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06/2002: The Galen Report
Opinion -Tax credits are on the front burner again with two new bills. The first, by Rep. -
Bush Backs Federally Mandated Mental Health Insurance Parity
Opinion -President George W. Bush broke ranks with free-market supporters, the small business community, and Republican leaders in the House, endorsing legislation forcing health insurers to treat psychiatric and physical diseases equally. -
Health Insurance Heartburn
Opinion -Our health care system has a very bad case of regulatory indigestion. After years of an indulging regulatory diet cooked up in both Democratic and Republican kitchens, health insurance heartburn is rising faster than you can say “pass the Rolaids. -
Scully Defies Congressional Subpoena
Opinion -Tom Scully, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), defied a congressional subpoena to appear on April 10 before a House committee to discuss the effect of Medicare regulations on small businesses. -
Health Care in England: Not Your Cup of Tea: Part 4
Opinion -There seems to be no argument when I report England’s National Health Service (NHS) is in need of major surgery. -
05/2002: The Galen Report
Opinion -Senior Capitol Hill staff members outlined prospects for passage of a Medicare prescription drug benefit this year during an April Commonwealth Fund conference on "Options and Possibilities. -
05/2002: The Pulse
Opinion -You are invited to participate in an online discussion list dealing with many of the issues we report on here. To check it out, send an e-mail to [email protected]. -
Anti-Obesity Activists Take Aim at Food Industry
Opinion -The television news media has jumped on the obesity bandwagon, providing a platform for self-described consumer activists who blame the food industry for obesity. -
Not in My Backyard
Opinion -Given the evidence presented in our series on England’s socialized medical system, it should not be difficult to question the merit and morality of duplicating such a flawed arrangement in the United States. -
Health Care in England: Not Your Cup of Tea: Part 3
Opinion -Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) was once highly regarded. It was described as “second to none,” even “the envy of mankind. -
Gunning the HMOs: How much of John Q is true?
Opinion -In the new movie John Q, an HMO bureaucrat played by actress Anne Heche refuses to place the main character’s son on a waiting list for a heart transplant because his underinsured family can’t come up with the downpayment on the $250,000 operation. -
04/2002: The Galen Report
Opinion -Economists got as exercised as they ever do over whether tax credits or expansion of Medicaid would be the best way to help the uninsured get health coverage. -
States Declare War on Prescription Drugs
Opinion -State elected officials across the country, hard-pressed to keep expensive promises they made during the good economic times of the 1990s, are considering legislation that would force drug manufacturers to pay “supplemental rebates”to have their drugs -
The Coming Revolution in Medicine
Opinion -In a 1901 article summarizing medical progress in the nineteenth century, Sir William Osler wrote, “… bacteriology opened unheard of possibilities for the prevention of disease. -
Free Market Meets Society’s Needs
Opinion -Anti-business activists are using the Enron debacle as an excuse to lay the blame for all manner of societal ills at the front door of big business, while calling for more government regulations. -
More Troubles for TennCare
Opinion -The federal government's unwillingness to meet Tennessee's request for $13 billion over three years for TennCare could mean the end of the state's Medicaid managed care program and force the state to return to traditional Medicaid, a state official told -
Poll: Long-Term Care Confuses Seniors
Opinion -A new national survey conducted for AARP, the senior citizen advocacy group, finds few seniors grasp the real costs of long-term care, and they don’t understand what their options are for paying that bill. -
03/2002: The Pulse
Opinion -You are invited to participate in an online discussion list dealing with many of the issues we report on here. To check it out, send an e-mail to [email protected]. -
NAHU Brings Free-Market Message to Capitol Hill
Opinion -The National Association of Health Underwriters (NAHU) held its 12th annual Capitol Conference on February 2-5 in the shadow of the nation's capitol. -
03/2002: The Galen Report
Opinion -The contrast between modern consumer-oriented ideas to reform the health care system and tired centralized-control models came into sharp contrast again recently. Senator Ted Kennedy, sadly, is dredging up failed ideas from the past. -
Good News and Bad in State of the Union Address
Opinion -Following President George W. Bush’s State of the Union address, delivered on January 29, there’s been a whirlwind of news about the administration's health policy initiatives. -
Canadian Health Care Fails Five Ways
Opinion -Canadians demand certain basic characteristics in a health care system. They speak of the “five principles” of the Canada Health Act: public administration, accessibility, portability, comprehensiveness, and universality. -
02/2002: The Pulse
Opinion -Ontario’s The National Post recently conducted a new survey of Canadian public opinion on a host of health care issues. -
What Government Giveth, it Can Taketh
Opinion -As work begins in the 2002 sessions, state legislators will have their hands full with two major issues: budgets awash in red ink, and homeland security issues related to the events of September 11, 2001.
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