Health Affairs Resources On HIV/AIDS

With December 1 marking another World AIDS Day, the November/December 2009 issue of Health Affairs focuses on the economic, political, scientific and ethical challenges facing world policymakers in...

Drug Prices And Health Reform

Editor’s Note: Some of the key differences between the House and Senate health reform bills revolve around drug pricing. For example, the House bill requires drug manufacturers to provide, at a...

The Senate Bill: Abortion And The Individual Mandate’s Constitutionality

Abortion. Early drafts of the health reform legislation attempted to ignore the issue of abortion, but in American politics, abortion is an issue that refuses to be ignored.  The problem is that...

The Senate Bill: Getting Into The Details

My first post presented a broad overview of the Senate bill, HR 3590 and a more detailed analysis of the bill’s provisions that go into effect prior to the 2014 general effective date.  This post...

The 2010 National Health Policy Conference

Atul Gawande, leading surgeon and writer, and Margaret Hamburg, commissioner of food and drugs at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, are among the confirmed speakers for the 2010 National Health...