As health reform sped to the top of the policy agenda this week, the timing for our upcoming conference offering some perspective on the debate could not be better. We are hosting, along with the International Policy Network of London, a major conference in Washington this coming Monday that will feature experts in health policy from Europe and Canada to share with us "Lessons from abroad … [Read more...] about Perspective
Obama Names His Health Team
Published in National Review Online: The Corner, March 3, 2009President Obama’s selection of Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius as his health secretary means she will lead the administration’s efforts to launch “the largest expansion of taxpayer-subsidized health insurance in more than four decades,” as The New York Times put it.And the president picked Nancy-Ann DeParle, a … [Read more...] about Obama Names His Health Team
Obama Names His Health Team
Published in National Review Online: The Corner, March 3, 2009President Obama’s selection of Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius as his health secretary means she will lead the administration’s efforts to launch “the largest expansion of taxpayer-subsidized health insurance in more than four decades,” as The New York Times put it.And the president picked Nancy-Ann DeParle, a … [Read more...] about Obama Names His Health Team
Audacity, Indeed!
Highlights Spending Spree Taxing Growth Turner Testimony Spending Spree: "Surreal Spending" was the title of one of our recent newsletters, but that doesn't begin to capture the unbelievable trillions of dollars that Congress and the Obama administration announced this week. It started out, first, with $33 billion more to expand SCHIP, then another $350 billion for the bank … [Read more...] about Audacity, Indeed!
Addressing Underinsurance in National Health Reform
Executive Summary Testimony by Grace-Marie Turner, Galen Institute, before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, February 24, 2009There is little debate about the need to make sure that all Americans have the security of insurance that protects them from medical bills they can’t afford and that provides them access to the care they need. But no part of … [Read more...] about Addressing Underinsurance in National Health Reform
Addressing Underinsurance in National Health Reform
Executive Summary Testimony by Grace-Marie Turner, Galen Institute, before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, February 24, 2009There is little debate about the need to make sure that all Americans have the security of insurance that protects them from medical bills they can’t afford and that provides them access to the care they need. But no part of the health … [Read more...] about Addressing Underinsurance in National Health Reform
The March Continues
With a major expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program in place and more than $150 billion in health spending authorized in the stimulus bill, the Obama administration already is well on its way to significantly increasing the role of government in our health sector. President Obama is expected to take the next step in advancing his health reform agenda when he delivers his … [Read more...] about The March Continues
Surreal Spending
The House is poised to take a final vote on the compromise $800-billion spending bill on, appropriately, Friday the 13th, with the Senate likely to follow soon after. In my 36 years in Washington, I have never seen such a surreal environment, with hundreds of billions of dollars in borrowed taxpayer money being spent without committee hearings or even meaningful public debate over the thousands … [Read more...] about Surreal Spending