Overall, Howard Dean is fine with the way the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is shaping up, but he's no fan of the Independent Payment Advisory Board.
The former Democratic presidential hopeful (2004) offered his (latest) no-holds-barred assessment of the PPACA in a weekend op-ed piece in the Wall Street Journal. First, he upbraided members of the GOP who are trying to kill the PPACA. Says Dean:
"Continuing efforts by congressional Republicans to 'defund' further implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, even if it takes shutting down the federal government, are willfully destructive. … Like it or not, the law — at least its foundation — is here to stay, and lawmakers ought to focus over the next year on ensuring a relatively smooth implementation."
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Dan Cook
Dan Cook is a journalist and communications consultant based in Portland, OR. During his journalism career he has been a reporter and editor for a variety of media companies, including American Lawyer Media, BusinessWeek, Newhouse Newspapers, Knight-Ridder, Time Inc., and Reuters. He specializes in health care and insurance related coverage for BenefitsPRO.
