Last week, I promised to tell you more about the victory on tax credits for the uninsured. I know that this sounds like an issue only a policy wonk could love, but it really is important and marks a turning point in our battle for free-market ideas in health reform. The Galen Institute and our valued colleagues in the Health Policy Consensus Group have been working together for nearly a … [Read more...] about Small Steps and Big Victories
Small Steps and Big Victories
Last week, I promised to tell you more about the victory on tax credits for the uninsured. I know that this sounds like an issue only a policy wonk could love, but it really is important and marks a turning point in our battle for free-market ideas in health reform. The Galen Institute and our valued colleagues in the Health Policy Consensus Group have been working together for nearly a … [Read more...] about Small Steps and Big Victories
Building a Better Benefit
The country dodged a bullet when the Senate rejected the last compromise bill for a Medicare prescription drug benefit before heading home for the August recess. The final bill was one of the worst the Senate considered -- a plan that would have threatened health care and even Medicare's very existence. The Senate rejected four major Medicare prescription drug bills during nearly … [Read more...] about Building a Better Benefit
Building a Better Benefit
The country dodged a bullet when the Senate rejected the last compromise bill for a Medicare prescription drug benefit before heading home for the August recess. The final bill was one of the worst the Senate considered -- a plan that would have threatened health care and even Medicare's very existence. The Senate rejected four major Medicare prescription drug bills during nearly … [Read more...] about Building a Better Benefit
Medical Savings Accounts and Prescription Drugs: Evidence from South Africa
Medical Savings Accounts and Prescription Drugs: Evidence from South Africa
Could Fat Be Okay After All?
Evidence is mounting that the dietary recommendations promoted by the Federal government over the past two decades are a major factor in the obesity epidemic in America. Since the publication of "Dietary Goals for the United States" in 1977, the government has been proclaiming unequivocally and with almost religious fervor that obesity is caused by the excessive consumption of fat, and … [Read more...] about Could Fat Be Okay After All?
Could Fat Be Okay After All?
Evidence is mounting that the dietary recommendations promoted by the Federal government over the past two decades are a major factor in the obesity epidemic in America. Since the publication of "Dietary Goals for the United States" in 1977, the government has been proclaiming unequivocally and with almost religious fervor that obesity is caused by the excessive consumption of fat, and … [Read more...] about Could Fat Be Okay After All?