National Center for Policy Analysis Brief Analysis No. 307 As everyone "knows," the Patients' Bill of Rights that recently passed the House of Representatives would allow members of Health Maintenance Organizations to sue their plans. What most people probably don't know is that members already can sue their HMOs under current law. So what's going on? What the bill would really do is encourage … [Read more...] about Patients' Rights: A Double Standard
Patients’ Rights: A Double Standard
National Center for Policy Analysis Brief Analysis No. 307 As everyone "knows," the Patients' Bill of Rights that recently passed the House of Representatives would allow members of Health Maintenance Organizations to sue their plans. What most people probably don't know is that members already can sue their HMOs under current law. So what's going on? What the bill would really do is … [Read more...] about Patients’ Rights: A Double Standard
A Fresh Approach to Health Care Reform
Rather Than Expand Entitlement Programs, Let's Loosen Regulation, Energize the Private Market PERSPECTIVE - A Public Policy Journal from the Oklahoma Council of Public AffairsJanuary 2000By Grace-Marie ArnettOklahoma faces special challenges in trying to increase access to affordable health insurance for its citizens. Compared to national averages, fewer of its citizens receive health insurance … [Read more...] about A Fresh Approach to Health Care Reform
A Fresh Approach to Health Care Reform
Rather Than Expand Entitlement Programs, Let's Loosen Regulation, Energize the Private Market PERSPECTIVE - A Public Policy Journal from the Oklahoma Council of Public AffairsJanuary 2000By Grace-Marie ArnettOklahoma faces special challenges in trying to increase access to affordable health insurance for its citizens. Compared to national averages, fewer of its citizens receive health insurance … [Read more...] about A Fresh Approach to Health Care Reform
The Health Care Crisis: Medicine or Money
San Diego Union Tribune, Commentary SectionOctober 24, 1999By Grace-Marie ArnettLegislators in Washington once again have headed into the operating room to "fix" the U.S. health care system, and they are wielding an ax, not a scalpel. Not surprisingly, lawyers are waiting anxiously in the wings. Congress' goals are admirable: Members want to give consumers who are unhappy with their health … [Read more...] about The Health Care Crisis: Medicine or Money
The Health Care Crisis: Medicine or Money
San Diego Union Tribune, Commentary SectionOctober 24, 1999By Grace-Marie ArnettLegislators in Washington once again have headed into the operating room to "fix" the U.S. health care system, and they are wielding an ax, not a scalpel. Not surprisingly, lawyers are waiting anxiously in the wings. Congress' goals are admirable: Members want to give consumers who are unhappy with their health … [Read more...] about The Health Care Crisis: Medicine or Money
Health Reform Debate in Congress Takes a Free Market Turn
The most unexpected of debates is brewing in Washington - a debate over the best way to help uninsured Americans obtain private health insurance. Congress is considering a number of bills that would offer tax credits directly to individuals to purchase their own health coverage in the private marketplace. The measures have diverse bi-partisan support, from liberal California Democrat Pete … [Read more...] about Health Reform Debate in Congress Takes a Free Market Turn
Health Reform Debate in Congress Takes a Free Market Turn
The most unexpected of debates is brewing in Washington - a debate over the best way to help uninsured Americans obtain private health insurance. Congress is considering a number of bills that would offer tax credits directly to individuals to purchase their own health coverage in the private marketplace. The measures have diverse bi-partisan support, from liberal California Democrat Pete … [Read more...] about Health Reform Debate in Congress Takes a Free Market Turn