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February, 8 2007
Health Care Basics

Tax reform is high on the policy agenda this year. One of the key issues that must be addressed is the generous tax break for job-based health insurance -- the single largest tax preference allowed in the Internal Revenue Code...




February, 7 2007
Health Care Basics

View Grace-Marie's presentation from a Galen Institute luncheon briefing on "Tax Reform as the Road to Health Reform." Click here to view the presentation....




February, 7 2007
Health Care Basics

The Galen Institute lost a dear friend and trusted advisor on Monday, Feb. 5, with the death of Bob Holmen, an advisor to the Mayo Clinic and a man who shaped the conversation over health policy for decades. We want to share with you this tribute...




February, 1 2007
Health Care Basics

Health care clearly has become a top-tier issue, with governors, presidential candidates, business and labor coalitions, and now President Bush all offering dramatic new proposals for reform. Mr. Bush has taken a different approach than most of the others...




January, 23 2007
Health Care Basics

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...




November, 20 2006
Health Care Basics

Milton Friedman, who died last week at age 94, spent his life promoting free-market ideas and left a powerful legacy that will continue to shape the public policy debate well into the 21st century. Grace-Marie Turner had an opportunity to interview...




September, 25 2006
Health Care Basics

The Citizens' Health Care Working Group has offered a utopian wish list that fails to provide guidance for the hard policy and political decisions that must be addressed to make progress toward a more sensible, sound health care system. For example, the task force...




April, 13 2006
Health Care Basics

As we move toward a health care system that gives people more power and control over health care decisions, many experts worry that consumers will be bewildered by so many complex financial and medical choices. Some argue against consumer-directed...




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