Opinion
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Undoing the Wrong Things You Done
Opinion -Since I began writing on health care social policy, I have tried hard to give the benefit of the doubt to those who claim to stand on high moral ground in defense of their intentions to provide for the “greater social good. -
New Medicaid Reform Empowers States
Opinion -President George W. Bush has a plan to extend Medicaid coverage to more people . . . without spending more money. -
Snookered Again
Opinion -Most physicians are wonderful people. They are super intelligent, ethical, and brave. They take upon themselves the burden of deciding matters of life and death. And not just in some abstract, theoretical way, but down and dirty where the blood is. -
Dodging the Patient’s Bill of Rights
Opinion -Members of Congress and representatives of federal employee organizations are trying to get out from under the “patients’ bill of rights” legislation. -
Health Care in England: Not Your Cup of Tea: Introduction
Opinion -It is one thing to read about the National Health Care System (NHS) in England as reported by our mainstream media. It is quite different to experience first-hand how most English citizens have been trapped in a failing single-payer health care system. -
HHS Initiative Reaches Uninsured, Stays Budget Neutral
Opinion -HHS Secretary Tommy G. -
New Study Says Medical Errors Are Overstated
Opinion -In the March 2001 issue of Health Care News, we reported “as many as 98,000 Americans are dying each year as a result of medical errors. -
Timeline: Stem Cell Research Debate
Opinion -November 1998 — University of Wisconsin scientists publish their discovery of human embryonic stem cells. August 23, 2000 — National Institutes of Health issues final guidelines for funding stem cell research. -
The Defined Contribution Health Benefit: A Practical Primer
Opinion -A defined contribution approach to health care creates a new, more sustainable financial framework for an employer seeking to provide its employees with health benefits and purchase health plan coverage. -
Missouri Chamber Launches Innovative Approach to Small Group Insurance
Opinion -Leave it to the Show Me State to lead the way with ground-breaking health care insurance solutions using market-based principles. -
The Forest vs. The Trees on Patients’ Rights
Opinion -"Patients' rights" legislation is once again taking center stage in Washington, DC. The new leadership in the Senate is making the curbing of the HMO industry a priority, and the nature of the subject overall is making it news. -
Single-Payer No Guarantee of Quality Care
Opinion -Single-payer health care systems are frequently proposed as the solution to the problem of health care access for the uninsured. -
Tennessee Taxpayers Revolt
Opinion -Tennessee lawmakers abandoned their efforts to pass a state income tax, aimed at funding the state’s government-run health care system, after protesters chanting “No new taxes” broke windows in the capitol building in Nashville on Friday, July 13. -
08/2001: The Pulse
Opinion -Writing in Slate, Michael Kinsley argues on the one hand, the Patients’ Bill of Rights validates liberal ascendancy. He points out "that no major Republican is out there saying, 'No. This violates my most basic free-market principles. -
Patients’ Bill of Rights a Pandora’s Box
Opinion -In response to consumer dissatisfaction with managed care, the U.S. -
08/2001: State Legislative Update
Opinion -Florida This year's legislative session was a mixed blessing for the state's residents. -
Bill of Rights . . . or Federal Takeover of Medicine?
Opinion -For decades, the U.S. health care system was the envy of the entire world. -
Patients’ Rights Debate Lacks Honesty
Opinion -There is something very important missing from the Patients’ Bill of Rights (PBOR) ... and from the politicians’ discussion of what the pending legislation entails. In a word, honesty is missing. -
08/2001: The Galen Report
Opinion -In “Importing HCFA-Style Regulation Into the Private Sector Through The Patients' Bill of Rights,” Robert E. Moffit of The Heritage Foundation looks beyond the litigation aspect of the patients' bill of rights and examines the regulatory implications. -
Pharmacy Groups File Suit Against U.S.
Opinion -The National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) and National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) have filed a complaint against Tommy Thompson, Secretary of Health and Human Services, and Tom Scully, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare -
Patients’ Bill of Rights An Unhealthy Remedy
Opinion -In an effort to help Americans unhappy with the service they’re getting from "managed care" health plans, federal lawmakers are laboring mightily to enact a "Patients’ Bill of Rights" that would let patients sue those plans when they feel they’ve been -
The Case for Managed Care: Part 2 of 3
Opinion -In Part One of this three-part series, we covered the macro history of managed care. -
NFIB, Fortis Team Up for Affordable Insurance
Opinion -The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) and Fortis Health have teamed up to make affordable health insurance plans available to 600,000 NFIB member businesses throughout the U.S. -
Tennessee Tax Protest: A Report from the Front Lines
Opinion -Police cars blockaded entrances to the Tennessee state capitol building, and troopers patrolled legislative hallways this week as the state legislature found itself under siege by thousands of angry taxpayers upset at a plan to implement a state income