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House Vote: Reviews Are In

Health policy experts hold different views on Saturday’s House overhaul vote. Here are their responses.

House Vote: Reviews Are InJohn Goodman: The Worst Bill Ever
The bill is enormously expensive, but it is full of perverse incentives – an issue already plaguing our health care systems.

 



House Vote: Reviews Are In

Robert Blendon: Keep an Eye on Public Opinion
At the moment, Americans are not convinced that health reform will improve their current health care situation.

 



House Vote: Reviews Are In Jonathan Cohn: The House Bill Is A Great Start



The House health overhaul bill is a great start. It should just be faster, stronger and–really–bigger.

 



House Vote: Reviews Are In Doug Holtz-Eakin: The House Bill Could Have Been Avoided



With the right leadership, a bi-partisan merger of the Republican alternative and the coverage expansions in the bill itself could have been augmented with real delivery system reforms.

 




House Vote: Reviews Are In Robert Laszewski: Loading More People Onto the Titanic



Neither fiscal conservatives nor liberals are left with much reason to believe the House-passed bill has much chance of bending any cost curves.

 




House Vote: Reviews Are In Karen Pollitz: From Now On, We’re All In It Together



The House vote signals that we may be ready to listen to our better angels, and include all Americans in our coverage system.

 


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