March 13, 2008
Lawmakers Should Approach Wyden–Bennett Health Bill with Caution
By Nina Owcharenko
(WebMemo #1849)
Although it proposes needed tax reforms, S. 334 would also replace the current health system with one that is heavily regulated by the federal government. ...

February 6, 2008
Benefits of the President's Proposed Standard Deduction for Health Insurance
By J.D. Foster, Ph.D.
(WebMemo #1799)
Correcting the tax treatment of private health insurance would strengthen the consumer-driven market forces that should discipline health care prices.

December 13, 2007
Health Insurance Reform: What Families Should Know
By Connie Marshner
(WebMemo #1739)
Citizens can help to achieve conservative reforms by learning about the best policies to advance their personal freedom.

October 1, 2007
SCHIP Plus a Tax Credit: A Compromise Health Insurance Plan for Kids
By Stuart M. Butler, Ph.D. and Nina Owcharenko
(WebMemo #1652)
Congress should fashion a bipartisan compromise that aims to expand coverage for the uninsured while preserving coverage for families that already have it.

September 24, 2007
SCHIP: Crafting a Better Compromise to Cover Kids
By Nina Owcharenko and Stuart Butler
(WebMemo #1635)
House and Senate leaders should negotiate a more balanced compromise that aims to expand access to private health coverage for uninsured children.

September 20, 2007
Why Families Should Be Concerned about SCHIP
By Connie Marshner
(WebMemo #1630)
Congress should keep SCHIP focused on uninsured children from low-income families and broaden the options available to middle-income families whose children are uninsured.

July 26, 2007
State Health Care Reform: The Benefits and Limits of "Reinsurance"
By Edmund F. Haislmaier
(WebMemo #1568)
When most people refer to “reinsurance” in health care, what they really mean is the related concept of risk transfer or risk-pooling arrangements. Although such ...

June 13, 2007
Competition: A Prescription for Health Care Transformation
By The Honorable Tom Coburn, M.D., Joseph Antos, Ph.D., and Grace-Marie Turner
(Heritage Lecture #1030)
America is going to have either a government-run health care system in which politicians and bureaucrats make the key decisions or a consumer-driven system in ...

March 8, 2007
After Walter Reed: How to Fix Military Medicine
By Daniel H. Johnson, Jr., M.D.
(WebMemo #1388)
Introduce competition into military health care to prevent tragedies like the one at Walter Reed from ever recurring.

January 22, 2007
Making Health Care Affordable: Bush's Bold Health Tax Reform Plan
By Stuart M. Butler and Nina Owcharenko
(WebMemo #1316)
A sound basis for a serious discussion on how the tax treatment of health care should be reformed, consistent with good tax policy.

October 20, 2006
Building on the Successes of Health Savings Accounts
By Greg D'Angelo and Robert E. Moffit, Ph.D.
(WebMemo #1239)
How to improve HSAs and make all health insurance more affordable and better tailored to consumers.

October 5, 2006
The Rationale for a Statewide Health Insurance Exchange
By Robert E. Moffit, Ph.D.
(WebMemo #1230)
Statewide health insurance exchanges give individuals and families the opportunity to secure the health plans of their choice without losing tax benefits.

March 5, 1992
A Policy Maker's Guide to The Health Care Crisis
By Stuart M. Butler, Ph.D
(WebMemo )
A Policy Maker's Guide to The Health Care Crisis