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New Rockefeller Institute Report Analyzes Strategies for Financing State Health Reform

June 30, 2009. The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government released a report this month analyzing the various financing options that states can utilize to fund health coverage expansions. The report, titled “State Financing for Health Coverage Initiatives: Observations and Options,” was prepared by the New York State Health Policy Research Center and concludes by looking at ways to finance health coverage initiatives in New York, where several universal coverage proposals are under consideration.

SHARE Director Lynn Blewett Presents to Minnesota’s Health Care Reform Review Council

June 22, 2009.  On June 18th, SHARE Director Lynn Blewett presented an overview of national health reform to Minnesota’s Health Care Reform Review Council in Saint Paul, MN. “We were well-received by the Council, and I think we contributed to their work,” Lynn observed. 
 

NGA Reports State Fiscal Crisis, Warns that States Cannot Implement Federal Health Reform without Financial Help

June 16, 2009.  The National Governors Association (NGA) and the National Association of State Budget Officers (NASBO) released a report last week showing that nearly half of states have experienced negative budget growth in fiscal year (FY) 2009 and that almost three-quarters of states are recommending FY 2010 budgets with negative growth.  The biannual report, titled

GAO Testimony - State and Local Fiscal Challenges

November 24, 2008. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) today released the following testimony: State and Local Fiscal Challenges: Rising Health Care Costs Drive Long-term and Immediate Pressures. GAO-09-210T, November 19 2008

This statement of Stanley J. Czerwinski, Director Strategic Issues, addresses three key points:

State Health Expenditure Accounts

Publication Year: 
1999

Blewett, L. A., B. C. Gustafson, J. Sonier, and S. D. Leitz. 1999. “State Health Expenditure Accounts.” Health Care Financing Review 21 (2): 65-83.

New Roles for States in Financing Graduate Medical Education: Minnesota’s Trust Fund

Publication Year: 
2000

Blewett, L. A. and V. Weslowski. 2000. “New Roles for States in Financing Graduate Medical Education: Minnesota’s Trust Fund.” Health Affairs 19 (1): 248-252.

 

How one state is using tobacco-settlement funds to bolster training of health professionals.

Measuring the Direct Costs of Graduate Medical Education Training in Minnesota

Publication Year: 
2001

Blewett, L. A., M, A. Smith and T. G. Caldis. 2001. “Measuring the Direct Costs of Graduate Medical Education Training in Minnesota.” Academic Medicine 76(5): 446-52.

Single Payer Systems: Equity in Access to Care

Publication Year: 
2008

Presentation by Lynn Blewett titled, "Single Payer Systems: Equity in Access to Care," at the True Workings of Single Payer Systems: Lessons or Warnings for U.S. Reform conference sponsored by the Journal of Health Politics Policy and Law, May 10, 2008 in Minneapolis MN.

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