Destroying Private Health Insurance: A Closer Look at the Obama Health Plan
News stories continue to suggest that Senator Barack Obama’s health care plan would build on today’s...
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Google Health and Your Health
This week, Google unveiled Google Health, its long-awaited portal for storing patient medical records. This is another...
Taking Sides: CBO’s misguided Medicare advice
Here is a key but subtle question in the health care debate: Is Medicare a passive victim of rapid health care cost...
McCain’s Confidence
Republicans have been on the defensive on health care for many years. Public opinion polls show more voters trust...
“Sweeping Change Will Be Difficult”
On Wednesday, The Hill ran this very interesting story on the prospects for health care reform if either Senator...
Passing the Market Test: The Medicare drug benefit
In the latest Weekly Standard, my EPPC colleague Pete Wehner and I have an article examining the success of the...
No One Ever Said Health Care Policy Would Be Easy: Paying for Drugs; The Cost of Prevention
On Monday, the New York Times ran this front page story on private insurers moving more high cost prescriptions onto a...
Thinking About Cost Escalation
The main question to answer in health care policy is what, if anything, should be done to slow cost escalation. Of...
Financial Incentives and Health Care
Health care policy debates can be frustrating because they seem at times to assume the health sector operates without...