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The Connection is an open conversation, a group blog, and a nonpartisan effort to spark a rich discourse on fundamental values in health reform. Anyone can submit a post, and a selection of posts will appear here, on the Health Affairs blog, and in an upcoming volume.

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  • Efficiency (6)
  • Fairness (8)
  • Freedom (2)
  • Health (4)
  • Honesty (2)
  • Integrity (4)
  • Justice (8)
  • Liberty (6)
  • Medical Progress (4)
  • Pragmatism (5)
  • Privacy (3)
  • Quality (4)
  • Responsibility (5)
  • Solidarity (6)
  • Stewardship (4)
  • Subsidiarity (2)
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    Values on NPR’s Talk of the Nation Science Friday

    Tom Murray, president of The Hastings Center, discussed how and why health reform should reflect our values in an interview on NPR’s Science Friday.

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    11.16.09 | Comments (1)

    value: Accountability, Efficiency, Fairness, Freedom, Health, Honesty, Integrity, Justice, Liberty, Medical Progress, Pragmatism, Privacy, Quality, Responsibility, Solidarity, Stewardship, Subsidiarity

    Subsidiarity and Solidarity in Health Care Reform

    So often the political debate in America revolves around two seemingly conflicting values: solidarity and subsidiarity. William Sage touched on the former. Opponents of health care reform often talk about the latter. But it is the intersection of these two values that matters most to American politics, and nowhere more so than in the health care debate…

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    10.16.09 | Comments (1)

    value: Solidarity, Subsidiarity