From Medicare: The New Health Care Law and You

From Medicare: The New Health Care Law and You 

http://www.medicare.gov/Publications/Pubs/pdf/11467.pdf

this publication was sent to all medicare beneficiaries, excellent document.  this fits in very well with what I had in mind.  Republicans are not happy with this. 

aarp web site on health reform

http://www.aarp.org/health/health-care-reform/

this has some very good material

reform web tools from house enregy + commerce cmte

http://energycommerce.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2005:health-care-reform-web-tools&catid=169:legislation&Itemid=55

To Sell Plan, White House Officials Focus On Four Key Aspects Of Health Reform

see for article, makes some sense. 

http://smtp01.kaiserhealthnews.org/t/10599/430110/10483/0/

the white house answer

http://smtp01.kaiserhealthnews.org/t/10455/430110/10327/0/

here is what kaiser health news says about white house communications plan. hope this addresses my thoughts.

How Health Reform Helps Reduce the Deficit and other items

How Health Reform Helps Reduce the Deficit


http://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=view&id=3178&emailView=1

excellent brief summary on revenues and budget cuts for health reform

kaiser health news now has a weekly edition for those who want less reading.

here are a couple of web pages from aarp that provide a good summary

http://bulletin.aarp.org/yourhealth/policy/articles/reform_splash.html

http://bulletin.aarp.org/yourhealth/policy/articles/a_user_s_guide_to_health_care_reform.html

Washington Post article:

New health-care law raises concerns about respecting providers' consciences

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/10/AR2010051003235.html

good article

given negative poll results on reform, one of my concerns is that the democratic party is not doing enough to communicate with the public on the advantages of health reform and debunking the myths.  I have some thoughts on this, such as ads by key players on tv, radio, newspapers, among others, and some brief summaries. have not seen much on this.  any thoughts on how I might pursue these concerns at the national level.

Outstanding article: New health-care law might make your doctor more informed, efficient, responsive

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/30/AR2010043002007.html?sub=AR

this article is outstanding.  could cover pay for performance more thoroughly.

this article is written by one of the authors of the following book

http://www.landmarkbook.com/index.php?p=2

Landmark: The Inside Story of America's New Health-Care Law and What It Means for Us All

Other summaries

http://www.commonwealthfund.org/~/media/Files/Publications/Other/2010/2010_CJR_insert_What_Next_web_415.pdf

this is a good summary


http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:HR04872:@@@D&summ2=m&

CRS summary.  more technical.  provides section by section summary.