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Articles by John C. Goodman

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Health Alert from John Goodman
12/02/2009 12:00 AM
The liberals have it all wrong. Conservatives are not lacking health reform ideas. They’re drowning in them.Following the publication of Mark Pauly ...(read more)
Obama Plan Neglects Importance of Incentives
11/03/2009 12:00 AM
While undoubtedly well-intentioned, President Barack Obama’s health care reform plan ignores a central concern of economics.Economics is the science ...(read more)
Government-Centered Health Care Overhaul Bound to Fail
10/13/2009 12:00 AM
Why is Washington having so much trouble reforming health care? And why, if Congress passes a major overhaul, are the problems of cost, quality, and access ...(read more)
Do the Uninsured Have Higher Mortality Rates?
09/18/2009 12:00 AM
DALLAS, TX (Sept. 17, 2009) –  A new study in the American Journal of Public Health claiming that lack of health insurance increases the risk ...(read more)
Better Tax Regime Needed to Fix Health Care
08/01/2009 12:00 AM
After spending hundreds of millions of dollars in the last election campaign accusing Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) of wanting to “tax the health insurance ...(read more)
Should Public, Private Health Plans Compete?
07/01/2009 12:00 AM
Let’s assume President Barack Obama keeps his campaign promise to create a parallel system for health insurance. Those who don’t get insurance ...(read more)
Health Care Finance ‘Reform’ Will Slam Economy
05/01/2009 12:00 AM
The worst idea candidate Barack Obama had during the presidential campaign was his pledge to finance health care reform with taxes on capital. To be fair, ...(read more)
Elder Care Problems Best Fixed by Private Sector
03/01/2009 12:00 AM
The nursing home industry is one of the most regulated industries in the country. It’s also dominated by government as a payer. One of every two nursing ...(read more)
Mental Health Parity Law Takes Wrong Approach
02/01/2009 12:00 AM
It was easy to overlook in the midst of a historic financial crisis, but buried in the middle of the highly publicized bailout bill passed just before the ...(read more)
Greater Choice, Satisfaction Would Result from System Reform
01/01/2009 12:00 AM
Excerpt from The Handbook on State Health Care Reform, coauthored by John C. Goodman, Michael Bond, Devon M. Herrick, Gerald L. Musgrave, Pamela Villarreal, ...(read more)
Malpractice Reform: Five Steps to Liability by Contract
12/01/2008 12:00 AM
Excerpt from The Handbook on State Health Care Reform, coauthored by John C. Goodman, Michael Bond, Devon M. Herrick, Gerald L. Musgrave, Pamela Villarreal, ...(read more)
Ten Steps to Insuring the Uninsured
11/01/2008 12:00 AM
Excerpt from The Handbook on State Health Care Reform, coauthored by John C. Goodman, Michael Bond, Devon M. Herrick, Gerald L. Musgrave, Pamela Villarreal, ...(read more)
McCain, Obama Health Plans Compared
11/01/2008 12:00 AM
If you listen only to presidential campaign rhetoric, you might conclude Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL), the Democratic presidential nominee, has proposed bold ...(read more)
Sen. McCain's Plan Addresses Flaws in Current Health Care Policies
09/01/2008 12:00 AM
Health insurance for most non-elderly Americans is purchased with funds from three sources: an employer contribution, an employee contribution, and a government ...(read more)
Six Steps to Improve Workers' Compensation
09/01/2008 12:00 AM
Excerpt from The Handbook on State Health Care Reform, co-authored by John C. Goodman, Michael Bond, Devon M. Herrick, Gerald L. Musgrave, Pamela Villarreal, ...(read more)
Four Steps to Reforming Long-Term Care
08/01/2008 12:00 AM
Excerpt from The Handbook on State Health Care Reform, co-authored by John C. Goodman, Michael Bond, Devon M. Herrick, Gerald L. Musgrave, Pamela Villarreal, ...(read more)
Consumer-Oriented Government Policy Can Avert Dire Health Care Mega-Trends
08/01/2008 12:00 AM
One of the most innovative ideas that appeared in Patient Power: The Free-Enterprise Alternative to Clinton's Health Plan, a book I wrote in 1993 with Gerry ...(read more)
Health Insurance an Irrational World, Thanks to Government
07/01/2008 12:00 AM
In a rational world, deductibles and copayments serve an economic purpose. Where it is appropriate and desirable for patients to make choices, as in ...(read more)
Ten Steps to Reforming Medicaid
07/01/2008 12:00 AM
Excerpt from Handbook on State Health Care Reform, co-authored by John C. Goodman, Michael Bond, Devon M. Herrick, Gerald L. Musgrave, Pamela Villarreal, ...(read more)
Ten Big Problems with Hillary Clinton's Health Care Plan
06/01/2008 12:00 AM
Senator and presidential candidate Barack Obama (D-IL) had it right from the beginning: The health plan touted by his opponent, Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY), ...(read more)
Ten Steps to Insuring the Uninsured
06/01/2008 12:00 AM
Excerpt from The Handbook on State Health Care Reform, co-authored by John C. Goodman, Michael Bond, Devon M. Herrick, Gerald L. Musgrave, Pamela Villarreal, ...(read more)
The Health Fork: Why Government-Centered Reforms Don't Work
05/01/2008 12:00 AM
Do you think it's possible to demonstrate with a single graph the fallacy behind every wrong-headed solution to the problem of rising health care costs? ...(read more)
A Plan for Real Health Reform
05/01/2008 12:00 AM
Excerpted from The Handbook on State Health Care Reform, by John C. Goodman, Michael Bond, Devon M. Herrick, and Pamela Villarreal. Part 3. Five reforms ...(read more)
Principles of State Health Care Reform
03/01/2008 12:00 AM
Excerpted from The Handbook on State Health Care Reform, by John C. Goodman, Michael Bond, Devon M. Herrick, and Pamela Villarreal.Five recommended principles ...(read more)
A Three-Part Plan for State Health Care Reform
02/01/2008 12:00 AM
The first in a series of excerpts from The Handbook on State Health Care Reform, by John C. Goodman, Michael Bond, Devon M. Herrick, and Pamela Villarreal. The ...(read more)