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Health Reform Do’s and Don’ts: Veterans of the Early 90s’ Health Reform Debate Offer Advice to Today’s Reformers The health reform debates of 1993 and 1994 produced a wealth of knowledge on what should be done differently the next time Congress takes up national health reform, a time that could be coming soon after the next election. To offer guidance to today’s reformers and reporters covering today’s reform efforts, the Alliance for Health Reform and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation sponsored a December 12 briefing featuring veterans of the 1990s debate. What went wrong in 1994? What should be done differently the next time around? What are the appropriate roles for congressional and executive branch leadership in getting reform done? Nursing Home Reforms: Twenty Years after OBRA ’87 The 1987 Nursing Home Reform Law was considered to be landmark legislation for nursing home quality improvement and brought high hopes to consumers, advocates and legislators. But some recent reports and congressional hearings indicate there are still concerns about quality of care. Twenty years later, what progress has been achieved? What’s left to do? Are legislative solutions the answer to improving quality? Can voluntary initiatives make a difference? Can the industry and policymakers find a cost-effective way to increase staffing and improve quality? To help address these and related questions, the Alliance for Health Reform and the Kaiser Family Foundation sponsored a December 7 briefing.
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