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| The Long-Term Outlook for Health Care Spending |
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Tuesday, November 27, 2007
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| Spending on health care has been growing faster than the economy for many years, representing a challenge both for the government’s two major health insurance programs, Medicare and Medicaid, and for |
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| Delivering Better Value in U.S. Health Care: The Role of Physician Performance Measurement |
| With a Keynote Address by Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael Leavitt |
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Monday, November 5, 2007
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| Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael Leavitt will give a keynote speech on the objectives and achievements of the Bush administration’s value-driven health care initiative, highlighting how |
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| Vaccinated: The Quest for New Vaccines Yesterday and Today |
| HEALTH POLICY DISCUSSION |
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Tuesday, October 9, 2007
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| At this event, Offit--through his story of Hilleman’s career--will share his observations on new vaccine development in today’s very different environment, with its threat of liability litigation and |
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| Biotechnology and the Patent System: The Economic Implications of the Proposed Patent Reform Act of 2007 |
| BOOK FORUM |
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Tuesday, September 25, 2007
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| The authors will discuss the importance of patents in the development of new biotechnology drugs and diagnostic tests and the recent economic and legal thinking on the dynamics of patent law. |
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| Turbo-Charging Consumer-Driven Health Plans with Tax Reform: Cost and Coverage Effects |
| HEALTH POLICY DISCUSSION |
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Thursday, September 20, 2007
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| Gary Claxton, director of the Kaiser Family Foundation’s Health Care Marketplace Project; Anthony Lo Sasso, associate professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago; and Phil Ellis of the |
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| Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage |
| The Story behind the New Numbers |
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Monday, August 27, 2007
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| In anticipation of the August 28 release of the U.S. Census Bureau’s “Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage” report, AEI scholars Joseph Antos, Douglas J. Besharov, and Karlyn Bowman will |
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| Can We Get It for You Retail? Moving Beyond Wholesale Markets for Health-Care Services |
| HEALTH POLICY DISCUSSION |
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Wednesday, July 25, 2007
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| At this AEI Health Policy Discussion, health-care business strategist Gary Ahlquist will outline how a robust consumer-oriented market may be rising from the ashes of the current system.
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| I Pay, You Pay, Variable Co-Pay |
| The Next Generation of Health Insurance Design |
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Tuesday, July 17, 2007
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| Is there a better approach than across-the-board increases in cost sharing? Can plans be designed effectively with cost-sharing structures that vary based on medical evidence of cost-effectiveness? |
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| Medical Malpractice Insurance Studies |
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Friday, June 29, 2007
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| What effect have reforms had on medical malpractice insurance premiums? Are rising defense costs for malpractice cases part of the problem, and, if so, how have insurance companies responded? |
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| What Should Congress Do about Generic or Follow-On Biologic Drugs? |
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Monday, June 11, 2007
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| Panelists will discuss regulation (including in Europe, which already has a follow-on biologic pathway), manufacturing, economics, and intellectual property of biologic drugs. |
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Global Business in Iran: Interactive
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A new AEI web tool, "Global Business in Iran: Interactive," documents major financial transactions with the Islamic Republic between 2000 and 2007. The findings, based on open-source reporting, are organized by country, economic sector, company, and financial institution. The Institute's researchers have documented more than 300 transactions amounting to more than $150 billion. The interactive tool will be updated regularly as new information comes in. |
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