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  • Matthews Named Acting Director of CAHI

    Published February 1, 2002
    Opinion -
    The Board of Directors of the Council for Affordable Health Insurance (CAHI) announced on November 15, 2001 that Merrill Matthews Jr., Ph.D., has joined CAHI as Acting Director to lead its health reform efforts.

  • 02/2002 Galen Report

    Published February 1, 2002
    Opinion -
    Supporters of free-market health reform have a new reason to be in high spirits.

  • Illiteracy: The Health Care Death Trap

    Published February 1, 2002
    Opinion -
    Many months ago, the popular TV show ER ran a sub-plot about a patient who died from an overdose of a prescribed medication. I expected to see lawyers invade the emergency room, demanding lawsuits for yet another alleged medical error.

  • The SimpleCare Story

    Published February 1, 2002
    Opinion -
    Editor’s note: In “Fee-for-Service Health Care Makes a Comeback,” published in the inaugural (March 2001) issue of Health Care News, we offered a brief introduction to SimpleCare, and described how the program had grown to about 600 medical providers in

  • Rethinking a Drug Discount Program

    Published January 1, 2002
    Opinion -
    On July 11, 2001, President George W. Bush announced his Medicare Prescription Drug Discount Program.

  • Politics, Law Delay Federal Rx Discount Card

    Published January 1, 2002
    Opinion -
    If you've flipped through a copy of Reader's Digest lately, you’ve probably come across an advertisement for the Reader's Digest-Merck Medco YourRxPlan.

  • Feds Threaten to Close Medicaid Loophole

    Published January 1, 2002
    Opinion -
    A bipartisan group of federal policymakers has vowed to block any plans the Bush administration might have to close the so-called "upper payment limit" loophole in the Medicaid state reimbursement formula.

  • Here Comes Government Rationing

    Published January 1, 2002
    Opinion -
    Opponents of government control of health care—among them economists, policy analysts, and health care practitioners—have often warned that government control inevitably means government rationing of care.

  • 12/2001: The Galen Report

    Published December 1, 2001
    Opinion -
    I have been criss-crossing the country and, as a result, I have no idea what—if anything—is happening in Washington on health policy. But I can report on some of the conferences and events I have been participating in.

  • NGA Touts Rx Purchasing Pools

    Published December 1, 2001
    Opinion -
    The National Governors Association (NGA) announced on October 24 the release of a report on pharmaceutical purchasing pools, touted by West Virginia Governor Bob Wise during a media blitz he used to launch the Southern States Coalition’s pharmacy working

  • 12/2001: State Legislative Update

    Published December 1, 2001
    Opinion -
    The year 2001 saw a wide range of health care proposals at the state level, including efforts to address long-term care, Medicaid access and budgets, mental health, prescription drug coverage, women's health, and SCHIP.

  • Study: Affordable, Comprehensive Coverage Available

    Published December 1, 2001
    Opinion -
    What do people actually buy if they have a chance to buy their own insurance coverage? Is there a real market out there that reflects consumer choice? As it turns out, there is such a market . . .

  • Socialized Medicine at the Back Door

    Published December 1, 2001
    Opinion -
    What's happening in Portland, Maine (see the news story on page 1 and The Pulse, page 3) is not just activists chanting their favorite leftist sound-bites, nor is it the action of "well-intended" people unaware of the "unintended" consequences of their

  • Unintended Consequences Buried in Patients’ Bill of Rights

    Published December 1, 2001
    Opinion -
    Some surprising facets of the bipartisan Patient Protection Act are beginning to emerge. The House of Representatives, with the backing of the Bush administration, passed its amended version of the patients' bill of rights (H.R.

  • Employers Embrace Consumer-Driven Insurance

    Published November 1, 2001
    Opinion -
    In a continuing effort to give employees more control over their health insurance coverage, defense contractor Raytheon Co.

  • Private-Sector Rx Firm Offers National Discounts

    Published November 1, 2001
    Opinion -
    GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) announced the creation of a new discount program allowing low-income Medicare beneficiaries who lack drug coverage to purchase most of the company's medications at discounts of at least 25 percent.

  • The SimpleCare Story

    Published November 1, 2001
    Opinion -
    Editor’s note: In “Fee-for-Service Health Care Makes a Comeback,” published in the inaugural (March 2001) issue of Health Care News, we offered a brief introduction to SimpleCare, and described how the program had grown to about 600 medical providers in

  • Doctors Support Market-Based Health Care

    Published November 1, 2001
    Opinion -
    At the Washington State Medical Association's (WSMA) annual meeting in early October, a majority of some 200 doctors present voted to continue supporting the existing market-based health care system, while still striving for universal coverage.

  • Stop Demonizing the Good Guys

    Published November 1, 2001
    Opinion -
    Before September 11, President George W. Bush and many members of Congress promised to make prescription drug benefits part of Medicare. Given the current state of the union, the timeline has moved to next year.

  • Huckabee Resists Clinton Mandate

    Published November 1, 2001
    Opinion -
    Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee (R) is considering a Medicaid mandate from the former Clinton administration moot, since the Bush administration has not attempted to enforce it.

  • How Government Rations Health Care

    Published November 1, 2001
    Opinion -
    Currently, a Statewide Health Care Insurance Plan Task Force is meeting in Arizona with the goal of expanding existing benefits in the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS), the state’s health care plan for low-income residents.

  • Subsidizing Prescription Drugs: An Ill-Advised Path

    Published November 1, 2001
    Opinion -
    While federal officials ponder how to create a new federal entitlement for prescription drugs, many states already have ventured down this ill-advised path.

  • Tennessee Employers May Face ‘Play or Pay’

    Published November 1, 2001
    Opinion -
    Ironically, the notion that businesses, commercial insurers, and health care providers should either participate (play) in TennCare or subsidize it (pay) could emerge as a divisive issue in the Volunteer State’s next legislative session, which convenes

  • High-Risk HIP Will Return to Tennessee

    Published October 1, 2001
    Opinion -
    On September 28, Tennessee Governor Don Sundquist unveiled plans to revamp the state’s troubled TennCare program, replacing it with a high-risk pool for people with pre-existing medical conditions, a managed-care Medicaid program, and a premium support

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