Published in USA Today, August 11, 2009Where does it end? Congress already has passed regressive taxes on tobacco and is considering taxes on soft drinks and other sugary beverages. Now the federal government wants to get involved in policing restaurant menus to make sure they include calorie counts.This will increase the cost of restaurant meals, deter creativity and innovation, and inject … [Read more...] about ‘Pointless and expensive’: We don’t need the nanny state telling us what we already know
Abandon the Public Plan
Published in The New York Times: Room for Debate, August 11, 2009The White House is recognizing reality as its health reform agenda faces serious trouble and is backing away from its insistence on a public plan.The public plan option has been a lightning rod for opposition to health reform because many people believe it is a track to a single-payer, government-run system.Legislation has passed … [Read more...] about Abandon the Public Plan
Galen in the News
August is a hot month in the health reform debate, and the news can't wait until next week's Health Policy Matters. I have had several op-eds published over the last few days. Here is a special report with links below: In today's USA Today, I was asked to take an "opposing view" to the paper's editorial about healthy eating. Congress already has passed regressive … [Read more...] about Galen in the News
Americans' Unprecedented Health-Care Anxiety
Published in National Review Online: Critical Condition, August 7, 2009It is clear that President Obama's vision of change for our health sector is in big trouble, with the American people showing their frustration and fear about the sweeping overhaul he is pushing. The president has little choice but to throttle back his plans, and the suggestion of his health-care czar, Nancy Ann De … [Read more...] about Americans' Unprecedented Health-Care Anxiety
Americans’ Unprecedented Health-Care Anxiety
Published in National Review Online: Critical Condition, August 7, 2009It is clear that President Obama's vision of change for our health sector is in big trouble, with the American people showing their frustration and fear about the sweeping overhaul he is pushing. The president has little choice but to throttle back his plans, and the suggestion of his health-care czar, Nancy Ann De Parle, … [Read more...] about Americans’ Unprecedented Health-Care Anxiety
Fear Factor
Highlights Change vs. security Another gaffe Coalition building August plans Featured articles I've never seen anything like the anxiety about health reform that is erupting in town hall meetings around the country. To say this is manufactured or organized by anybody totally misses the point of the genuine fear that people are trying to get across to their legislative representatives. On … [Read more...] about Fear Factor
Grace-Marie Turner in Communione e Liberazione
Published in Italy's Communione e Liberazione, July 31, 2009 One of the major points of the election that brought Barack Obama to the White House was the reform of American health care system. Grace-Marie Turner, president of the Galen Institute, speaks of the key points of what should be the new American health system, highlighting the critical issues and proposing … [Read more...] about Grace-Marie Turner in Communione e Liberazione
Grace-Marie Turner in Communione e Liberazione
Published in Italy's Communione e Liberazione, July 31, 2009 One of the major points of the election that brought Barack Obama to the White House was the reform of American health care system. Grace-Marie Turner, president of the Galen Institute, speaks of the key points of what should be the new American health system, highlighting the critical issues and proposing … [Read more...] about Grace-Marie Turner in Communione e Liberazione