Health Policy Digest - July 14, 2009

July 14, 2009

ADDRESSING DRUG COSTS AS PART OF HEALTH CARE REFORM

Some patients have difficulty buying some expensive drugs, but in general, the cost of drugs is not a social problem, says John C. Goodman, President, CEO and the Kellye Wright Fellow with the National Center for Policy Analysis...

PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA/NATIONAL JOURNAL

OF NICE AND MEN

Americans should understand how the United Kingdom's National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence works, because under ObamaCare, it will eventually be coming to a hospital near you, say observers...

WALL STREET JOURNAL

GOVERNMENT-RUN HEALTH CARE IS DESTINED FOR BANKRUPTCY

Those consumers with health savings accounts are more cost-conscious and proactively engaged in their health decisions than those with traditional insurance, says author Dan Kennedy...

BUSINESS AND MEDIA INSTITUTE

U.S. MEDICAL BANKRUPTCIES A MYTH; PERSONAL BANKRUPTCY RATE HIGHER IN CANADA

Bankruptcy statistics do not support arguments for a government-run, single-payer, socialized health insurance system, concludes report...

FRASER INSTITUTE

HEALTH CARE PLAN UNDERCUTS COMPETITION: ‘PUBLIC OPTION' IS FAST LANE TO GOVERNMENT HEALTH CARE TAKEOVER

The government-run health care plan that President Obama supports would lead to less competition and leave Americans with far fewer choices, says Michael Tanner, director of health and welfare studies at the CATO institute...

USA TODAY

HEALTH CARE: COMPETITION, NOT GOVERNMENT CONTROL

The Left only knows two ways to control health care costs and that is to squeeze the doctors and deny care to the patients, says John C. Goodman, President, CEO and the Kellye Wright Fellow of the National Center for Policy Analysis...

BAPTIST PRESS