John Goodman’s Commentaries
Goodman to SBJ: Single-payer would degrade quality of care
Critics charge that the United States has the most expensive health care in the world and the worst results.
Don’t believe it.
Goodman and Saving: Budget Deal’s Trillion Dollar Surprise
The most significant federal entitlement reform in our lifetime was a little noticed provision that Democrats included in the Affordable Care Act. The provision was a cap on Medicare spending, similar to the cap Republicans proposed for Medicaid last summer.
Goodman at Forbes: GOP Misses Opportunities with Children
One of the little-reported provisions in this week’s budget agreement was not short term at all. It was a 6-year extension of the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), without any major reform whatsoever. Here’s why that’s important.
Gorman in Forbes: Will Tax Reform Kill People?
You know you are in the silly season when the charges against sensible tax reform become more and more outrageous. The silliest and most outrageous is based on this causal reasoning: The Republican tax measure repeals the Obamacare mandate, requiring people to purchase health insurance; without the mandate, fewer people will insure; and without insurance, more people will die.
Goodman in DMN: Cutting the corporate tax rate will boost the economy
As the House and the Senate hash out their differences, it now appears that for the first time in 31 years, we are going to get major reform of our federal income tax system.
It’s Time to Repeal Obamacare’s Individual Mandate
The feature of Obamacare that is least liked by the public is the individual mandate. Under current law, people are required to have health insurance. If they don’t, they can be fined.
Can Donald Trump Cut A Deal With Democrats On Health Care? Maybe.
On the surface, it would seem that Republicans and Democrats are so far apart that agreement on health policy is virtually impossible. Scratch the surface and you will find another reality.
How Graham-Cassidy could give Texans better health insurance at lower costs
Many agree the Affordable Care Act is in desperate need of reform. Some Texas families are paying more for their health insurance than they pay for their mortgages. They are also getting less access to care.
Ten Reasons Why Every State Should Welcome the Graham/Cassidy/Heller/Johnson Health Reform Bill
Three states – California, New York and Massachusetts — are receiving 37 percent of all Obamacare funds, according to a group of Republican senators.
Save Us from the Health Care Reformers: They’re the Problem, Not the Solution
From the middle of the 19th century until the 1970s, about every serious health reform in the United States was due to the efforts of organized medicine.