Congress is away, President Bush is out of the country, and there were few new policy developments in Washington this week. This, then, seems a good time to update you on a few of our activities at the Galen Institute over the last couple of weeks to help advance free-market health reform ideas. The Consensus Group met this week with the top health policy advisers from the White … [Read more...] about Advancing Our Ideas
Advancing Our Ideas
Congress is away, President Bush is out of the country, and there were few new policy developments in Washington this week. This, then, seems a good time to update you on a few of our activities at the Galen Institute over the last couple of weeks to help advance free-market health reform ideas. The Consensus Group met this week with the top health policy advisers from … [Read more...] about Advancing Our Ideas
Six Questions Everyone Should Ask About Health System Reform: An Application of Basic Economics
This paper, written by American Medical Association Principal Economist Jesse Hixson, offers guidelines for achieving effective health system reform through free-market incentives. Click here to read the paper. … [Read more...] about Six Questions Everyone Should Ask About Health System Reform: An Application of Basic Economics
Six Questions Everyone Should Ask About Health System Reform: An Application of Basic Economics
This paper, written by American Medical Association Principal Economist Jesse Hixson, offers guidelines for achieving effective health system reform through free-market incentives. Click here to read the paper. … [Read more...] about Six Questions Everyone Should Ask About Health System Reform: An Application of Basic Economics
The Right Role for Government
Nearly 10 years ago, in September of 1992, then-candidate Bill Clinton gave a speech at the New Jersey headquarters of Merck & Co. to outline his vision for a reengineered U.S. health care system that would use the powers of government to achieve universal coverage - putting "the common good above that of the individual," as now-Senator Hillary Clinton later explained. This week, President … [Read more...] about The Right Role for Government
The Right Role for Government
Nearly 10 years ago, in September of 1992, then-candidate Bill Clinton gave a speech at the New Jersey headquarters of Merck & Co. to outline his vision for a reengineered U.S. health care system that would use the powers of government to achieve universal coverage - putting "the common good above that of the individual," as now-Senator Hillary Clinton later explained. This week, President … [Read more...] about The Right Role for Government
Two Visions of Health Reform
Health reform is now center stage as President Bush and a broad coalition of interest groups in separate events pledged help to 40 million Americans without health insurance. However, their visions of how to achieve this goal are likely to take them in very different directions. In a speech at the Medical College of Wisconsin, President Bush painted a vision of "a modern, innovative health care … [Read more...] about Two Visions of Health Reform