Practicing Medicine Without Borders
Originally published in Health Care News, March 2008. There is only one thing you need to know about telemedicine: Location doesn't matter. The pathologist who examines your blood tests, the …
Markets and Medicare
Rarely in Washington does the president get to propose legislation that Congress is required to fast track. Such an opportunity exists right now, and it pertains to the most serious …
Time, Money and the Market for Drugs
Americans spend more than $234 billion a year on legally purchased chemical entities. Although the expense is a small part of our nation’s $1.8 trillion health care bill, the dollars …
The Health Fork: Why Government-Centered Reforms Don't Work
Originally published in Health Care News, May 2008. Do you think it's possible to demonstrate with a single graph the fallacy behind every wrong-headed solution to the problem of rising …
Ten Big Problems with Hillary Clinton's Health Care Plan
Senator and presidential candidate Barack Obama (D-IL) had it right from the beginning: The health plan touted by his opponent, Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY), would force people to buy something …
Ten Steps to Insuring the Uninsured
A state can reform its health care system, which means lowering costs and increasing access, through 10 steps.
Ten Steps to Reforming Medicaid
Typically, Medicaid enrollees face restricted treatment options and limited access to health care. At the same time, they are sheltered from health care costs because they pay nothing out of …
Four Steps to Reforming Long-Term Care
Although it is optional, every state provides a long-term care benefit through its Medicaid program–and not just to the poor. Medicaid is paying for the long-term care of a growing …
Consumer-Oriented Government Policy Can Avert Dire Health Care Mega-Trends
One of the most innovative ideas that appeared in Patient Power: The Free-Enterprise Alternative to Clinton's Health Plan, a book I wrote in 1993 with Gerry Musgrave, and again in …
McCain Is the Radical on Health Reform
If you listen only to presidential campaign rhetoric, you might conclude that Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama proposed bold new changes for our health-care system, while John McCain is offering …
Sen. McCain's Plan Addresses Flaws in Current Health Care Policies
Health insurance for most non-elderly Americans is purchased with funds from three sources: an employer contribution, an employee contribution, and a government tax subsidy. Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Sen. John …
Six Steps to Improve Workers' Compensation
Workers' compensation is often neglected in discussions of state health care reform. That is unfortunate, because employers who think they have achieved real savings after a significant change in their …
The 180-degree approach to medical benefits reform
Originally Published in the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons, Spring 2008. ABSTRACT President Bush has proposed a plan for insurance reform that would provide a standard income-tax deduction to …
Drug Industry Profits Are Good for Everybody
Americans' intake of prescription and non-prescription drugs has now surpassed $250 billion annually, reflecting a steady increase to new record levels each year. One key reason: Drug therapy continues to …
SCHIP Alternative: Free the Kids
Originally published in Benefits Selling Weekly, January 28, 2009. The House passed a bill earlier this month that would expand the State Children’s Health Insurance Program and the Senate is expected …
Mental Health Parity Law Takes Wrong Approach
Originally published in Health Care News, The Heartland Institute, February 2009. It was easy to overlook in the midst of a historic financial crisis, but buried in the middle of the …
Elder Care Problems Best Fixed by Private Sector
Originally published in Health Care News, Heartland Institute, March 2009. The nursing home industry is one of the most regulated industries in the country. It’s also dominated by government as …
Health Care Finance "Reform" Will Slam Economy
Originally published in Health Care News, Heartland Institute, May 2009. The worst idea candidate Barack Obama had during the presidential campaign was his pledge to finance health care reform with …
7 Ways to Keep Health Coverage If You Lose Your Job
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Ten Ways to Trim Your Health Care Costs
A layoff does not have to involve losing your health coverage. Although there is no need to panic, you should not put off taking action. Here are 10 options to consider as soon as possible after getting pink-slipped.
Preparing for Retirement in an Uncertain World
In previous generations, many workers could expect to automatically receive a steady stream of retirement income from Social Security and a pension from their union or employer. Like Social Security, traditional defined benefit pension plans promised a monthly annuity for life. Along with personal savings, pensions and Social Security were the mainstays of retirement. Increasingly, however, American workers must make their own retirement investment decisions.
Matt Moore, M.P.P.
Senior Policy Analyst Matt Moore is Senior Policy Analyst with the NCPA, and researches, writes and speaks on Social Security and retirement issues, elderly entitlements, and education policy. Moore is …
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Nominate John Goodman for Modern Healthcare's "100 Most Powerful People in Healthcare"
Last day for nominations: Friday, May 8 John C. Goodman, Ph.D., President and Founder of the National Center for Policy Analysis, and Kellye Wright Fellow, has significantly changed the landscape …