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Florida Legislature Rejects Proposed Cigarette Tax Increase

Health Care News (Heartland Institute), March 1, 2009 Health Care News (Heartland Institute), March 1, 2009 The Florida House of Representatives has rejected a proposal to increase the state tax on cigarettes by $1 per pack in an effort to sustain the state’s Medicaid program and finance other proposed health ...
Commentary

Daschle’s Health Plan Is Recipe for Bigger Government, Less Choice

By looking at President Barack Obama’s team of Tom Daschle as secretary of Health and Human Services and Melody Barnes as director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, we can predict both the strategy and substance of his administration’s coming efforts at health care reform. The prognosis is not ...
Commentary

Public sector should manage health costs

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI), February 28, 2009 For an eye opener, go to the Web site of the state Department of Employee Trust Funds and check out the premium for a single state employee. It comes to $896 a month, or $10,752 a year. Then go to a recent ...
Business & Economics

Will the Employee Free Choice Act aid or undo labor’s gains?

President Obama is committed to pragmatism and reforms that “work” for the improvement of the economy. The president’s commitment faces a tough test in one congressional proposal now on the horizon. The bill, known as the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) represents one of the most fundamental and sweeping changes ...
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Eight Is Enough; Need More?

Nadya Suleman and her eight babies are much in the news, with good reason. There are lessons here for everyone, and they extend beyond the fertility debate. Ms. Suleman is the divorced mother who gave birth to eight babies on January 26. Kaiser Permanente clearly viewed the event as a ...
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Health Reform in California: Three Simple Steps

John R. Graham, the Director of Health Care Studies, was invited to testify before the California State Senate Standing Health Committee in Sacramento on the “Outlook for Health Reform.” This is his testimony.
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California State Senate Standing Health Committee Testimony

John R. Graham, the Director of Health Care Studies, was invited to testify before the California State Senate Standing Health Committee in Sacramento on the “Outlook for Health Reform.” Please wait for movie to load.
Commentary

Obama’s Unhealthy Start: SCHIP Explosion, Medicaid Bailout, COBRA’s Bite

Things are changing fast in American health care. Last month, we examined Tom Daschle’s health care vision, in anticipation of his enthusiastic reception as President Obama’s Secretary of Health and Human Services. Mr. Daschle is now gone, and as yet nobody is at the controls, but that has not stopped ...
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John R. Graham Invited to Testify on Health Reform at the California State Senate Standing Health Committee

John R. Graham Invited to Testify on Health Reform at the California State Senate Standing Health Committee Sacramento — John R. Graham, the Director of Health Care Studies at the Pacific Research Institute (PRI), a free-market think tank, was invited to testify before the California State Senate Standing Health Committee ...
Commentary

Obama pursues universal health care

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, February 22, 2009 President Obama could make health care history, transforming how treatment and services are selected, delivered and paid for, many health care experts believe. Or, “ObamaCare,” touted as providing higher quality health care to all at a cheaper price, could be 2009’s “HillaryCare,” then first lady ...
Business & Economics

Florida Legislature Rejects Proposed Cigarette Tax Increase

Health Care News (Heartland Institute), March 1, 2009 Health Care News (Heartland Institute), March 1, 2009 The Florida House of Representatives has rejected a proposal to increase the state tax on cigarettes by $1 per pack in an effort to sustain the state’s Medicaid program and finance other proposed health ...
Commentary

Daschle’s Health Plan Is Recipe for Bigger Government, Less Choice

By looking at President Barack Obama’s team of Tom Daschle as secretary of Health and Human Services and Melody Barnes as director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, we can predict both the strategy and substance of his administration’s coming efforts at health care reform. The prognosis is not ...
Commentary

Public sector should manage health costs

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI), February 28, 2009 For an eye opener, go to the Web site of the state Department of Employee Trust Funds and check out the premium for a single state employee. It comes to $896 a month, or $10,752 a year. Then go to a recent ...
Business & Economics

Will the Employee Free Choice Act aid or undo labor’s gains?

President Obama is committed to pragmatism and reforms that “work” for the improvement of the economy. The president’s commitment faces a tough test in one congressional proposal now on the horizon. The bill, known as the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) represents one of the most fundamental and sweeping changes ...
Commentary

Eight Is Enough; Need More?

Nadya Suleman and her eight babies are much in the news, with good reason. There are lessons here for everyone, and they extend beyond the fertility debate. Ms. Suleman is the divorced mother who gave birth to eight babies on January 26. Kaiser Permanente clearly viewed the event as a ...
Health Care

Health Reform in California: Three Simple Steps

John R. Graham, the Director of Health Care Studies, was invited to testify before the California State Senate Standing Health Committee in Sacramento on the “Outlook for Health Reform.” This is his testimony.
Health Care

California State Senate Standing Health Committee Testimony

John R. Graham, the Director of Health Care Studies, was invited to testify before the California State Senate Standing Health Committee in Sacramento on the “Outlook for Health Reform.” Please wait for movie to load.
Commentary

Obama’s Unhealthy Start: SCHIP Explosion, Medicaid Bailout, COBRA’s Bite

Things are changing fast in American health care. Last month, we examined Tom Daschle’s health care vision, in anticipation of his enthusiastic reception as President Obama’s Secretary of Health and Human Services. Mr. Daschle is now gone, and as yet nobody is at the controls, but that has not stopped ...
Health Care

John R. Graham Invited to Testify on Health Reform at the California State Senate Standing Health Committee

John R. Graham Invited to Testify on Health Reform at the California State Senate Standing Health Committee Sacramento — John R. Graham, the Director of Health Care Studies at the Pacific Research Institute (PRI), a free-market think tank, was invited to testify before the California State Senate Standing Health Committee ...
Commentary

Obama pursues universal health care

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, February 22, 2009 President Obama could make health care history, transforming how treatment and services are selected, delivered and paid for, many health care experts believe. Or, “ObamaCare,” touted as providing higher quality health care to all at a cheaper price, could be 2009’s “HillaryCare,” then first lady ...
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