Writing in the Wall Street Journal, John Goodman says the Trump Administration’s proposal to permit non-network health plans “promises to solve two problems: extreme differences in actual prices for the same service because of a lack of price competition, and narrow networks that are denying patients access to the best doctors and medical facilities.” More.
In contrast to a moral approach to taxation, some argue for an immoral, or at least amoral, approach. The most prominent among them is former New York Times columnist Paul Krugman. His approach to taxation of the rich is the same approach a petty thief would take to garden-variety robbery: grab whatever you can get. Krugman guesses that the revenue-maximizing tax rate for someone like LeBron James could be as high as 90 percent. Slaves on southern plantations were able to consume a 9-times-greater share of their output than Krugman would allow for James. More.
One reason why the two parties can’t reach some sort of compromise is that neither party has been willing to tackle the three biggest problems that afflict the market the Affordable Care Act created. On the buyer side, we have been trying to force people to buy insurance they would never buy with their own money. On the seller side, we have been trying to force insurers to enroll people they do not want to enroll. And on both sides of the market, we have created perverse incentives that cause costs to be higher and quality lower than would otherwise have been the case. More
As Congress revisits health reform, much of the debate overlooks the structural issues driving high premiums and limited choice. This virtual policy discussion brings together leading health policy experts to examine market-based reforms that could meaningfully lower costs and improve access—without expanding bureaucracy. View the virtual Health Policy Event hosted by the Goodman Institute and the Market Institute on Youtube.
Why both parties missed an opportunity to reform Medicaid. Why they missed an opportunity to reform the Obamacare exchanges. Why partisanship is the biggest obstacle to sensible health reform.
Watch Dr. Goodman’s talk to the Public Affairs Luncheon Club in Dallas.
To our knowledge, the Goodman Institute is the only public policy think tank that has called for the complete inversion of the Food Pyramid, and we first did it under the Biden administration. In his latest post, John Goodman reviews the food wars – going back more than 160 years – and concludes that on this issue RFK Jr. appears to have the better argument.
Pete Sessions and John Goodman give details on how Trump’s approach to health reform might work. People would be able to buy insurance that meets their needs. If a medical need arises that is not covered by their chosen plan but is covered by Obamacare plans, people would be able to switch to a silver plan in the exchange. Roth Health Savings Accounts could be used for all primary care and other out-of-pocket costs. Money not spent could be withdrawn for other purposes with no taxes or penalties. More.
Where you find the most woke thinking in America you also find the most vocal and visible display of antisemitism – especially on college campuses…. What makes woke woke is the tendency to pick out a single characteristic (such as skin color) and make that the defining characteristic of everyone’s identity. Implicitly, the defining characteristic is more important to determining identity than all other characteristics combined. More.