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Chad Levin — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:49:32 -0500

DECEMBER 4, 2009

This Week in Health Care Reform

On
November 21st Senate lawmakers voted along party lines to move ahead
with a floor debate over Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's (D-NV)
proposed health care reform legislation. Negotiations began in the
Senate this week following the Thanksgiving recess.

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Chad Levin — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:10:56 -0500

Senate
Former President Bill Clinton visited Senate Democrats on
Capitol Hill this week, urging them to quickly pass health care reform
by the end of the year. Senate Leadership continues to work pulling its
final merged bill together and Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) says
that he will introduce the legislation on the Senate floor the week of
November 16th.

Under Senate rules, a 60-vote majority is
required to move the bill forward before official debate can begin. It
is likely that Democrats will receive the 60-votes needed to move the

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Chad Levin — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:04:00 -0500

This week focused on the unveiling of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's (D-NV) proposed health care reform legislation.

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House and Senate Negotiations

Reid
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Chad Levin — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:25:09 -0500

Week of November 16, 2009

The Business Roundtable released a
report late last week that found key components of existing health care
reform legislation could slow the growth of health care costs and offer
real savings for companies and their employees. The results were
immediately welcomed by the White House. Yet, the report goes on to
warn that certain provisions within the legislation could actually
accelerate costs. "The report also shows that reform done wrong won't
work and could make a bad situation much worse," said Antonio M. Perez,

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Chad Levin — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:44:37 -0500

This Week in Health Reform: November 13, 2009

This week's debate
focused on last Saturday's approval of health care reform legislation
by the House of Representatives. Some members of the media have raised
concerns over the costs associated with the Democrat version of health
care reform, highlighting the challenges Democrats might face
politically as health care reform legislation evolves in Congress.

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Chad Levin — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:02:37 -0500

Week of November 9, 2009

Given that the Senate is expected to
require much more time than the House to vote on a health care bill
(see below), it is likely there is not enough legislative time left in
2009 to wrap up a bill for Christmas delivery to the White House.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid fueled concerns about the schedule
last week when he refused to commit publicly to passing an overhaul
bill this year. This makes a "conference" between the House and Senate
MORE likely in January 2010 THAN IN 2009, and that could require some

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Chad Levin — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:25:03 -0500

This Week in Health Reform: November 6, 2009

As we near the end
of a busy week in Congress, WellPoint sent a letter to Congressional
Members highlighting the detrimental impact of current legislation on
our health care system. The letter focuses on the potential impact of
the Affordable Health Care for America Act (HR 3962) currently being
debated in the House of Representatives.

WellPoint also provided
Congress with a point-by-point response to the White House Blog's
criticism of its actuarial analyses released late last week.

And,

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Chad Levin — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:17:07 -0500

Week of November 2, 2009

That the bill going to the floor of
the House contains a government plan option is no surprise. But Senate
leadership's decision to pursue a government plan option in defiance of
the Senate Finance Committee's preference is something of a surprise
(see below), given it was perhaps the most bitterly argued reform issue
of the summer's town hall meetings. The path ahead in the Senate will
not be an easy one, as Connecticut Senator Joseph Lieberman's
opposition makes clear. Lieberman is a former Democrat who still

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Chad Levin — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 11:23:02 -0500

Oct. 30, 2009

This Week in Health Care Reform

This
week, lawmakers fine-tuned their reform proposals and, once again, the
public option became the central issue of the health care reform debate.

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Senate and House Negotiations

Senate
Majority Leader Announces Senate Bill that Includes Public Option: On

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Chad Levin — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:50:16 -0400

Week of October 26, 2009

While Aetna and the rest of the
insurance industry continue to focus on important health care reform
issues, some members of Congress and The White House appear unwilling
to stop or even slow the political attacks against insurers. Even as
yet another analysis released last week showed real concerns persist
that current proposals will worsen, rather than alleviate, rising
health care costs, the House Judiciary Committee used its powers last
week to try to punish the industry for speaking out (see below).

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Chad Levin — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:22:23 -0400

Week of October 19, 2009

Inside-the-Beltway politics were in
full swing last week as the insurance industry came under heavy fire
from some members of Congress and the media for releasing a
PricewaterhouseCoopers report prior to the Senate Finance Committee's
scheduled vote on its health care reform proposal. The report found
that the Committee's reform package would drive up the cost of private
insurance coverage for individuals, families and businesses. As a
result, the industry was openly accused of trying to scuttle health

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Chad Levin — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:16:00 -0400

October 21, 2009

The Week in Health Care Reform

Federal Legislative Overview
Senate
On
Tuesday, October 13 the Senate Finance Committee approved Chairman Max
Baucus’ amended “America’s Healthy Future Act” by a vote of 14-9.
Olympia Snowe (R-ME) was the only Republican who joined all 13
Democrats in supporting the bill. After the vote Snowe stated, “Is this
bill all that I want? Far from it. Is it all that it could be? No. But
when history calls, history calls. And I happen to think the

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Chad Levin — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:56:42 -0400

Oct. 16, 2009

This Week in Health Care Reform

This
week, Senate Finance Committee members voted on the committee's health
care reform bill, and the conversation shifted to how to reconcile the
bill with pending legislation from the House.

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Chad Levin — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:48:07 -0400

Week of October 12 , 2009

A new report from
PricewaterhouseCoopers made headlines this week in pointing out that
the Senate Finance Committee's health care reform proposal, as
currently outlined (approved by a 14-9 margin on October 13), would
increase the cost of private insurance coverage for individuals,
families and businesses above what these costs would be in the absence
of reform. Specifically, the report says that four provisions could
significantly increase costs: a weak coverage requirement coupled with

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Chad Levin — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:41:48 -0400

October 14, 2009

The Week in Health Reform

Federal Legislative Overview

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The
long-awaited cost estimate of the Senate Finance Committee’s health
care reform proposal, “America’s Healthy Future Act,” was released this
week by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO).

The CBO concluded

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EasytoinsureMe Levin — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:36:35 -0400

Oct. 9, 2009

This Week in Health Care Reform

This week,
legislators from the Senate Finance Committee waited for the
Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to provide a cost estimate for the
revised health care reform bill before bringing the legislation to a
committee vote, now expected to take place next week.

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Chad Levin — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:02:48 -0400

Week of October 5, 2009

The Senate Finance Committee
essentially wrapped up its work on a health care reform bill last week,
though additional changes are still possible as the bill is put to a
vote of the full Committee later this week. A number of changes made to
the bill at the 11th hour last week already are generating concerns
about the direction of the legislation. For example, one amendment
approved by the Committee would result in a significant weakening of
the individual coverage requirement (see below). This requirement is

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Chad Levin — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:34:14 -0400

Oct. 2, 2009

This Week in Health Care Reform

This
week, legislators from the Senate Finance Committee continued mark-up
of the legislation proposed by Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT).

Senate Negotiations

Senate
Finance Committee Negotiates Amendments: After days of negotiations,
Sen. Baucus indicated on Wednesday that the Senate Finance Committee
now had the necessary votes to pass legislation and that he anticipated
finalizing the bill by the end of the week. Lawmakers from the

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Chad Levin — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:07:46 -0400

Week of September 28, 2009

The Senate Finance Committee wasted no time last week in wading through
a seemingly endless number of amendments to its proposed health care
reform legislation (see below). The committee turned aside a number of
amendments, including attempts to avert cuts to the Medicare Advantage
program to help pay for expanded coverage for the uninsured. But the
sparring that occurred over the issue is a good indication that
emotions are running high, and the dispute is bound to reappear when

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Chad Levin — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:42:50 -0400

This Week in Health Care Reform

Lawmakers returned to Washington
this week after a heated August recess to continue to negotiate health
care reform. Americans remain sharply divided on legislation: In a
Gallup Poll released Tuesday, 39% of those polled say they would direct
their member of Congress to vote against a health care reform bill this
fall, while 37% want their member to vote in favor of a health care
reform bill.

Joint Session

President Barack Obama Holds
Joint Session on Health Care Reform: On Wednesday, in a televised

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The Health Insurance Quote Interview with EasyToInsureME

Chad Levin — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 10:31:20 -0400

Interviewer : Why is health insurance so affordable at EasyToInsureME?

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Leading the Way Out of this Economic -- and Ethical -- Mess

Brian McDermott — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 11:21:26 -0400

I'm looking for any sign I can find that we're in recovery -- not
only that the economy is turning around, but that the mindset that led
us into this mess is shifting.

I found a good one.

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How to Feel Hopeful in Hopeless Times...

Brian McDermott — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 23:23:30 -0500

"There is no sense being a pessimist.
It would never work anyway." -- Unknown

The news is...

Aw, pick a negative. Fill in the blank with any gloomy descriptor you can think of to depict just how un-rosy things are in the world right now. It's easy, right? It's not so easy to see through that news all the way to optimism. But it is possible.

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How to Cut Costs Strategically...

Brian McDermott — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 18:03:10 -0500

"What are you doing to contain or cut costs to get through 2009?"

I was a blind-copy recipient of this question in an email from a colleague the other day. It came with the promise that answers would be shared anonymously among those of us willing to throw our ideas into the conversation.

I'm tossing out a couple of thoughts. They're based on the experience I've had the last decade working with leaders to create and implement strategies for change, improvement and innovation -- which often has been shaped by the need to hang on for dear life.

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Do Something Different...

Brian McDermott — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 23:48:17 -0500

Gerry (my partner at GrowthWorks) and I created a Leading Innovation workshop this year based on our book. We delivered the training for a high-tech company to its top 400 managers around the world. At the end of day one of each session I gave the participants a homework assignment:

Do something different... and pay attention to see if you notice anything special...

It could be as simple as driving a new way to work. I did the assignment 19 times in Berlin, London, Sydney... And I was rewarded every time.

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