Published in The New York Times: Room for Debate, July 20, 2009The Congressional Budget Office has consistently said that, while health information technologies, prevention and disease management are worthwhile cost-cutting measures, the savings are miniscule in comparison to the overall price tag of health reform. And the huge tax increases on the rich that Congress is considering fall short in … [Read more...] about End the Subsidy for High-Cost Health Care
Archives for July 2009
Reality Bites Into President's Pipe Dreams
Published in the New York Post, July 17, 2009Despite President Obama's lofty and appeasing rhetoric, his health-care plan is crashing against the rocks of reality, with support collapsing among an increasingly wary public and even among Democrats on Capitol Hill.Yet the White House and Democratic leaders in Congress appear undaunted in their efforts to ram through sweeping reform legislation … [Read more...] about Reality Bites Into President's Pipe Dreams
Reality Bites Into President’s Pipe Dreams
Published in the New York Post, July 17, 2009Despite President Obama's lofty and appeasing rhetoric, his health-care plan is crashing against the rocks of reality, with support collapsing among an increasingly wary public and even among Democrats on Capitol Hill.Yet the White House and Democratic leaders in Congress appear undaunted in their efforts to ram through sweeping reform legislation … [Read more...] about Reality Bites Into President’s Pipe Dreams
Governors Alarmed about Health-Reform Costs
Published in National Review Online: Critical Condition, July 20, 2009The nation’s governors have joined the chorus of public officials and citizens voicing serious concerns about the costs and consequences of the sweeping health reform bills that President Obama is trying to ram though Congress.Democratic and Republican governors meeting this weekend in Biloxi, Miss., said they fear the … [Read more...] about Governors Alarmed about Health-Reform Costs
Governors Alarmed about Health-Reform Costs
Published in National Review Online: Critical Condition, July 20, 2009The nation’s governors have joined the chorus of public officials and citizens voicing serious concerns about the costs and consequences of the sweeping health reform bills that President Obama is trying to ram though Congress.Democratic and Republican governors meeting this weekend in Biloxi, Miss., said they fear the … [Read more...] about Governors Alarmed about Health-Reform Costs
Steamrolling Ahead
Highlights "No, Mr. Chairman" Mining the details Talk about special interest Frustrations on Capitol Hill A note of praise Featured Articles The White House and Democratic leaders appear undaunted in their efforts to push sweeping health reform legislation through Congress in record time, even as the head of the Congressional Budget Office told Congress yesterday that the bills … [Read more...] about Steamrolling Ahead
Competition in the Health Care Marketplace: Testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and TransportationConsumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance SubcommitteeThank you Chairman Pryor, Ranking Member Wicker, and members of the committee for the opportunity to testify today on the issue of competition in the health care marketplace. My name is Grace-Marie Turner, and I am president and founder of the Galen … [Read more...] about Competition in the Health Care Marketplace: Testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Competition in the Health Care Marketplace: Testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and TransportationConsumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance SubcommitteeThank you Chairman Pryor, Ranking Member Wicker, and members of the committee for the opportunity to testify today on the issue of competition in the health care marketplace. My name is Grace-Marie Turner, and I am president and founder of the Galen … [Read more...] about Competition in the Health Care Marketplace: Testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation