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Your Health, Your Vote
October 1, 2008
Regulatory Lessons from Europe American free-marketers often criticize Europe for its misguided regulation of the drug industry, rightly attributing the continent’s paucity of pharmaceutical innovation to its penchant for price controls. But when it comes to promoting innovation and investment in today’s most revolutionary medicines, biologic drugs, the Europeans have created a regulatory policy that provides the proper incentives.
September 18, 2008
Even in Health Care, Competition Works When it comes to government spending and America's healthcare system, it's rare to hear good news. But according to a recent report, the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit is costing significantly less than originally estimated. According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) which administers the Medicare program, the average monthly premium for the standard Medicare drug benefit will cost seniors $28 in 2009. That's 37 percent lower than the $44 a month legislators predicted when the program was created in 2003. August 27, 2008
We Need a National Market for Health Insurance
Much to our surprise, the Census Bureau reported yesterday that the number of people in the U.S. with health insurance actually increased by 3.6 million last year. That's the good news. The bad news is that nearly three million of them got their coverage through government programs. The slide toward a government-dominated, taxpayer-supported health sector will continue unless the 45.7 million Americans who don't have insurance now are given more opportunities to buy private coverage. August 26, 2008
New Census Numbers Show Health Insurance Shift Toward Government Programs
It sounds promising that the number of uninsured decreased last year to 45.7 million, according to the latest Census Bureau report. Unfortunately, that’s not the whole story. Of the 3.6 million who gained health insurance, nearly 3 million of them got coverage through a government program – taking America in the wrong direction. Unless we reverse this slide and modernize private insurance, more people will rely on their fellow taxpayers for coverage. August 20, 2008
Health Care Reforms Can Succeed Oklahoma's uninsured rate — fourth-highest in the country — is directly tied to the relatively high cost of health insurance in the state. And that, in turn, is tied to insurance regulations and the high number of legislative mandates dictating what services must be covered under health insurance policies sold in the state.
July 5, 2008
Paperwork Would Impede Health Reform Nearly 98,000 Iowans with health insurance that's compatible with a health savings account could get slapped with new paperwork requirements from Congress. Created in 2004, HSAs are a proven way to make insurance more affordable and to give people more control over their health spending. Today, more than 6 million Americans have these plans, and thanks to HSAs, 1.6 million Americans have left the ranks of the uninsured. June 30, 2008
How Good Is Our Health Care System? Bashing the American health care system has become a cottage industry. On the big screen, we've seen John Q and Sicko. At the bookstore, highly touted best-sellers lambasting the system seem to hit the shelves every month. On the opinion pages and on the cable news networks, pundits declare that the American system is in crisis and an embarrassment. 1 2 3 4 5 Next > |
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Americans face a critical choice this election over the direction of our health care system. Sen. Barack Obama proposes more government involvement in the health sector, while Sen. John McCain proposes changes that would give people and families more control over health care and health spending decisions. The Galen Institute, which brings free-market ideas to the health reform debate, assesses both proposals to help consumers make an informed choice. We contrast the positions of the two candidates.