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From the C-Suite Squash the bugs ... Deborah Friberg Infections hurt patients and represent one of the primary opportunities in healthcare to improve outcomes. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, every year 1.7 million patients get sick from an infection they contract while in the hospital, and 100,000 of them die.   Submit a comment » More From the C-Suite » OPINION LEADERS SURVEY This is the fourth installment for 2009 of the Commonwealth Fund/Modern Healthcare Opinion Leaders Survey. More survey results can be found at the Commonwealth Fund's Web site, commonwealthfund.org. Slow spending, improve quality Gail Wilensky With so much attention being given to healthcare reform—which unfortunately seems to have morphed into health insurance reform—it's essential to remember the importance of reforming...   Don't take it for granted Bruce Vladeck Just as in 1993, when the architects of health reform initially took Medicare for granted and then scrambled to address beneficiaries' concerns, Washington finds itself caught up in the fog of...   Mission Medicare In its 44-year history, Medicare has been effective at providing access to medical care and predictable coverage for its beneficiaries. Now it’s time for the federal program to use its...   More Opinion Leaders Surveys » Reader Poll View Past Polls »   Submissions/Nominations/Events Nominations now accepted for 2010 Health Care Hall of Fame award Send nominations for 50 Most Powerful physician executives Annual construction and design survey now open Trustee of the Year nominations now open

Legislating Access Modern Healthcare is tracking the state and national proposals to expand access to health benefits for the uninsured and underinsured. This section on Modern Healthcare Online will be updated with each new proposal. Submit comments on any or all of the proposals to mheditorial@modernhealthcare.com. Senate reform package unveiled Sen. Harry Reid Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) raised the curtain on a 10-year $849 billion health overhaul package that melds components of two separate Senate bills that collectively have driven a... Other proposals: Federal Proposals » State Proposals » EXTRA! EXTRA! 100 Top cardiac hospitals In a Web-exclusive story that accompanies the release of this year's roster of the 100 Top heart hospitals produced by Thomson Reuters, Modern Healthcare reporter Jean DerGurahian reports on gains being made in cardiac care, while also noting that similar progress isn't being seen in other areas, such as cancer, blood infections and other diseases. Read the story View the charts