By Grace-Marie TurnerBritain’s system of socialized medicine is enough to make your teeth hurt – literally.Its citizens rely upon the government-run National Health Service that is designed to provide free access to every medical service, including dental care. But like all socialized medicine schemes, it has produced long lines, a shortage of medical professionals, and shoddy … [Read more...] about Socialized Medicine Elsewhere Shows Why It Is a Failure
Statement by Grace-Marie Turner in response to Sen. Clinton’s health reform plan
Sen. Clinton's new health reform plan incorporates many of the ideas being explored by the states today, and like the plan Mrs. Clinton offered 14 years ago, it still involves a heavy dose of government control. She would achieve universal health coverage by requiring everyone in America to have health insurance, and she would require businesses to pay a significant share of the costs. … [Read more...] about Statement by Grace-Marie Turner in response to Sen. Clinton’s health reform plan
The Basic FAQs: Frequently Asked Questions on Health Policy and Responses from Our Pro-Market Perspective
The health reform debate often can seem bewildering to citizens and political leaders alike. The health sector is vast, representing one-sixth of our nation’s economy, and it is enormously complex. But fundamental principles of economics can help in understanding what is wrong with our health sector and what we need to do to begin to get it on the righttrack.At the Galen Institute, our work … [Read more...] about The Basic FAQs: Frequently Asked Questions on Health Policy and Responses from Our Pro-Market Perspective
The Basic FAQs: Frequently Asked Questions on Health Policy and Responses from Our Pro-Market Perspective
The health reform debate often can seem bewildering to citizens and political leaders alike. The health sector is vast, representing one-sixth of our nation’s economy, and it is enormously complex. But fundamental principles of economics can help in understanding what is wrong with our health sector and what we need to do to begin to get it on the righttrack.At the Galen Institute, our work … [Read more...] about The Basic FAQs: Frequently Asked Questions on Health Policy and Responses from Our Pro-Market Perspective
Bad Ideas
Among the bad ideas floating around Washington to stimulate the lagging economy is a proposal that would boost the federal government's matching payments to the states for Medicaid. Our colleague Bob Helms of the American Enterprise Institute has done excellent original research on the flaws with "the FMAP" -- Federal Medical Assistance Percentage. The Federal government … [Read more...] about Bad Ideas
The Year Ahead
So what will 2008 bring? We certainly can anticipate a hot political debate over the future direction of our health sector, and hopefully this time the candidates will be talking to a better informed and even more skeptical electorate. Sixteen years ago, voters were swayed by utopian campaign promises that clashed with the hard reality of change and costs. This time, voters will ask tougher … [Read more...] about The Year Ahead
A Sensible Plan
Earlier this year, President Bush called the executives of major insurance companies to a meeting at the White House to urge them to focus on ways to improve the individual market for health insurance. Grace-Marie was invited to participate in a meeting with President Bush at the White House earlier this year when he urged health insurance executives to improve access to coverage in the … [Read more...] about A Sensible Plan
A Courageous Stance
Congress is tied in knots trying to pass legislation that will keep the federal government operating for another year (no jokes, please), and the leadership now hopes to pass one big bill next week that will roll the budgets for nearly all departments, agencies, and programs into one huge package costing more than half a trillion dollars. This is a dangerous time for the Republic because it is … [Read more...] about A Courageous Stance