Monthly Archives: March 2009

Public Insurance: There’s a Better Choice

March 31, 2009 – 7:47 am

Can a public insurance plan be successful? Under current circumstances, the answer is that it would be unlikely. To lower the eligibility age or to expand the pool for Medicare as it exists today will only bankrupt the program ahead of schedule.
Denis Cortese, M.D., President and CEO of Mayo Clinic, offers another solution that [...]

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Jeff Korsmo attends Iowa White House Forum March 23

March 25, 2009 – 12:50 pm

Jeff Korsmo, executive director of the Mayo Clinic Health Policy Center, attended the Iowa White House Forum on health Reform in Des Moines on March 23.
Making remarks at the forum were Iowa Governor Chet Culver, U.S. Senator Tom Harkin, South Dakota Governor Mike Rounds, Nancy-Ann DeParle, director of the White House Office of Health Care [...]

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Personalized medicine important to delivering value in health care

March 16, 2009 – 1:15 pm

Personalized medicine offers a key component to delivering value in the United States health care system.
Denis Cortese, M.D, president and CEO of Mayo Clinic, explains personalized medicine.
Dr. Cortese also delivered the keynote address at the Personalized Medicine Coalition luncheon on March 3. See address.

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Senator Klobuchar Cites Mayo Clinic as an Example of Health Care Efficiency

March 2, 2009 – 8:28 am

Senator Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn, appeared on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” program on Friday, February 27, and cited Mayo Clinic as an example of providing care for chronically ill patients at a lower cost. See clip at Morning Joe.

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Mayo Clinic Cited in Roll Call as Example of Efficiency

March 1, 2009 – 10:18 am

Mayo Clinic was recently used as an example by David Kendall of the Progressive Policy Institute as an example of efficiency. Roll Call quotes from Kendall’s book “Memos to the New President” that Mayo-like reforms in the government’s Medicare and Medicaid programs could save enough money to fund health insurance for America’s nearly 50 [...]

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