
John Goodman’s Commentaries

Heartland Podcast: THE NEW YORK TIMES RUNS A “HIT PIECE” ON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PLANS
Medicare has one privatized component. Many politicians and the corporate media want to destroy it.

Health Reforms for Voters
Chief among these is Obamacare reform to (1) let families have access to insurance that meets their medical and financial needs, instead of unaffordable deductibles and sky-high premiums; and (2) let families have access to the best doctors and the best hospitals, instead of narrow networks that deny them the care they need. More.

Medicare Prescription Drugs: A Case Study In Government Failure
Bernie Sanders and other socialists think health care should be provided by the state. Their latest version of that idea is “Medicare for all.” How does Medicare stand up against private, free-market provision of similar services? Since Congress just acted on Medicare prescription drugs, let’s examine drug coverage in answering that question. More.

Ideas for the Fall Election: Seniors
The election this fall was supposed to be a red wave. Now it looks like that may not happen.
The Republican problem today is no different than it was 50 years ago. Too many Republicans don’t believe in reforming institutions. They think their only role is to oppose whatever the Democrats are trying to do. Most conservative think tanks aren’t much better.
Yet in troubled times, voters want problems solved. Here are some suggestions for policy changes affecting seniors—the group of voters most likely to vote.

The IRA Bill: What’s Our Answer?
This may surprise some of you, but we have been unable to find a conservative/libertarian alternative to the Democrats’ proposals on Medicare prescription drugs. Yet, there are real problems that need solving. This morning at Forbes, John Goodman provides a first-of-its-kind analysis of why the Medicare prescription drug market doesn’t work as it should, and what can be done to correct those problems – with no new taxes, no new spending and no new impediments to the discovery of life saving drugs. More.

Here’s What’s Wrong With BBB Lite
Obamacare is a flawed program that has made health insurance unaffordable and unattractive for millions of people. Instead of fixing these flaws with sensible (bipartisan) reforms that need not cost the taxpayers an extra dime, the new proposal would double down on a colossal mistake.

The Marriage Tax

The Attack on America’s Best Health Plans

The American Thinker’s High Profile of John Goodman
John Dale Dunn is a retired emergency physician and inactive attorney in Brownwood, Texas. In this post he profiles John Goodman.

How Congress Can Help Protect Us from Inflation
The inflation rate is the highest it’s been in 40 years. Congress can’t change that. But there are six things it can do to help all of us weather inflation, beginning with full inflation indexing of the tax code.