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November 2002
10/2002 State Legislative Update
While preparing the November update, I kept running into the numerous convulsions over sharply increasing medical malpractice insurance rates. In an ... (read more)
While preparing the November update, I kept running into the numerous convulsions over sharply increasing medical malpractice insurance rates. In an ... (read more)
10/2002 The Galen Report
The revolution in consumer-driven health care is indeed taking hold, if the responses to two speeches I gave in October are an indicator. I spoke in ... (read more)
The revolution in consumer-driven health care is indeed taking hold, if the responses to two speeches I gave in October are an indicator. I spoke in ... (read more)
10/2002 The Pulse
Let’s rev up those engines by starting with a bit of hubris from academia. Grant Reeher is a poli-sci professor at the Maxwell School at Syracuse. He ... (read more)
Let’s rev up those engines by starting with a bit of hubris from academia. Grant Reeher is a poli-sci professor at the Maxwell School at Syracuse. He ... (read more)
Addicted to Tobacco Taxes
Arizona’s politicians can’t make up their minds about tobacco. When Arizona sued the cigarette makers in 1996, the state minced no words in describing ... (read more)
Arizona’s politicians can’t make up their minds about tobacco. When Arizona sued the cigarette makers in 1996, the state minced no words in describing ... (read more)
AIDS Activists Hinder Their Cause
In September at the World Summit on Sustainable Development, the head of UNAIDS, Peter Piot, told delegates he was upset that AIDS discussions were not ... (read more)
In September at the World Summit on Sustainable Development, the head of UNAIDS, Peter Piot, told delegates he was upset that AIDS discussions were not ... (read more)
Bad Medicine for America
Prescription drugs and their costs are high on political agendas this campaign season. Unfortunately, many candidates are seeking to score cheap points ... (read more)
Prescription drugs and their costs are high on political agendas this campaign season. Unfortunately, many candidates are seeking to score cheap points ... (read more)
Britain Considers Privatization
Managing Editor’s Note: David Green, director of London’s CIVITAS, The Institute for the Study of Civil Society, sees progress in the debate over opening ... (read more)
Managing Editor’s Note: David Green, director of London’s CIVITAS, The Institute for the Study of Civil Society, sees progress in the debate over opening ... (read more)
Bush Picks His Man
After a long delay, President George W. Bush nominated Dr. Mark McClellan, a senior White House health policy advisor, to serve as commissioner of the ... (read more)
After a long delay, President George W. Bush nominated Dr. Mark McClellan, a senior White House health policy advisor, to serve as commissioner of the ... (read more)
California Defies Federal Stem Cell Policy
On September 22, California Gov. Gray Davis signed into law a bill that encourages stem cell research using embryos from fertility clinics or embryonic ... (read more)
On September 22, California Gov. Gray Davis signed into law a bill that encourages stem cell research using embryos from fertility clinics or embryonic ... (read more)
Executive Summary: Prescription Drug Security Plan (PDS)
The program has two parts: 1. An up-front subsidy for routine drug expenses 2. Coverage for high-end and catastrophic drug costs The PDS plan provides ... (read more)
The program has two parts: 1. An up-front subsidy for routine drug expenses 2. Coverage for high-end and catastrophic drug costs The PDS plan provides ... (read more)
Health Care Inflation 101
On September 21, 2002 USA Today writers attempted to explain double-digit health care inflation. The news story (and I’m being generous here) was headlined: ... (read more)
On September 21, 2002 USA Today writers attempted to explain double-digit health care inflation. The news story (and I’m being generous here) was headlined: ... (read more)
IRS Ruling Expected to Increase HRA Participation
A June 2002 ruling by the Internal Revenue Service may boost sales of defined-contribution plans by health insurance companies, but it’s debatable whether ... (read more)
A June 2002 ruling by the Internal Revenue Service may boost sales of defined-contribution plans by health insurance companies, but it’s debatable whether ... (read more)
IRS Ruling Makes Patient Choice A Reality
There is a saying I often think of when discussing the Internal Revenue Service (IRS): “Bureaucracy is the art of making the possible, impossible.” But ... (read more)
There is a saying I often think of when discussing the Internal Revenue Service (IRS): “Bureaucracy is the art of making the possible, impossible.” But ... (read more)
Maine Rx Price Controls Violate Medicaid Law
Maine’s beleaguered prescription drug program is still under fire for violating Medicaid and interstate commerce laws. Although the bill was enacted by ... (read more)
Maine’s beleaguered prescription drug program is still under fire for violating Medicaid and interstate commerce laws. Although the bill was enacted by ... (read more)
Medicare Drug Follies
Our senior citizens should have the life-saving medicines they need without going broke or giving up life’s other necessities in the process. However, we ... (read more)
Our senior citizens should have the life-saving medicines they need without going broke or giving up life’s other necessities in the process. However, we ... (read more)
Proposed Bush Medicare Reform Plan Anticipates State of the Union Address
Where Congress failed, the Bush administration has succeeded: It has found a way to initiate Medicare reform and offer prescription drug coverage to senior ... (read more)
Where Congress failed, the Bush administration has succeeded: It has found a way to initiate Medicare reform and offer prescription drug coverage to senior ... (read more)
Rx Reimportation: A Legislative History
In the absence of any Congressional action on a Medicare prescription drug benefit, some states have focused instead on immediate, incremental measures ... (read more)
In the absence of any Congressional action on a Medicare prescription drug benefit, some states have focused instead on immediate, incremental measures ... (read more)
Should the Medicare Bureaucracy Manage a Drug Benefit?
Many Members of Congress want the current Medicare bureaucracy to manage a new Medicare prescription drug benefit. But a major government-wide survey ... (read more)
Many Members of Congress want the current Medicare bureaucracy to manage a new Medicare prescription drug benefit. But a major government-wide survey ... (read more)
Smallpox Health Facts
Smallpox spreads from person to person, primarily via droplets or aerosols expelled from the throat of infected persons, by direct contact, and via contaminated ... (read more)
Smallpox spreads from person to person, primarily via droplets or aerosols expelled from the throat of infected persons, by direct contact, and via contaminated ... (read more)
Smallpox Vaccine Controversy Grows
The Bush administration is about to announce a major shift in policy regarding vaccinating the general population against smallpox in case of a terrorist ... (read more)
The Bush administration is about to announce a major shift in policy regarding vaccinating the general population against smallpox in case of a terrorist ... (read more)