Here are some health care related links I came across this week:

What’s Going on in Maryland
As a state panel on health care quality and costs meets for the first time today, the Gazette of Politics & Business published a nice overview of where things stand in today’s paper.

U.S. Chamber Perspective
Earlier this week, U.S. Chamber President & CEO Tom Donohue gave a remarks during the Emergency Department Practice Management Association’s Solutions Summit. He posted an overview of his talk on the ChamberPost Blog.

Viewpoints: The Health Care Debate
A new section of the Kaiser Family Foundation’s health08.org website features interviews with leaders of organizations representing health care providers, insurers, policymakers, employers, labor unions and consumers sharing their views on shortcomings in the nation’s health care system and how it could be improved. National Association of Manufacturers President and CEO John Engler discusses the rising cost of providing health care insurance to employees, health information technology, consumer directed health care and more. Listen to the interview here.