Friday, June 05, 2009
Tweet[IWS] Kaiser: HEALTH REFORM GATEWAY - WEB PAGE w/ resources on 2009 DEBATE [21 May 2009]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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Kaiser Family Foundation Launches a Health Reform Gateway Page With New Resources on the 2009 Debate [21 May 2009]
HEALTH REFORM GATEWAY
http://healthreform.kff.org/
As part of the gateway page, the Foundation unveiled some new resources:
* An interactive tool for comparing major health care reform proposals, including President Obama's Principles for Health Reform and congressional proposals from Senator Baucus, the Senate Finance Committee, Senators Wyden and Bennett, and Representatives Conyers, Dingell, and Stark. The side-by-side allows users to choose which proposals and characteristics to compare, including coverage, cost containment and financing. The side-by-side will be regularly updated to reflect changes in the proposals and to incorporate major new proposals.
* A new, interactive Web-based timeline that chronicles key events and noteworthy activities in health reform from the early 1900s through today.
* A series of Explaining Health Care Reform Briefs providing an overview of key topics and concepts being discussed in health reform efforts. The initial three Briefs explore "what is health insurance", "what is an employer pay or play requirement", and "what are health insurance exchanges".
* A glossary providing simple, straightforward definitions of key terms to assist in understanding the concepts included in health reform proposals.
The new gateway page will serve as a hub for original content produced by Kaiser on health reform. The page will host our Webcasts of newsmaker briefings with key policymakers, including today's session with Senator Max Baucus, chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance; testimony by Kaiser experts before Congress on health reform; columns from Kaiser president Drew Altman about health reform topics; Foundation research and analysis -- everything from basic fact sheets and issue briefs to in-depth studies and reports; Kaiser's public opinion research related to health reform, including the ongoing Kaiser Health Tracking Poll; videos about reform-related topics and Webcasts of Kaiser briefings; relevant news headlines from Kaiser Health Policy Report produced by Kaiser Health News; and a calendar listing of congressional and White House events related to the reform debate.
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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
Kaiser Family Foundation Launches a Health Reform Gateway Page With New Resources on the 2009 Debate [21 May 2009]
HEALTH REFORM GATEWAY
http://healthreform.kff.org/
As part of the gateway page, the Foundation unveiled some new resources:
* An interactive tool for comparing major health care reform proposals, including President Obama's Principles for Health Reform and congressional proposals from Senator Baucus, the Senate Finance Committee, Senators Wyden and Bennett, and Representatives Conyers, Dingell, and Stark. The side-by-side allows users to choose which proposals and characteristics to compare, including coverage, cost containment and financing. The side-by-side will be regularly updated to reflect changes in the proposals and to incorporate major new proposals.
* A new, interactive Web-based timeline that chronicles key events and noteworthy activities in health reform from the early 1900s through today.
* A series of Explaining Health Care Reform Briefs providing an overview of key topics and concepts being discussed in health reform efforts. The initial three Briefs explore "what is health insurance", "what is an employer pay or play requirement", and "what are health insurance exchanges".
* A glossary providing simple, straightforward definitions of key terms to assist in understanding the concepts included in health reform proposals.
The new gateway page will serve as a hub for original content produced by Kaiser on health reform. The page will host our Webcasts of newsmaker briefings with key policymakers, including today's session with Senator Max Baucus, chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance; testimony by Kaiser experts before Congress on health reform; columns from Kaiser president Drew Altman about health reform topics; Foundation research and analysis -- everything from basic fact sheets and issue briefs to in-depth studies and reports; Kaiser's public opinion research related to health reform, including the ongoing Kaiser Health Tracking Poll; videos about reform-related topics and Webcasts of Kaiser briefings; relevant news headlines from Kaiser Health Policy Report produced by Kaiser Health News; and a calendar listing of congressional and White House events related to the reform debate.
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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