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Staying Focused
Through a coincidence of good timing, I am in San Francisco, where it is 65 degrees, clear, and absolutely beautiful while Washington is in a deep freeze? This was a long-planned trip, however, and the highlight was a meeting I had yesterday with Nobel-laureate Milton Friedman. Professor Friedman has long been interested in health policy and the importance of changes that will promote … [Read more...] about Staying Focused
Staying Focused
Through a coincidence of good timing, I am in San Francisco, where it is 65 degrees, clear, and absolutely beautiful while Washington is in a deep freeze? This was a long-planned trip, however, and the highlight was a meeting I had yesterday with Nobel-laureate Milton Friedman. Professor Friedman has long been interested in health policy and the importance of changes that will promote … [Read more...] about Staying Focused
Do No Harm
Do No Harm
Single Payer Singularly Unsuccessful
Texas-Sized Ideas
This article was originally published by The New York Sun January 13, 2003. President Bush is thinking big! In his speech to the Economic Club of Chicago last week, he surprised almost everyone with the size and boldness of his tax cut proposals. And when he delivers his State of the Union address on January 28, all of the signals indicate that the president's plans for health reform also will … [Read more...] about Texas-Sized Ideas
Detecting Medicare Abuse
The American Enterprise Institute held a health policy conference on Friday titled "Detecting Medicare Abuse: Can Economists Help the Inspector General Bloodhounds?" Discussion centered on forthcoming research findings presented by Daniel P. Kessler of Stanford University that seeks to identify the link between Medicare anti-fraud enforcement, financial savings to the government, and health … [Read more...] about Detecting Medicare Abuse