Category: John R. Graham

Forbes: Federal Medicaid funding should be replaced by a tax credit that, if not used by the individual, goes to a safety-net facility in his community, says NCPA Senior Fellow John R. Graham in a commentary at Forbes.

The Independent Institute: U.S. hospitals are buying up each other, reducing competition and raising prices, warns NCPA Senior Fellow John R. Graham in a commentary at The Independent Institute.

Forbes: “Under Obamacare, net premiums are artificially low because of tax credits that are consumed by health insurers,” says NCPA Senior Fellow John R. Graham in a Forbes commentary.

American Thinker: Doctors are accepting fines from Medicare & Medicaid Services for not complying with electric health records (EHR) regulations because the records are taking time away from patients, says NCPA Senior Fellow John R. Graham in an American Thinker commentary.

The Orange County Register: California’s health insurance exchange is finally being exposed as a billion-dollar boondoggle, says NCPA Senior Fellow John R. Graham in a commentary at The Orange County Register.

Atlanta Journal-Constitution: The 11.7 million enrollments cheered by Obamacare’s supporters will drop as people fail to pay their premiums, switch insurance, and drop their coverage, warns NCPA Senior Fellow John R. Graham in a commentary in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

The Independent Institute: Obamacare’s risk corridors which comprised an unlimited taxpayer bailout of insurers’ profits have been capped by Congress, says Senior Fellow John R. Graham in a commentary at The Independent Institute.

Forbes: Convincing health plans that there is an alternative better than Obamacare is not easy, but not impossible, said NCPA Senior Fellow John R. Graham in a Forbes commentary.

Forbes: The Medicare “doc fix” offers little reward, but lots of risk to physicians and taxpayers alike, cautions NCPA Senior Fellow John R. Graham in a Forbes commentary.

Forbes: Kicking the Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate issue down the road at least keeps the issue on Congress’s radar, says NCPA Senior Fellow John R. Graham in a Forbes commentary.

The Hill: The Obama administration needs to disclose fairly and fully the exact nature of the legal risk that people are taking when they apply for coverage in one of the 36 states without their own health-insurance exchange, says NCPA Senior Fellow John R. Graham in a commentary at The Hill.

The Washington Post: Seniors on Medicare can get quality care at a reasonable price by engaging in “domestic medical tourism,” says NCPA Senior Fellow John R. Graham in a commentary at The Washington Post.

American Thinker: The $30 billion the federal government put towards getting doctors and hospitals to take up electronic health records did more damage than good, says NCPA Senior Fellow John R. Graham in an American Thinker commentary.

Forbes: The laws governing medical devices are poorly written and give the FDA too much power, says NCPA Senior Fellow John R. Graham in a Forbes commentary.

Forbes: Restricting access to oncologists and cancer drugs under Obamacare4 will severely disadvantage Americans in the war on cancer, says NCPA Senior Fellow John R. Graham in a Forbes commentary.

Forbes: Bundling Medicaid alongside other safety-net funding into Paul Ryan’s Opportunity Grants would unleash civic entrepreneurship at the local level while reducing the burden on taxpayers, according to a Forbes commentary.

Forbes: Congress needs to clarify the FDA’s authority over emerging health technologies, says NCPA Senior Fellow John R. Graham in a Forbes commentary.

Forbes: The cost of making a new medication is growing astronomically – and hurting patients’ premiums, says NCPA Senior Fellow John R. Graham in a Forbes commentary.

Forbes: Devon Herrick is right: Medicare should adopt a ‘Lock-In’ policy, says NCPA Senior Fellow John R. Graham in a Forbes commentary.

Heartland]  Medicaid managed care blurs the line between the Medicaid “ghetto” and private choice, says NCPA Senior Fellow John R. Graham in a Heartland commentary

Forbes: Medicaid managed care strikes a balance between Medicaid “ghetto” and private choice, and is a good reform while Obamacare is still in place, says NCPA Senior Fellow John R. Graham in a Forbes commentary.  

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 …

Forbes: Letting the government pay doctors to counsel patients on end-of-life issues is risky, says NCPA Senior Fellow John R. Graham in a Forbes commentary.

Forbes: The FDA, not the patent system, should be the first reform to improve the benefits of pharmaceutical R&D, says NCPA Senior Fellow John R. Graham in a Forbes commentary.