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

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 GOP's Prescription for Health Care

Health care has been a sleeper issue in the Republican presidential primaries. But as we heard in President Bush's State of the Union address last night, the GOP does have ideas -- big and transformative ideas designed to energize the free market to target many of the problems that plague our health sector.

Require Freedom, Not Health Benefits

Imagine if the government passed a law requiring that any automobile sold in the United States had to be outfitted with a GPS navigation system, satellite radio, heated leather seats and a gasoline-electric hybrid engine. Such a scenario would mean that only the wealthy would be able to afford cars.

Patents Must Be Protected

Congress is currently considering legislation that would alter the way patents have been awarded in America for centuries. But with America at the top of the global heap when it comes to innovation in science and technology, why mess with success?

How Not to Win the Fight Against AIDS

Stopping the spread of AIDS in the developing world is no small task. But the solution is not to decry those trying to find cures -- nor to remove their incentive to develop new treatments. Rather, activists and leaders must work to reform the systemic problems -- like dysfunctional health systems and poor governance. Those are the biggest obstacles to stopping AIDS worldwide.

What Happened to Your New Year's Raise?

January is the time we pay our bills after the holidays, and Americans, it seems, are not feeling very merry.  Consumer confidence is plummeting, and a recent ABC News/Washington Post poll shows that only 1 in 5 Americans feel they are getting ahead financially.