January 22, 2013
Health Policy Briefs Compiled by Benita M. Dodd The trials of running clinical trials: About 89 percent of clinical trials meet their enrollment goals but 48 percent of trial sites […]
December 18, 2012
Is your health plan “grandfathered” or does it fall under ObamaCare? Do you have “good” genes or mutants? Health Policy Briefs Compiled by Benita M. Dodd The fault […]
December 11, 2012
Americans are living longer but sicker. Coverage for pre-existing conditions comes at a cost. States can’t get funds for partial expansion of Medicaid. Health Policy Briefs Compiled by Benita M. […]
October 15, 2012
Heritage Foundation senior research fellow James L. Gattuso’s recent op-ed discusses the ongoing battle over interchange fees: Today’s consumers take credit cards pretty much for granted. Once used only for major […]
September 28, 2012
It’s Friday! Events October 16: Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher turns 87 on October 13. The Foundation marks the birthday of this remarkable leader with a Policy Briefing Luncheon […]
August 30, 2012
Any good economist will tell you that as complementary factors of production, labor and capital are not only indispensable but hugely dependent upon each other as well. By Lawrence W. Reed […]
August 28, 2012
By Grace-Marie Turner President Obama said during his weekly radio address Saturday that he wanted to share “some actual facts” about “a lot of accusations and misinformation flying around” about Medicare. Let’s […]
August 21, 2012
Health Policy Briefs Compiled by Benita M. Dodd “Can markets work in health care?” is the headline of a Forbes magazine article reminding us of a 1974 study that demonstrated […]
August 3, 2012
By Grace-Marie Turner ObamaCare violates American values down to our country’s very DNA. A majority of Americans continue to oppose the health law because we understand that it is at […]
July 31, 2012
Health Policy Briefs July 31, 2012 Compiled by Benita M. Dodd – Where have all the doctors gone? What if you added to the ranks of insured individuals but didn’t […]
July 25, 2012
By Grace-Marie Turner So just how much is that new ObamaCare tax going to cost you? For some people, a lot more than you have been hearing. The individual mandate […]
June 15, 2012
By Kelly McCutchen President Obama’s health care overhaul was passed with the promise to end the ability of insurance companies to exclude individuals with “pre-existing conditions” and to reduce the […]
June 12, 2012
By Benita M. Dodd June 12, 2012 Medicaid spending growth outpaces education spending: State revenues are finally returning to pre-recession levels, but the growing cost of providing health care […]
May 29, 2012
By Benita M. Dodd May 29, 2012 – Where to next? While the Supreme Court’s decision is likely a month away, theAmerican people already have made up their minds over the federal […]
May 28, 2012
By Lawrence W. Reed The following contains excerpts from a speech given by Larry Reed, an adjunct scholar with the Georgia Public Policy Foundation and president of the Midland, Michigan-based […]
April 27, 2012
By Benita Dodd It’s easy being green these days for environmental activists – green with envy. The darnedest thing has happened in the energy arena, something that this Foundation frequently […]
April 17, 2012
Health Policy Briefs: April 17, 2012 Compiled by Benita Dodd Show me the money: Georgia ranks 11th out of the top 20 states that have received funds distributed across the […]
March 27, 2012
Health Policy Briefs July 31, 2012 Compiled by Benita M. Dodd – Where have all the doctors gone? What if you added to the ranks of insured individuals but didn’t […]
March 13, 2012
Health Policy Briefs: March 13, 2012 Compiled by Benita Dodd Georgia Health Care Update event: The deadline is approaching and seats are filling quickly for the Georgia Public Policy Foundation’s […]
February 14, 2012
Health Policy Briefs: February 14, 2012 Compiled by Benita M. Dodd If you’ve read “Overdiagnosed,” the eye-opening book by Dr. H. Gilbert Welch, you know there is such a […]
January 31, 2012
Health Policy Briefs: January 31, 2012 Compiled by Benita M. Dodd Price controls: Everence Insurance of Pennsylvania on Monday became the first insurer flagged by federal regulators for having an […]
January 24, 2012
A Health Policy Checkup Supreme Court schedule for federal health care law case: For those who are interested in following the litigation regarding the federal Patient Protection and Affordable […]
December 19, 2011
That the progress in improving this nation’s air quality is hidden in hazy environmental reporting is no surprise: How would one notice improvements when only “problems” are emphasized? Unfortunately, headlines […]
December 14, 2011
Georgia was ranked 48th — third from the bottom nationally – beating out just Utah and Arizona – in a federal analysis of personal health care spending per capita, according […]
December 9, 2011
It’s Friday! – Monday is the deadline to sign up for “Portland: Model or Maverick?” the Foundation’s final Leadership Breakfast of 2011. The event begins at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, December 14, […]
September 23, 2011
The Census Bureau has released its latest one-year estimate on the average travel time to work for Americans. The national average was 25.1 minutes, but metro Atlantans’ average commute was […]
July 29, 2011
Chances are extremely high that you know someone who receives Social Security or Medicaid or unemployment compensation or another federal benefit payment. If so, they may be scared. More than […]
July 8, 2011
By Ronald E. Bachman Frightening seniors about Medicare changes is often referred to as Medi-scare. All Americans should be scared: In the coming years, 78 million baby boomers will place […]
June 17, 2011
By Ronald E. Bachman There are major problems brewing with the long-term care program created under the Patient Protect and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). Effective since Jan. 1, the Community […]
June 11, 2011
What do you know about your pension plan? Is it defined benefit, defined contribution or some hybrid version? Does your employer match your contribution? Is it portable, meaning you take […]
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