Response to President Bush's Bold Health Reform Proposal

The president's proposal, announced in Tuesday's State of the Union Address, is a win-win-win-win: It is a win for the uninsured because it offers millions more Americans the chance to buy health insurance with the tax savings they will...

Medicare Price Negotiations: A Resource Guide

The Facts: Medicare Part D and Prescription Drug Prices Source: A fact sheet jointly prepared by health policy experts from the American Enterprise Institute, the Center for Medicine in the Public Interest, the Galen Institute, The Heritage Foundation...

No Way VA is a Better Way

Appeared in the East Texas Review

It seems like such a good idea. The government has gotten into the business of administering prescription-drug insurance plans through the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003. But it turns out the government...

What's Wrong With Negotiations?

Since the New Year began, the political conversation has been all-talk-all-the-time about prescription drug prices. The idea that the government should negotiate prescription drug prices is a key piece of the reform agenda for the new Congress...

Medicare drug benefit is fine as is, Madam Speaker

Appeared in the Houston Chronicle on January 5, 2007 Late last month, the nation received some rare news: A federal program came in significantly under budget, costing about 30 percent less than expected. The government announced that Medicare's prescription drug benefit...

Medicaid Commission is Carefully Bold with Reform Recommendations

Galen Institute President Grace-Marie Turner, a member of the Medicaid Commission, offers the following comments about the release of the Commission's final report today: "The Medicaid Commission has produced a series of recommendations that are careful...

Drug Importation and

(Alexandria, VA) -- Several members of Congress, led by Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-IL), have announced plans to allow Americans to import prescription drugs so they can take advantage of price controls imposed by other countries. Members indicated...

Grace-Marie Turner interviewed on "Health Politics with Dr. Mike Magee"

Grace-Marie Turner was recently interviewed by Dr. Mike Magee at the Consumer Health World in Washington, D.C. "Health Politics with Dr. Mike Magee" is a weekly Internet-based electronic media program that explores complex topics at the intersection of...