Early on the morning of July 25th, the United States House of Representatives passed legislation to allow the importation of prescription drugs from 26 countries with minimal oversight by the Food and Drug Administration. H.R. 2427, sponsored by Rep. Gil Gutknecht (R-Minnesota), will now be considered along with other legislation to add a prescription drug benefit to the Medicare program. As the … [Read more...] about In Their Own Words: Importation
Archives for August 2003
Overhead, So What? Medicare Needs Competition
Seniors Will Demand Supplemental Coverage
The Heritage Foundation held a briefing today in the Rayburn House Office Building to discuss the policy flaws in the Medicare bills. The speakers were Ed Haislmaier, visiting research fellow at Heritage, and Walt Francis, an independent economist and policy analyst. Bob Moffit, director of the Center for Health Policy Studies at The Heritage Foundation moderated. Ed Haislmaier said the design of … [Read more...] about Seniors Will Demand Supplemental Coverage
Seniors Will Demand Supplemental Coverage
The Heritage Foundation held a briefing today in the Rayburn House Office Building to discuss the policy flaws in the Medicare bills. The speakers were Ed Haislmaier, visiting research fellow at Heritage, and Walt Francis, an independent economist and policy analyst. Bob Moffit, director of the Center for Health Policy Studies at The Heritage Foundation moderated. Ed Haislmaier said the design … [Read more...] about Seniors Will Demand Supplemental Coverage
Focus on Resources
IN THIS ISSUE: Focus on Resources: Galen's Consumer Driven Health Care Directory FactCheckers.Org Independence Institute Medical Tuesday Americans for Free Choice in Medicine Citizens' Council on Health Care National Association of Manufacturers EBIA Weekly National Center for Policy Analysis State Policy Network … [Read more...] about Focus on Resources
Focus on Resources
IN THIS ISSUE: Focus on Resources: Galen's Consumer Driven Health Care Directory FactCheckers.Org Independence Institute Medical Tuesday Americans for Free Choice in Medicine Citizens' Council on Health Care National Association of Manufacturers EBIA Weekly National Center for Policy Analysis State Policy Network … [Read more...] about Focus on Resources
Single Payer Follies
Jolting the health policy debate out of the August doldrums, nearly 8,000 physicians recently announced that they are supporting a taxpayer-funded, single-payer health care system based on "an expanded and improved version of traditional Medicare." In their utopian plan, the federal government would pay for all physician and hospital care, and patients would not be required to pay co-payments or … [Read more...] about Single Payer Follies
Single Payer Follies
Jolting the health policy debate out of the August doldrums, nearly 8,000 physicians recently announced that they are supporting a taxpayer-funded, single-payer health care system based on "an expanded and improved version of traditional Medicare." In their utopian plan, the federal government would pay for all physician and hospital care, and patients would not be required to pay co-payments or … [Read more...] about Single Payer Follies