Testimony before the New York State Assembly Committee on Health

The New York state legislature is considering an avalanche of bills designed to ratchet down pharmaceutical prices and spending, even though drug spending represents only 4% of New York's total $47 billion Medicaid budget. Assemblyman Richard N. Gottfried, chair of the Health Committee, held a hearing on four of these bills.

Bad Ideas

Among the bad ideas floating around Washington to stimulate the lagging economy is a proposal that would boost the federal government's matching payments to the states for Medicaid.

A Professor's Guide: Free-Market Health Policy

These publications can provide a guide for educators teaching courses on health policy to help students better understand consumer-directed health care and free-market ideas in health policy.

Is Your Medicare Drug Plan Naughty or Nice?

November, 2007

The holidays are here again. That means it’s time for decorations, gifts, family, friends, and food. But during the celebrations, seniors enrolled in Medicare Part D should carve out some time to consider how their current prescription drug plan is working.

The Market Is the Answer

USA Today, September 19, 2007 

Sen. Hillary Clinton's new health reform proposal promises more choice, lower costs and no new government bureaucracies. But the rhetoric doesn't match the reality.

Statement by Grace-Marie Turner in response to the release of “The American Health Choices Plan” by Sen. Hillary Clinton

September 17, 2007

Sen. Clinton’s new health reform plan incorporates many of the ideas being explored by the states today, and like the plan Mrs. Clinton offered 14 years ago, it still involves a heavy dose of government control. 

Look at Health Data, Not Propaganda

Baltimore Sun, June 29. 2007

America's health care woes all could be solved with a government-run universal-coverage system. Or so says Michael Moore in his new film, Sicko, which claims that even Cuba's health care system is superior to ours.

Living Without Health Insurance: Why Every American Needs Coverage

Testimony before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health

April 25, 2007

With the increasing ability of the medical profession to save and improve our lives, Americans value the security of health insurance to cover their health costs.  For public policy solutions to be effective in reducing the number of those who do not have the security of health insurance, we must look beneath the numbers to see who is uninsured, why, and what solutions are likely to work to expand coverage.