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Volume 359:777-780 August 21, 2008 Number 8 Next

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On May 10, 2008, the Journal and the Massachusetts Medical Society brought together 13 panelists — physicians, academics, and business, insurance, and political leaders — for a seminar on U.S. health policy and health coverage. In a discussion moderated by Arthur R. Miller, J.D., of the New York University School of Law, the participants identified important challenges to the U.S. health care system and debated possible solutions.

The group addressed the dissatisfaction among physicians in general and primary care providers in particular and considered its relationship to a reimbursement system that rewards high-tech procedures rather than cognitive work and time . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Mr. Baker is president and chief executive officer of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Wellesley, MA. Dr. Caplan is a professor of bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Dr. Davis is the president of the Commonwealth Fund, New York. Ms. Dentzer is the editor-in-chief of Health Affairs, Bethesda, MD. Dr. Epstein is chair of the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, and an associate editor of the Journal. Dr. Frist is a former U.S. senator (R-TN) and a visiting professor of international economic policy at Princeton University, Princeton, NJ. Dr. Galvin is the director of global health care at General Electric, Fairfield, CT. Mr. King-Shaw is chair and chief executive officer of Mansa Equity Partners, Tallahassee, FL, and Carlisle, MA. Dr. Lee is network president at Partners HealthCare System, Boston, and an associate editor of the Journal. Dr. Oberlander is an associate professor of social medicine and health policy and administration at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Ms. Rosenbaum is a professor of health law and policy at George Washington University, Washington, DC. Dr. Schroeder is a professor of health and health care at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Tuckson is executive vice president and chief of medical affairs at UnitedHealth Group, Minneapolis.

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