A new congressional resolution explicitly states what an ideal health system should look like: It should take care of sick people.
Republicans Adopt a Health Care Vision
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John Goodman
Employers Could Slash their Health Costs Overnight. So, Why Don’t They?
I am often asked if the free market can work in health care. My quick reply is: That is the only thing that works. At least, it is the only thing that works well.
Why is Anyone a Socialist?
Socialism is the most discredited ideology in the history of political thought. That’s assuming you don’t count cannibalism as an ideology.
What You Need To Know About Medicare For All, Part II
Blahous estimates that the administrative cost of private insurance is 13%, more than twice the 6% it costs to administer Medicare.
What You Need To Know About Medicare For All, Part I
Quite a few Democratic candidates for office this year are campaigning on the idea of enrolling everyone in Medicare. It’s not just the left. A significant number of doctors in the American Medical Association are for it.
Goodman in DMN: A new ruling will allow millions of people to buy the health insurance they want
A new Treasury ruling will allow people to buy health insurance that has lower premiums, lower deductibles and broader networks of providers.
Goodman at Forbes: Why The Pre-Existing Conditions Argument Is Killing Republican Candidates
It’s a persistent Democratic talking point. It’s almost always mentioned by opponents of Brett Kavanaugh, Donald Trump’s choice to be on the Supreme Court.
Goodman at Forbes: Trump Throws a Life Belt to People Who Buy Their Own Health Insurance
A new Treasury ruling will allow people to buy health insurance that has lower premiums, lower deductibles and broader networks of providers.
Goodman at Forbes: Lower Cost, Higher Quality Health Care Is Right At Our Fingertips
Telemedicine is making better care, quicker care and life-saving care available to more patients every day.
ObamaCare Can Be Worse Than Medicaid
This year will be the last in which uninsured Americans are forced to pay ObamaCare’s penalty for lack of coverage. The change—part of the GOP’s tax reform—comes as relief on the demand side of health insurance. Yet nothing has changed on the market’s supply side. Without additional reforms to ObamaCare’s restrictions on insurers, millions of Americans will continue to choose from a limited range of lackluster plans.