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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.
11.16.09
| From NPR 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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10.6.09
| From New Health Dialogue
Liberty. Justice, Responsibility, Solidarity.
These are some of the American Values highlighted in the Hasting Centers report on “Connecting American Values with Health Reform”.
Watching health reform unfold here in Washington, however, that “Connection” is painfully elusive. The debate is not a careful calibration of competing rights, values and obligations. It’s a political moshpit. Instead of values, we have vitriol…
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