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baucus150 Senator Max Baucus (D-MT), a key figure in the drive to reform the American health care system, has published his version of a bill. His bill does not call for a publicly-run health insurance option, but otherwise, it’s pretty much what President Obama called for in his speech last week. Katy Clark speaks with John Sheils, a health care management consultant with The Lewin Group, to sort out the question that sparked Congressman Wilson’s angry outburst – whether health care reform will cover illegal immigrants. (Audio available after 5PM Eastern)

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9 comments for “Baucus health care bill”

Gail Marshall

I am so tired of news outlets talking to Lewin Group representatives without advising us that the Lewin Group is owned by a health insurance company. It is NOT “non-partisan” as you asserted.
http://www.healthjournalism.org/blog/2009/04/lewin-group-linked-to-private-insurers/
Please stop it.
Thank you.
Brett Greisen

Last name pronounced grysun
from NYC -

Dear Ms. Clark & producer(s),

Your characterization of The Lewin Group as “non-partisan” was debunked last week. The Lewin Group is a wholly-owned subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group of Minnesota. See Media Matters, Kos, Google, etc.

Unless you were seeking to destroy your credibility, may I suggest a little bit more skepticism?

Thank you kindly for your time and attention.

Yours truly,

Bluez Guy

And According to Sally Aman, Media Matters for America spokeswoman, “Media Matters received early support from Moveon.org and the New Democratic Network.” Both institutions are funded by George Soros, the far left billionaire known for reaping tremendous profits by betting currencies will fail. INO MM is about as biased as it gets.

Emilio Verdugo

I concur with the other comments above and would suggest that this continuous trotting out of “non-partisan” think tanks like the Lewin Group destroys the possibility of having an informed discussion. Do your own homework. Asking the Lewin Group what they think about regulating health care is like asking the pentagon what they think of regulating the military industrial complex. Like any of these think tanks, they are paid to find the conclusions that support their ideology. You need some balance, unless of course you want to get lumped in with Fox News.
ibisko ren

we are too kind. this is journalistic deflation.
unless the lewin
group is going to just out right fund pri and npr, we should selectively un-support this program.
Ms clark and most of the so-called news teams need to do some homework.
it’s pledge time in my neck of the woods. this behavior has reached the saturation point.
stick to reporting facts.
try to perform professional due diligence.
if we wanted hyperbole, we’d be supporting fox.
N. Eichler

This afternoon your program interviewed an individual from the Lewin Group citing it as a non-partisan group involved with health care issues. What your program did not mention is that the Lewin Group is part of United Health Care – this is a serious oversight and annuls any non-partisanship you attributed to the Lewin Group.

I would like to know why this connection was not mentioned, and further if you plan to invite another group, completely unaffiliated with any organization, to discuss the health care debate?
Rachel Glass

I just want to add another voice to the chorus – it concerns me that The Lewin Group is referenced as a non-partisan group for all the reasons noted above.

It is hard enough to sort out fact from fiction in this debate without these subtle reinforcements of myth-making posing as non-biased analysis.
Sheila Neylon

As I was driving out for the evening I heard this report and like the other posters was disconcerted that a PRI outlet was using this slanted source without disclosing their raison d’etre. It bothered me so much I kept it in mind until I got home after dinner and a play. I’m glad to see other listeners have responded but I am extremely disappointed in this superficial approach to reporting.
Jonathan Dyer

Thank you for your comments. We should have identified the Lewin Group as being owned by a subsidiary of United Health Group. We did so on today’s broadcast.

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