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December 2002
12/2002 State Legislative Update
ARKANSAS Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee (R) says state officials will begin promoting Eli Lilly’s and Pfizer’s prescription drug discount cards to ... (read more)
ARKANSAS Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee (R) says state officials will begin promoting Eli Lilly’s and Pfizer’s prescription drug discount cards to ... (read more)
12/2002 The Galen Report
I was invited by Miles Cole of the Maryland Chamber of Commerce to speak about Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRAs) at a public hearing before the ... (read more)
I was invited by Miles Cole of the Maryland Chamber of Commerce to speak about Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRAs) at a public hearing before the ... (read more)
12/2002 The Pulse
Let’s take a look at the elections and how they will influence health care issues in the new Congress. First, this is without a doubt George W’s election. ... (read more)
Let’s take a look at the elections and how they will influence health care issues in the new Congress. First, this is without a doubt George W’s election. ... (read more)
A Dissenting View: Patently Absurd
President George W. Bush’s proposal to limit the ability of biotech and pharmaceutical firms to protect products from being replaced by generic versions ... (read more)
President George W. Bush’s proposal to limit the ability of biotech and pharmaceutical firms to protect products from being replaced by generic versions ... (read more)
Al Gore Wants a Single-Payer Nation
Former Vice President Al Gore is back from hibernation seeking the Democratic Party nomination for the Presidency in 2004. In a November announcement, ... (read more)
Former Vice President Al Gore is back from hibernation seeking the Democratic Party nomination for the Presidency in 2004. In a November announcement, ... (read more)
Bush Acts to Limit Rx Patent Protections
President George W. Bush announced on October 21 his plan to speed up the process of getting generic drugs to the marketplace. He called the move “another ... (read more)
President George W. Bush announced on October 21 his plan to speed up the process of getting generic drugs to the marketplace. He called the move “another ... (read more)
Comparison Shopping Can Reduce Prescription Drug Prices
High prescription drug prices and what to do about them were high on the campaign agendas of candidates across the country, and those issues will likely ... (read more)
High prescription drug prices and what to do about them were high on the campaign agendas of candidates across the country, and those issues will likely ... (read more)
Cost-Shifting Hides True Cost of Government-Run Health Care
How do we ensure that Americans have access to the health care they need, encourage innovation and research, and still contain costs? Nanny Mentality The ... (read more)
How do we ensure that Americans have access to the health care they need, encourage innovation and research, and still contain costs? Nanny Mentality The ... (read more)
December 2002 Health Care News (pdf)
The December issue of Health Care News documents voter support on November 5 for free-market health care reform. Managing Editor Conrad F. Meier offers ... (read more)
The December issue of Health Care News documents voter support on November 5 for free-market health care reform. Managing Editor Conrad F. Meier offers ... (read more)
Free-Market Reformers Are Winners in Election 2002
The 2002 election was not a referendum on health care issues. A post-election survey by pollster Dr. Whit Ayres found only 9 percent said health care ... (read more)
The 2002 election was not a referendum on health care issues. A post-election survey by pollster Dr. Whit Ayres found only 9 percent said health care ... (read more)
From Inception to Ingestion
According to studies cited by the pharmaceutical industry, it costs more than $800 million to move a new drug through the 10- to 12-year discovery, development, ... (read more)
According to studies cited by the pharmaceutical industry, it costs more than $800 million to move a new drug through the 10- to 12-year discovery, development, ... (read more)
Health Affairs Analysts Stir Up Controversy
An October Health Affairs report by Mark Pauly and Len Nichols, calling itself “a roadmap through the areas of agreement and disagreement in a critical ... (read more)
An October Health Affairs report by Mark Pauly and Len Nichols, calling itself “a roadmap through the areas of agreement and disagreement in a critical ... (read more)
Oregon Voters Rebuff Single-Payer Measure
Seventy-nine percent of Beaver State voters on November 5 rejected a plan to have government officials run a health care system for the state’s 3.5 million ... (read more)
Seventy-nine percent of Beaver State voters on November 5 rejected a plan to have government officials run a health care system for the state’s 3.5 million ... (read more)
Real Health Care Reform Means Repealing, Not Passing, Laws
This year’s elections were similar to those in the past in at least one respect: Most candidates for office promised to “do something” to fix the country’s ... (read more)
This year’s elections were similar to those in the past in at least one respect: Most candidates for office promised to “do something” to fix the country’s ... (read more)
SPN Hosts Health Care Reform Summit
Nearly 50 representatives of public policy think tanks from across the country converged on Indianapolis, Indiana on October 17-19 for the tenth annual ... (read more)
Nearly 50 representatives of public policy think tanks from across the country converged on Indianapolis, Indiana on October 17-19 for the tenth annual ... (read more)
Study: Pill-Splitting Saves Money, Is Safe
A Stanford University Medical Center researcher said pill-splitting saves money and is likely to be safe and effective with appropriate screening ... ... (read more)
A Stanford University Medical Center researcher said pill-splitting saves money and is likely to be safe and effective with appropriate screening ... ... (read more)
Ten Principles to Guide Medicare Reform
Politicians of both major parties are endorsing ill-considered schemes to add a prescription drug benefit to Medicare. While the problems with the program ... (read more)
Politicians of both major parties are endorsing ill-considered schemes to add a prescription drug benefit to Medicare. While the problems with the program ... (read more)
