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Creating jobs, liberating taxpayers, empowering patients, and more…
Health Savings Accounts
Because of the idea of Health Savings Accounts, more than 30 million people are managing some of their own health care dollars in accounts they own and control.
Roth IRAs
Because of the idea of Roth IRAs, $265 billion in savings has been taxed once and will never be taxed again.
Social Security
Because of another idea, 78 million baby boomers are able to work beyond age 65 without losing Social Security benefits.
401(k) Plans
Because of automatic enrollment in diversified portfolios, 16 million employees are enjoying higher and safer returns.
A Health Plan for President Trump
Original Article: The Heritage Foundation KEY TAKEAWAYS President Donald Trump says he wants health reform that will be better than...
The Tax Center
The goal of the Tax Center is to use sound economic analysis to evaluate the tax and spending policies of the federal government. Right...
The Healthcare Contract with America
By John C. Goodman, Peter J. Ferrara, J.D. Independent Institute Fairness: All families should receive the same tax relief when they...
The New Alternative to ObamaCare the Healthcare Contract With America
The key elements of the Healthcare Contract with America include: Tax Fairness: Families at the same income level should get the same...
John C. Goodman on the Healthcare Contract with America
Research Fellow John C. Goodman, author of Priceless: Curing the Healthcare Crisis, discusses alternative plans to Obama’s Affordable...
GOP Tax Reform is Worth $39,000 to Georgia Families
DALLAS (Dec. 21, 2020) – A new study of the 2017 federal tax cuts has found that, although controversial when adopted, the tax reform law...
Study: Biden’s Corporate Tax Plan May Result in Lower Wages, Outsourcing of Jobs
A new study of the tax plan promoted by Presidential candidate Joe Biden says it’s call for a significant hike in corporate income taxes...
Herrick: States Should Ban These Lab Scams
There is a new health care scam spreading across rural America that could cost you plenty. Large commercial labs like Quest Diagnostics...
Goodman Institute scholars Laurence Kotlikoff and Alan Auerbach were the intellectual source of the Ryan/Brady (“Better Way”) tax reform proposal. They are also the leading intellectual defenders of tax reform, drawing on the most sophisticated and accurate economic models that exist.
We are witnessing a radical transformation of the U.S. health care system. Although health care is the most regulated market in our economy, we have recently witnessed massive deregulation — partly in response to the coronavirus threat. These changes were only possible because of three years of prior effort by the Trump administration. Many of the core ideas were pioneered by Goodman Institute health economists.
Health Care Briefing With
Newt Gingrich
Former Congresswoman Nan Hayworth, Newt Gingrich and I discuss healthcare in the next election and beyond. Newt and I have a mutual admiration society that goes back many years. Newt has always been an outlier among Republican politicians when it comes to the topic of health care – aggressively searching for solutions instead of avoiding the subject.
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Abolishes the ObamaCare mandates.
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Repeals all of the anti-job provisions of ObamaCare
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Repeals thousands of pages of additional regulations.
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Deregulates and denationalizes the health insurance marketplace in every state.
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Offers all Americans a universal tax credit (similar to the child tax credit) for health insurance premiums and deposits to Health Savings Accounts.
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Lets employees earn higher wages by eliminating waste in their health plans.
New Partnership: Health Care News
The Goodman Institute for Public Policy has agreed to partner with Heartland to ensure the newspaper’s survival going forward. This new partnership could not have come at a better time. Polls consistently show that healthcare is the number one issue with voters.
The Environmental Blog
This Goodman Institute inspired blog is about appreciating the environment and protecting it using the tools of economics. Your blog manager is Jane Shaw Stroup, a former senior fellow of the Property and Environment Research Center..
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Many years ago I read a book called Patient Power. It was… written by Musgrave and Goodman. John Goodman is… known as the Father of Health Savings Accounts.
Sean Hannity
American commentator
They've developed innovative ideas on how to create a better health system, a less expensive health system, a health system with more access for well over two decades.
Newt Gingrich
Former Speaker of the House of Representatives
John Goodman is the leading expert on free market proposals for probably the most dysfunctional 1/6th of our economy that exists. He does a spectacular job.
Jeb Bush
Former Governor of Florida
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