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...labor unions, nurses and the AARP, plus the liberal coalition that has quietly worked to support the Democrats' effort, and the political challenge for those who suffered a substantive loss on March 21 becomes clear. The President and his allies will argue mightily in the coming days that the great war over health care has ended. Republicans certainly will make the case that the crusade has just begun. In this semantic skirmish, the White House, bolstered by the momentum of victory and allies old and new, is girded for combat...
...hear a lot about the costs of taking care of our graying population. But the big story roiling beneath the surface is the psychological crisis among middle-aged siblings who are fuming or fighting over issues involving their aging parents. According to a new survey by the AARP- and MetLife-funded National Alliance for Caregiving, an estimated 43.5 million adults in the U.S. are looking after an older relative or friend. Of these, 43% said they did not feel they had a choice in this role. And although 7 in 10 said another unpaid caregiver had provided help...
High school dramas, like high school itself, have a ticking clock built in. Time passes, graduation looms, characters outgrow their acne years. Beverly Hills 90210 was fun while it lasted, but eventually Luke Perry and Gabrielle Carteris appeared to be starring in an AARP...
According to a study by the AARP, 30% of primary-care physicians already have some kind of pay-for-performance incentive written into their plan contracts, and 28% of group practices include performance benchmarks. Since 2007, Massachusetts has required all its citizens to have health insurance, about 20% of which involves some kind of global coverage - handling all of a patient's health-care needs for the duration of the policy. In July, the state announced plans to go further, eliminating fee-for-service entirely within five years and mandating global care statewide. Similar plans are ramping up in Minnesota...
...other side has resources of its own. The biggest generic-drug company, Teva Pharmaceuticals, has spent more than $2 million on lobbying and also sponsored academic work on the issue, aiming to disprove Duke's Grabowski. Generic-drug manufacturers are allied with such powerful organizations as AARP, labor unions, insurance companies, health-maintenance organizations and health-reform advocacy groups. There will be fights on the House and Senate floors and ultimately a House-Senate conference committee, on which Waxman will be a key voice. "The war is not over," he has warned. "If you know me at all, you know...