Goodman Institute

Michael Bond, Ph.D.

Michael Bond, Ph.D.

Michael Bond, PhD is a Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Finance, Eller College of Management at The University of Arizona.

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John Baden, Ph.D.

John Baden, Ph.D.

John Baden, PhD is the founder and chairman of the Foundation for Research on Economics and the Environment (FREE), and Gallatin Writers, Inc.

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Ronald E. Bachman, F.S.A., M.A.A.A.

Ronald E. Bachman, F.S.A., M.A.A.A.

Ronald E. Bachman, F.S.A., M.A.A.A. is a Principal at PricewaterhouseCoopers, L.L.P. He is the Atlanta Healthcare Leader for the Southeast Region of the Human Resource Services Practice.

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Kotlikoff: Why is the FDA Harming our Kids?

Kotlikoff: Why is the FDA Harming our Kids?

Larry Kotlikoff says the FDA is foot dragging on approving vaccines for children, without any defensible reason. FDA-sanctioned adult vaccine trials began in March 2020. Given the crisis, safer and riskier adult-trial phases were run in parallel, with adolescent trials soon thereafter. But the FDA pushed a conservative approach for children, ostensibly to protect them. So pediatric trials were delayed until March 2021 — a full year beyond the start of adult trials. This delay has threatened every American child with long-term morbidity and even mortality.

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The Politics of Health

The Politics of Health

In almost all recent polling, voters say health care is their number one concern.They also trust Democrats more than Republicans on the issue. But why?

Obamacare is the most flawed health system Americans ever created. If you combine the average premium and the average deductible people faced last year, a family of four with Obamacare insurance had to spend $25,000 before getting any benefits from their Obamacare plan. And in most places, the best doctors and the best hospitals are not included in Obamacare plan’s narrow networks.

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