Galen Institute

  Highlights: Congress should make sure that poorer children already eligible for SCHIP and Medicaid are covered first. Expanding SCHIP to cover children in higher-income families will crowd-out the private coverage many already have. Putting more children on public programs will lead to greater problems in access to care. Expanding SCHIP means that politicians and regulators will have more … [Read more...] about Reforming the State Children’s Health Insurance Program

December 31, 2008An open letter to President-elect Obama and Secretary-designate Daschle in response to requests for comments on health reform:We appreciate your focus on health reform and your sensitivity to the many stories of those who are struggling to get the care and coverage they need. Thank you for soliciting citizen input as we all work to make progress in addressing the crucial problems … [Read more...] about Dear President-Elect: Please Put Patients First

December 31, 2008An open letter to President-elect Obama and Secretary-designate Daschle in response to requests for comments on health reform:We appreciate your focus on health reform and your sensitivity to the many stories of those who are struggling to get the care and coverage they need. Thank you for soliciting citizen input as we all work to make progress in addressing the crucial problems … [Read more...] about Dear President-Elect: Please Put Patients First

Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels has used free-market thinking and a healthy dose of individual responsibility to create an innovative program to help uninsured people get health insurance. The Healthy Indiana Plan (HIP) passed the legislature with bi-partisan support last year, and people already are enrolling in the new program. It has funding to cover 130,000 people, and tens of thousands of people … [Read more...] about Indiana’s free-market idea to help the uninsured get health coverage

Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels has used free-market thinking and a healthy dose of individual responsibility to create an innovative program to help uninsured people get health insurance. The Healthy Indiana Plan (HIP) passed the legislature with bi-partisan support last year, and people already are enrolling in the new program. It has funding to cover 130,000 people, and tens of thousands of people … [Read more...] about Indiana’s free-market idea to help the uninsured get health coverage

Published in the San Diego Union-Tribune, December 22, 2008While Americans convincingly voted for change on Election Day, not all the change that President-elect Obama has promised on health care is for the better.Specifically, Obama wants to have the federal government establish a research program to compare different medical treatments and pharmaceuticals, deciding which are worthwhile and … [Read more...] about Putting a Dollar Sign on Patients' Lives

Published in the San Diego Union-Tribune, December 22, 2008While Americans convincingly voted for change on Election Day, not all the change that President-elect Obama has promised on health care is for the better.Specifically, Obama wants to have the federal government establish a research program to compare different medical treatments and pharmaceuticals, deciding which are worthwhile and … [Read more...] about Putting a Dollar Sign on Patients’ Lives