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Mon, Jul. 6th @ 2:11pm
MelissaSchober posted in the Ask the Expert: Health Care Reform & Moms talk.Great questions!I'll check back to answer/follow-up as time allows. For those of you who want to be informed but feel like reading this and that is to...
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Mon, Jul. 6th @ 2:01pm
MelissaSchober posted in the Ask the Expert: Health Care Reform & Moms talk.Cooper, yes I think the media is doing a better job. We've lost the Harry and Louise ads because the insurance industry is riding along (to greater an...
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Mon, Jul. 6th @ 1:55pm
MelissaSchober posted in the Ask the Expert: Health Care Reform & Moms talk.Brandie asked if I think Congress is taking on too much too fast. Specifically she mentioned cap and trade (a climate change bill) being 1300 pages an...
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Mon, Jul. 6th @ 1:32pm
MelissaSchober posted in the Ask the Expert: Health Care Reform & Moms talk.For those of you asking questions about child care, end of life care, or eldercare... The answer is that I don't know. I know there is plenty of atten...
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Mon, Jul. 6th @ 1:20pm
MelissaSchober posted in the Ask the Expert: Health Care Reform & Moms talk.Re: CJF's questions about keeping costs down. I think one of big areas in reducing spending is something called comparative effectiveness research. CE...
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Mon, Jul. 6th @ 1:14pm
MelissaSchober posted in the Ask the Expert: Health Care Reform & Moms talk.Hi all, I'm your host, Melissa. I'm posting my in my profile, in case anyone is wondering who I am, what I do, and how I came to be an "expert" on hea...
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Mon, Jul. 6th @ 1:04pm
MelissaSchober posted in the Ask the Expert: Health Care Reform & Moms talk.The op-ed that Cooper references below, by Paul O'Neill, if a great example of an opportunity to save money and do good. Re-hospitalization are a HUGE...
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Mon, Jul. 6th @ 12:51pm
MelissaSchober posted in the Ask the Expert: Health Care Reform & Moms talk.Julie asked what will be covered state to state. The honest answer is "I don't know."Some states -- TX, AZ -- have very few, if any, insurance regulat...
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Mon, Jul. 6th @ 12:35pm
MelissaSchober posted in the Ask the Expert: Health Care Reform & Moms talk.re: A public plan. And will it really cost a TRILLION dollars? Hi Julie! Thanks for asking about a public plan. For now, it seems some sort of public...
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Mon, Jul. 6th @ 12:18pm
MelissaSchober posted a photo in the Ask the Expert: Health Care Reform & Moms talk.From the NY Times, 4/6/09
MelissaSchober
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Melissa Schober is the Senior Legislative Analyst at Women's Policy, Inc (WPI). She joined WPI in 2006. Her portfolio includes appropriations analysis, legislative relations with the Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues, and women's health care policy. Prior to joining WPI, she held positions with The MayaTech Corporation, serving federal clients including the CDC and NCI, and NARAL Pro-Choice America where she analyzed state statutes and conducted research on judicial nominees. She also has served as an invited speaker for the Young Democrats Women's Caucus.
She is a graduate of St. Joseph College (CT) where she majored in political science and was the recipient of two academic awards, including one for her undergraduate honors thesis. In addition to her professional responsibilities, Melissa blogs for MOMocrats, where one of her posts was featured in the Wall St. Journal. She lives in Baltimore with her husband, Daniel Levine, and one-year-old daughter, Ruth.