Galen Institute

It often surprises Europeans to learn that the United States has a very significant public health sector. Public spending on health programs represented about 46 per cent of the total $1.1 trillion spent on health care last year in the United States, while about 53 per cent was spent in the private sector for health insurance and direct spending for medical goods and services. For both private … [Read more...] about Debunking American Health Care Myths

The Sunday Oklahoman, Editorial Health care analyst Grace-Marie Arnett is offering what's been labeled "a fresh approach" on health care reform. Her ideas are fundamental common sense in an area that often makes little sense. Arnett recently visited Oklahoma to speak before a legislative panel and to visit the editorial board of this newspaper. The Oklahoman advocates deposit of tobacco … [Read more...] about A Healthier Oklahoma – It Could Happen With the Right Reforms

The Sunday Oklahoman, Editorial Health care analyst Grace-Marie Arnett is offering what's been labeled "a fresh approach" on health care reform. Her ideas are fundamental common sense in an area that often makes little sense. Arnett recently visited Oklahoma to speak before a legislative panel and to visit the editorial board of this newspaper. The Oklahoman advocates deposit of tobacco … [Read more...] about A Healthier Oklahoma – It Could Happen With the Right Reforms

National Center for Policy Analysis Brief Analysis No. 307 As everyone "knows," the Patients' Bill of Rights that recently passed the House of Representatives would allow members of Health Maintenance Organizations to sue their plans. What most people probably don't know is that members already can sue their HMOs under current law. So what's going on? What the bill would really do is encourage … [Read more...] about Patients' Rights: A Double Standard

National Center for Policy Analysis Brief Analysis No. 307 As everyone "knows," the Patients' Bill of Rights that recently passed the House of Representatives would allow members of Health Maintenance Organizations to sue their plans. What most people probably don't know is that members already can sue their HMOs under current law. So what's going on? What the bill would really do is … [Read more...] about Patients’ Rights: A Double Standard

Rather Than Expand Entitlement Programs, Let's Loosen Regulation, Energize the Private Market PERSPECTIVE - A Public Policy Journal from the Oklahoma Council of Public AffairsJanuary 2000By Grace-Marie ArnettOklahoma faces special challenges in trying to increase access to affordable health insurance for its citizens. Compared to national averages, fewer of its citizens receive health insurance … [Read more...] about A Fresh Approach to Health Care Reform

Rather Than Expand Entitlement Programs, Let's Loosen Regulation, Energize the Private Market PERSPECTIVE - A Public Policy Journal from the Oklahoma Council of Public AffairsJanuary 2000By Grace-Marie ArnettOklahoma faces special challenges in trying to increase access to affordable health insurance for its citizens. Compared to national averages, fewer of its citizens receive health insurance … [Read more...] about A Fresh Approach to Health Care Reform

San Diego Union Tribune, Commentary SectionOctober 24, 1999By Grace-Marie ArnettLegislators in Washington once again have headed into the operating room to "fix" the U.S. health care system, and they are wielding an ax, not a scalpel. Not surprisingly, lawyers are waiting anxiously in the wings. Congress' goals are admirable: Members want to give consumers who are unhappy with their health … [Read more...] about The Health Care Crisis: Medicine or Money