Category: John C Goodman

Townhall.com: In his latest Townhall.com piece, NCPA President John C. Goodman says the Affordable Care Act will create a two-tiered healthcare system that will lead to long wait times for some consumers.

Forbes: A two-tiered healthcare system will lead to fast and efficient care for some and long waits for others, says NCPA President John C. Goodman.

Psychology Today: The flexibility and instability of healthcare prices leads to uncertainty among consumers about what procedures they are paying for, says NCPA President John C. Goodman.

Psychology Today: In his latest Psychology Today commentary, NCPA President John C. Goodman says time is used as the currency of choice for healthcare payment.

Psychology Today: NCPA President John C. Goodman says both Republicans and Democrats have been wrong on healthcare reform.

Psychology Today: NCPA President John C. Goodman explains why healthcare costs are high in his latest Psychology Today post.

Townhall.com: There is relatively no difference between Medicaid enrollees and the uninsured, says NCPA President John C. Goodman.

Psychology Today: NCPA President John C. Goodman explains the complexities of the healthcare system and how we pay for medical attention

Psychology Today: NCPA President John C. Goodman comments that the current healthcare system is not only broken, but offers perverse incentives to everyone involved.

Townhall.com: Rather than passing more gun control legislation, the government would be better served to enforce current laws already in place, says NCPA President John C. Goodman.

Townhall.com: In his latest Townhall.com commentary, NCPA President John C. Goodman gives five alternative options for employers to avoid the increase in healthcare costs associated with the Affordable Care Act.

Psychology Today: In order to fix the perverse incentives promoted by the Affordable Care Act, NCPA President John C. Goodman suggests a competitive health insurance marketplace would help control high medical costs.

Psychology Today: Definitions like “administrative costs” have added to the inefficiencies and confusion of the Affordable Care Act, says NCPA President John C. Goodman.

Townhall.com: In his latest Townhall.com commentary, NCPA President John C. Goodman examines the ideological battles fought by the late Margaret Thatcher.

Psychology Today: Increasing the state’s ability to control Medicaid would allow for more efficient healthcare, says NCPA President John C. Goodman.

Psychology Today: Healthcare reform is being paid for by cutting Medicare spending, which is not good news for seniors or the disabled, says NCPA President John C. Goodman.

Psychology Today: In his latest Psychology Today commentary, NCPA President John C. Goodman says due to the lack of doctors who accept Medicaid as a payment, patients may rely more on emergency rooms.

Psychology Today: Allowing nurse practitioners to practice and diagnose simple and routine health problems will improve the healthcare system, says NCPA President John C. Goodman.

Health Affairs Blog: A new NCPA study explores how healthcare spending varies widely among different states, says NCPA President John C. Goodman and Senior Fellow Thomas Saving.

Psychology Today: In his latest Psychology Today post, NCPA President John C. Goodman says that “virtually all employers and group insurers have perverse incentives to attract the healthy and avoid the sick.”

Psychology Today: In his latest Psychology Today post, NCPA President John C. Goodman suggests “the federal government should offer people the same tax relief for the purchase of health insurance, regardless of where it is obtained.

Townhall.com: The Obama administration has been promising benefits that it cannot pay for including health care and the Affordable Care Act, says NCPA President John C. Goodman.

Psychology Today: The Affordable Care Act does not promote subsidies that encourage economic growth but incentives to remain dependent on the federal government, says NCPA President John C. Goodman.

Forbes: With the recent passage of the Affordable Care Act, employers are now subject to regulations that will hurt the labor market, says NCPA President John C. Goodman.

Psychology Today: In his latest post, NCPA President John C. Goodman says that legal resident aliens who make below 133% of the poverty level will be able to obtain highly subsidized insurance that low-income US citizens cannot purchase.