Health Policy Digest - April 28, 2009

April 28, 2009

SENSIBLE REFORM FOR HEALTH CARE

We need to give doctors and hospitals the freedom to re-price and re-package their services in ways that neither increase the cost to government nor decrease the quality of service to the patient, says John C. Goodman, president and CEO of the National Center for Policy Analysis...

PARIS-POST INTELLIGENCER

NEW YORK CITY HEALTH INSURANCE COSTLIER THAN RENT

It now costs more to buy health insurance in New York City than it does to rent a two-bedroom apartment, according to study...

NEW YORK POST/ASSOCIATED PRESS

LAWMAKERS DEBATE TAX ON HEALTH BENEFITS

Should higher-income employees face steeper taxes on health benefits than those with more-modest incomes?...

WALL STREET JOURNAL

HEALTH CARE SPENDING FORECASTS

Given that 45 percent of health care spending is currently funded by government payers, future budget implications are staggering, says Andrew J. Rettenmaier, a senior fellow with the NCPA...

NATIONAL CENTER FOR POLICY ANALYSIS

MARCHING TOWARD A FINANCIAL DISASTER

We need to liberate patients and doctors and pre-fund our health care system as we move forward, says John C. Goodman, President and CEO of the National Center for Policy Analysis...

IMPRIMIS/THE BULLETIN