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Jan 22, 2008
The Basic FAQs: Frequently Asked Questions on Health Policy and Responses from Our Pro-Market Perspective

Health Policy Matters Newsletter

America's Health Insurance Plans yesterday released its latest estimates of the number of people who have health insurance that would qualify them to have Health Savings Accounts. The number is up 35% over last year to 6.1 million, showing their growing appeal.

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Medicare Forum

HHS Secretary Michael Leavitt gave a visionary but chilling speech about the looming threat that Medicare presents to taxpayers, to our economy, and to other government responsibilities during a major forum we co-sponsored in Washington on April 29 with the American Enterprise Institute and The Heritage Foundation.

Patent Reform Act Would Hurt Small Business Owners

Small business entrepreneurs beware. The U.S. Senate is preparing to debate patent reform legislation that’s designed to aid tech titans but which could trample independent inventors in the process.

Congressional Testimony on Medicaid Integrity

Grace-Marie Turner testfied at a hearing on "H.R. 5613, Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008" before the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on Health.

Loose Political Lips Can Sink Our Economy

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It would take much more than a weak dollar and the sub-prime mortgage collapse to shake confidence in an economy as strong as the United States is.

Brian Lee Crowley Joins Galen Institute as Senior Fellow

The Galen Institute is pleased to announce that Brian Lee Crowley, Ph.D., the founding president of the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies (AIMS), is joining the institute as a visiting senior fellow. In his new role, Brian will advance the Galen Institute’s work on public policy through speeches, conferences, and writing aimed chiefly at using the Canadian health care experience to shed light on the U.S. health policy debate.

The Galen Institute, Inc., is a not-for-profit, free-market research organization devoted exclusively to health policy, promoting a more informed public debate over individual freedom, consumer choice, competition and diversity in the health sector.