What's Going on in the House?, Ezra Klein , July 31, 2009
The Long-Term Politics of Health Spending, Ezra Klein , July 31, 2009
Blue Dogs vs. House Liberals, Ezra Klein , July 31, 2009
Why Max Baucus Needed Ted Kennedy, Ezra Klein , July 30, 2009
Obama Speaks About Speaking, Ezra Klein , July 30, 2009
Eight Reasons to Pass Health-Care Reform, Ezra Klein , July 29, 2009
The Central Problem in Health-Care Reform, Ezra Klein , July 29, 2009
The 19.5 Years Test, Ezra Klein , July 28, 2009
The Max Baucus Committee, Ezra Klein , July 28, 2009
What Is Max Baucus Doing?, Ezra Klein , July 27, 2009
What August Means for Health-Care Reform, Ezra Klein , July 27, 2009
The Ghosts of ClintonCare, Ezra Klein , July 26, 2009
Against Congress's Summer Vacation, Ezra Klein , July 24, 2009
The End of Bipartisanship?, Ezra Klein , July 24, 2009
Obama on the Politics of Cost Control, Ezra Klein , July 23, 2009
The Economist-in-Chief, Ezra Klein , July 23, 2009
Nancy Pelosi on Health-Care Reform, Ezra Klein , July 22, 2009
What's in It for Me?, Ezra Klein , July 22, 2009
The Status Quo Alternative, Ezra Klein , July 22, 2009
The Difficulties of Health IT, Ezra Klein , July 21, 2009
The Long Game Strategy, Ezra Klein , July 21, 2009
What Did Rahm Emanuel Learn From 1994?, Ezra Klein , July 21, 2009
Why Does Max Baucus Take This Money?, Ezra Klein , July 21, 2009
The Unbearable Lightness of Greg Mankiw, Ezra Klein , July 20, 2009
A Reality Check on Health-Care Reform, Ezra Klein , July 20, 2009
Good News Out of Massachusetts, Ezra Klein , July 17, 2009
The Dull Reality of Change, Ezra Klein , July 17, 2009
The Delay Caucus, Ezra Klein , July 17, 2009
An Interview With Sen. Ron Wyden, Ezra Klein , July 16, 2009
The Flip Side of Health-Care Reform, Ezra Klein , July 15, 2009
The Tri-Com Bill Gets Scored, Ezra Klein , July 14, 2009
The Left's Surprising Organizing Advantage, Ezra Klein , July 14, 2009
Waiting For Conference?, Ezra Klein , July 13, 2009
Health Care Should Not Be a "Benefit", Ezra Klein , July 13, 2009
Coverage and Cost, Ezra Klein , July 10, 2009
What Is "Reform?", Ezra Klein , July 8, 2009
More on Administrative Costs in Medicare, Ezra Klein , July 8, 2009
The Role of Reconciliation, Ezra Klein , July 8, 2009
Do Democrats Realize They're in Charge?, Ezra Klein , July 7, 2009
More From the HELP Bill, Ezra Klein , July 2, 2009
The Lobbyist Salons, Ezra Klein , July 2, 2009
Does Medicare Pay Below "Cost?" (Wonky!), Ezra Klein , July 1, 2009
Public-Private Competition Is Not New, Ezra Klein , July 1, 2009
Passing Health Reform Isn't Enough, Ezra Klein , July 1, 2009
Getting Specific on the Public Plan, Ezra Klein , June 30, 2009
The Three Bears of the Public Option, Ezra Klein , June 30, 2009
Designing the Health Insurance Exchanges, Ezra Klein , June 29, 2009
Deficit Hawkery for Thee, But Not for Me, Ezra Klein , June 29, 2009
Health-Care Stories for America, Ezra Klein , June 29, 2009
How Jon and Kate Could Kill Health Reform, Ezra Klein , June 29, 2009
The State of Play in Finance, Ezra Klein , June 26, 2009
Color Me Perplexed, Ezra Klein , June 25, 2009
Are Democrats Bad Negotiators?, Ezra Klein , June 25, 2009
The Truth About the Insurance Industry, Ezra Klein , June 24, 2009
An Interview With Atul Gawande, Ezra Klein , June 23, 2009
Obama Defends the Public Plan, Ezra Klein , June 23, 2009
Conrad and Schumer Nearing an Agreement?, Ezra Klein , June 23, 2009
Why Barack Obama Should Sit Back and Wait, Ezra Klein , June 23, 2009
A Problem Unique to Private Medicine?, Ezra Klein , June 22, 2009
Democracy and the House Health Reform Bill, Ezra Klein , June 19, 2009
The House Shows Its Hand on Health Reform, Ezra Klein , June 19, 2009
An Interview With Tom Daschle, Ezra Klein , June 19, 2009
Health Care Reform in Danger, Ezra Klein , June 18, 2009
Your Health Care System in Graphics, Ezra Klein , June 18, 2009
A Rational Look At Rationing, Ezra Klein , June 17, 2009
A Simple Test for the Public Plan, Ezra Klein , June 17, 2009
The Problem With Doctors, Ezra Klein , June 17, 2009
A Bad Start for the HELP Committee, Ezra Klein , June 17, 2009
The Bright Side of the CBO Snafu, Ezra Klein , June 16, 2009
A Whole New Tax for Health Care?, Ezra Klein , June 16, 2009
The CBO's Assumptions, Ezra Klein , June 15, 2009
The Public Plan Compromise That Isn't, Ezra Klein , June 12, 2009
Hardball on Health Care?, Ezra Klein , June 11, 2009
Should Health Care Reform Be Bipartisan?, Ezra Klein , June 11, 2009
It's The Doctors, Stupid, Ezra Klein , June 10, 2009
An Interview With Jim Cooper, Ezra Klein , June 10, 2009
Peter Orszag Responds to His Critics, Ezra Klein , June 8, 2009
The Republican Dilemma on Health Care, Ezra Klein , June 5, 2009
When Our Powers Combine!, Ezra Klein , June 4, 2009
Are Doctors Like Halliburton?, Ezra Klein , June 4, 2009
What MedPAC Recommendations Look Like, Ezra Klein , June 3, 2009
How Obama Plans to Reform Medicare, Ezra Klein , June 3, 2009
Gluttons for Health Wonkery, Ezra Klein , June 3, 2009
That 1.5 Percent, Ezra Klein , June 3, 2009
Ted Kennedy's Coming Health Care Plan, Ezra Klein , May 29, 2009
Will Unions Kill Health Care Reform?, Ezra Klein , May 28, 2009
Atul Gawande on American Health Care, Ezra Klein , May 27, 2009
Obama Wants My Help! , Ezra Klein , May 20, 2009
Health Care Reform For Beginners, Ezra Klein , May 19, 2009
 
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