Appeared in The Washington Post June 18, 1999. We may be the ultimate congressional odd couple. We seldom agree on anything. But on this we do agree: Congress should act now to help the 43 million Americans who have no health insurance. The ranks of the uninsured are growing by 100,000 a month. And this is happening during a time of strong economic growth, despite continuing congressional … [Read more...] about Medical Coverage for All
Mandates, Regulation, and the Uninsured
Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and members of the committee for inviting me to testify today as you address the challenge of why, despite years of effort to try to reverse the trends, more and more Americans are without health insurance. My name is Grace-Marie Arnett, and I am president of the Galen Institute, a not-for-profit health and tax policy research organization based in Alexandria, Virginia. … [Read more...] about Mandates, Regulation, and the Uninsured
Mandates, Regulation, and the Uninsured
Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and members of the committee for inviting me to testify today as you address the challenge of why, despite years of effort to try to reverse the trends, more and more Americans are without health insurance. My name is Grace-Marie Arnett, and I am president of the Galen Institute, a not-for-profit health and tax policy research organization based in Alexandria, Virginia. … [Read more...] about Mandates, Regulation, and the Uninsured
The Federal Employees Health Benefit Program as a Model for Medicare Reform
Grace-Marie Arnett, president of the Galen Institute, was invited to present testimony on May 22, 1999, in Sanford, Florida, on free-market options for Medicare reform. The hearing was conducted by Rep. Joe Scarborough, chairman of the Subcommittee on Civil Service of the House Government Reform Committee. Here is Grace-Marie's testimony. Testimony presented before the Civil Service Subcommittee … [Read more...] about The Federal Employees Health Benefit Program as a Model for Medicare Reform
The Federal Employees Health Benefit Program as a Model for Medicare Reform
Grace-Marie Arnett, president of the Galen Institute, was invited to present testimony on May 22, 1999, in Sanford, Florida, on free-market options for Medicare reform. The hearing was conducted by Rep. Joe Scarborough, chairman of the Subcommittee on Civil Service of the House Government Reform Committee. Here is Grace-Marie's testimony. Testimony presented before the Civil Service … [Read more...] about The Federal Employees Health Benefit Program as a Model for Medicare Reform
Medicare Held Hostage as Campaign 2000 Weapon
San Diego Union Tribune The Medicare caldron is boiling once again, and the White House appears ready to use it to scald Republicans at the ballot box again next year. This time, however, a few key Democrats may spoil the soup. Hopes collapsed last week that the high-powered National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare would endorse a visionary plan to reform and modernize the … [Read more...] about Medicare Held Hostage as Campaign 2000 Weapon
Medicare Held Hostage as Campaign 2000 Weapon
San Diego Union Tribune The Medicare caldron is boiling once again, and the White House appears ready to use it to scald Republicans at the ballot box again next year. This time, however, a few key Democrats may spoil the soup. Hopes collapsed last week that the high-powered National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare would endorse a visionary plan to reform and modernize the … [Read more...] about Medicare Held Hostage as Campaign 2000 Weapon
Tax Initiatives Gain Strength
Several key members of Congress and a number of influential organizations are working on initiatives that would reverse the alarming growth in the number of Americans without health insurance.House Majority Leader Dick Armey is leading the charge. He delivered a speech before the American Hospital Association recently in which he put himself squarely on record as supporting the free-market health … [Read more...] about Tax Initiatives Gain Strength