Are We Going Over a Cliff?
TownHall.com: Public policy uncertainty has slowed economic recovery, according to John Goodman’s latest Townhall.com commentary.
Power to the patient
The Daily Caller: John Goodman explains why patient-controlled health care is critical for cost control and quality care.
Is Obama Cooking the Medicare Books?
Townhall.com: In this Townhall commentary, John Goodman stresses the need for incentives to fix the Medicare system.
Saving For Health Care: The Policy Pros And Cons Of Different Vehicles
Health Affairs Blog: John Goodman explains health savings plans in his latest post at the Health Affairs Blog.
Why Tax Capital Gains?
Townhall.com: John Goodman weighs in on President Obama’s proposal to increase the tax on capital gains.
Why Medicare’s Pilot Programs Failed
Heartlander: John Goodman notes the failure of Medicare pilot programs, stressing the need for entrepreneurship in health care.
Mandates Vs. Free-Riders
Townhall.com: John Goodman discusses mandates and health care for the uninsured at TownHall.
Better Than Death Panels
Town Hall.com: John C. Goodman offers free-market solutions for the distorted medical malpractice system.
Why the Doctor Won’t See You
Town Hall.com: John C. Goodman’s commentary on nationwide doctor shortages.
Entitlement Reforms Should Cut Benefits And Taxes
Investor’s Business Daily – John Goodman and Tom Saving commentary on a new NCPA study that shows the impact of entitlement reform on younger workers.
Congress and "The Doctor Fix": What's the Message?
Actions speak louder than words. Complex political wrangling accomplished passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act [PPACA] by Congress that was signed into law on March 23, 2010. However, the Democratic controlled Congress has not shown the same will to eliminate the Sustainable Growth Rate [SGR] formula that has been a chronic problem for physician reimbursement with Medicare and TRICARE.
Gail Wilensky
Gail Wilensky, Ph.D. is a Senior Fellow at Project HOPE, an international health education foundation, where she analyzes and develops policies relating to health reform and to ongoing changes in the medical marketplace.
Robert M. Sade
Robert Sade, M.D. is a native of Boston, received his BA degree from Wesleyan University in 1959, and his MD degree from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1963. He received his surgical training at several Harvard teaching hospitals, concluding as chief resident in cardiac surgery at the Children's Hospital.
Mark Pauly
Mark Pauly, Ph.D. is a professor, vice dean, and chair of the Health Care Systems Department in the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He teaches courses on health care, public policy and management, insurance and risk management, and economics.
Robert Moffit
Robert Moffit, Ph.D. is a 25-year veteran of Washington policymaking. A former senior official at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Office of Personnel Management, both under President Ronald Reagan, he specializes in Medicare reform, health insurance, and other health policy issues.
Nora Janjan, MD, MPSA, MBA
In 2008, Dr. Janjan retired as a radiation oncologist and palliative care specialist at The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center to pursue health policy matters.
R. Glenn Hubbard
R. Glenn Hubbard, Ph.D. is the Russell L. Carson Professor of Economics and Finance in the Department of Economics and Graduate School of Business of Columbia University, where he is also Co-Director of the Program on Entrepreneurship at the Graduate School of Business.
Terry Holman
Mr. Holman serves as the Chief Executive Officer of DIRECTtotheSOURCE, Inc. an issue specific consultancy. Since 1995 Mr. Holman has been actively engaged in the establishment of Medical Savings Account (MSA) and Health Savings Account (HSA) healthcare plans both through legislation and in the marketplace.
Regina E. Herzlinger
Regina E. Herzlinger, Ph.D. is the Nancy R. McPherson Professor of Business Administration Chair at the Harvard Business School. She was the first woman to be tenured and chaired at Harvard Business School and the first to serve on a number of corporate boards. She has written many articles and books in the fields of governance, health care, and nonprofit organizations. She is currently researching the transformation of the American health care industry and oversight issues.
David Gratzer
David Gratzer, M.D. is a physician and writer. He is the author of Code Blue: Reviving Canada's Health Care System (ECW Press, 1999), which was awarded the $25,000 Donner Prize for best Canadian public policy book in 2000. Code Blue is now in its fifth printing. He is also the editor of Better Medicine: Reforming Canadian Health Care (ECW Press, 2002). Dr. Gratzer is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute's Center for Medical Progress.
John R. Graham
John R. Graham is a Senior Fellow at the Independent Institute as well as NCPA. As an expert on individual choice and limited government control over medicine, Graham speaks frequently on health reform on radio and television, and at meetings in the United States, Canada, and Europe.
Robert F. Graboyes
Dr. Robert F. Graboyes is an NCPA senior fellow and Senior Research Fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University in Arlington, VA. His work focuses on federal and state health care policy and on technological innovation in health care. He is also an adjunct Associate Professor of health economics at Virginia Commonwealth University, the University of Virginia, George Mason University, and the George Washington University.
Linda Gorman
Linda Gorman, Ph.D. is director of the Health Policy Center at the Independence Institute, a free market think tank in Golden, Colorado. A former academic economist, she now focuses on state health care issues.
Michael F. Cannon
Prior to becoming a Senior Fellow, Cannon served as director of government affairs, managing the NCPA's Washington, D.C. office, including representing the organization before the Bush administration, on Capitol Hill, and by serving as a liaison to other think tanks, trade groups and policy organizations.
Ronald E. Bachman
Ronald E. Bachman, F.S.A., M.A.A.A. is a Principal at PricewaterhouseCoopers, L.L.P. He is the Atlanta Healthcare Leader for the Southeast Region of the Human Resource Services Practice. Mr. Bachman is an actuary with extensive experience in managed care strategy and financial modeling.