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Social Security Health Benefits Need Revision
Opinion -The whole concept was new to me. As a young, first-year associate over 20 years ago, I was given a file for a trial to be held later that day before a United States Administrative Law Judge. -
07/2001: The Galen Report
Opinion -The June 4 conference on "Transformative Change through Market-Driven Health Care" was a major success with full attendance throughout the day. -
The Case for Managed Care: Part 1 of 3
Opinion -If your approach to analyzing the health care system is through anecdotes, this article is not for you. We will not discuss Aunt Hilda's latest problem with her insurance company. We will not examine Grandpa's hip replacement at his HMO. -
Canada No Model for Prescription Drug Reform
Opinion -The high cost of prescription drugs has caused many lawmakers to embrace Canada's nationalized health care system as a solution to America's woes. During her successful campaign last year, Michigan Sen. -
07/2001: The Pulse
Opinion -The editor of Employee Benefit News, David Albertson, notes it is difficult to tell if employers are really interested in defined contribution, or if the interest is just wishful thinking on the part of D-C proponents. -
Doing the ‘Do Something’ Shuffle
Opinion -Hope glimmered for America’s bloated medical economy on June 4, when Thomas Scully made his public debut as head of the Health Care Financing Administration, the federal agency that provides health insurance to over 74 million people through Medicare, -
Single-Payer Health Care Would Enslave a Nation
Opinion -Single-payer health care systems are frequently proposed as the solution to the problem of the uninsured. In theory, such arrangements would guarantee that all citizens have a health insurance policy. -
06/2001: The Galen Report
Opinion -Health Policy Consensus Group Efforts The Bush administration continues to work on its initiative to provide tax credits for the uninsured, and members of the Health Policy Consensus Group are providing advice and data to assist them with -
States Move Ahead of Congress on Rx Drug Fix
Opinion -While Congress debates and discusses, the nation’s 50 laboratories of democracy are pushing ahead with their own plans to address the issue of affordable access to prescription drugs. -
06/2001: The Pulse
Opinion -Consumer-Driven Health Care Takes OffThe defined contribution approach is increasingly being called "consumer-driven," which shifts the focus away from employer payment and toward the role of the worker/patient. -
Market-Based Trends Noted
Opinion -One of the “perks” I receive as managing editor is the opportunity to review pending legislation. Some folks might view this activity as about as interesting as watching dandelions bloom in the lawn. -
Harry Potter and the Dragon of Health Care
Opinion -A mature Harry Potter has traveled through the Outerland, to the banks of the Hogwash. From here he can see his final destination: the Ministry of the Village. -
Socialized Medicine in 10 Easy Steps
Opinion -Republicans have never been big fans of reforming the health insurance system, nor have many of them ever taken the time to learn much about it. -
Think Tank Offers Plan for Prescription Drug Security
Opinion -Lower-income senior citizens would get help right away with routine and catastrophic prescription drug expenses under a Medicare reform measure outlined in late March by the Alexandria, Virginia-based Galen Institute. -
Urban Legends Haunt Long-Term Care Decisions
Opinion -According to the American Opinions on Reforming Medicaid survey, conducted in August 1995, 72 percent of Americans cannot afford to pay the high cost of long-term health care (LTC) without financial assistance. -
Bush Administration Stumbles
Opinion -Misgivings about President George W. Bush's ideas on health care are turning into alarm as the new administration unfolds. -
Why We Need Market-based Health Care Reform: Part 2 of 2
Opinion -The United States does not have a properly functioning market for health care, and the financing system needs to be reformed. The market is distorted by a tax policy that is mistargeted, miscalibrated, and open-ended. -
Medicaid Waivers: Wrong Cure for High Drug Prices
Opinion -The Health Care Financing Administration (the agency that runs Medicare and Medicaid) can waive some federal requirements for Medicaid eligibility to allow states to experiment with new ways of delivering health care to the poor. -
Drug Wars in Maine
Opinion -In an effort to provide affordable prescription drugs to state Medicare beneficiaries, Maine was the first state in the nation to pass legislation establishing state-level drug price controls. -
Long-term Care Legislation Introduced
Opinion -Legislation introduced on March 1 by Rep. -
Prescription Drug Proposal Gets Lukewarm Reception
Opinion -The Democrats’ reception for President George W. Bush’s prescription drug benefit plan was about as warm as their reception of the nomination of now-Attorney General John Ashcroft. -
Study: Health Care Costs Overstated
Opinion -Elderly Americans spend about 12 percent of their income on out-of-pocket health expenses on average, and the poor elderly spend about 20 percent, according to a study by Santa Monica, California-based RAND. -
Welcome to the Inaugural Issue of Health Care News
Opinion -The year 2001 brought with it a new President, a new millennium, and another chance to put some common-sense back into social policy. It also brings the first issue of this publication, Health Care News. -
The Battle for Vermont
Opinion -The Vermont legislature, like the legislatures of many other states, recently defeated an attempt to pass a cloned version of the single-payer health care plan devised by the Clinton administration in 1994.
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