Topic: Center for Health Transformation

September 11, 2014

The Mother of All Slush Funds

By Ronald E. Bachman   Now that Congress is back in session and President Obama has spoken, Washington’s focus on the various health plans will intensify. But health legislation passing […]
July 26, 2013

ObamaCare Implementation: Stumbling Along

A mounting list of problems and failures plagues key aspects of the Affordable Care Act By Ronald E. Bachman On July 2, 2013, just a few short months before significant […]
December 14, 2012

A Child Nods to Health Reform

“My health and life are not your choice, in America we once had a voice.”   By Ronald E. Bachman (With thanks to E.A. Poe’s, “The Raven”)  Once upon a […]
April 27, 2012

Friday Facts: April 27th, 2012

It’s Friday!  Events – May 23: Ahead of Georgia’s July 31 regional referendum on a penny transportation sales tax, the Georgia Public Policy Foundation hosts a Leadership Breakfast at 8 a.m. on […]
March 23, 2012

It’s Not Too Late for Georgia Health Reform

By Ronald E. Bachman The Georgia Legislature is about to complete its 2011-2012 session, and lawmakers have been struggling over improving educational choices, reforming the criminal justice system and lowering […]
July 8, 2011

Medicare or Medi-scare?

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 […]
March 25, 2011

Not-So-Happy Birthday for ObamaCare

By Ronald S. Bachman The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) commonly referred to as ObamaCare was signed into law on March 23, 2010. One year later, the law […]
July 23, 2010

It’s Time to Listen to Health Care Consumers

  By Ronald E. Bachman   The great frustration for many Americans during the debate on ObamaCare was tone-deaf politicians. No one seemed willing to listen to their concerns. Federal […]
June 25, 2010

Consumerism: The Cure for Health Care’s Ills

By Ronald E. Bachman  Megatrends represent major movements so powerful that the direction of change cannot be stopped. Federal laws can speed up or slow down megatrend forces. But, like […]
April 23, 2010

Health Care: From ‘No Way’ to ‘Now What?’

By Ronald E. Bachman In polls and elections, a majority of Americans said “No!” to federal health care legislation, but it passed anyway. Most still want it repealed, but the […]
February 12, 2010

Stimulus Boondoggle Comes Calling in Georgia

By Mark Chastain If Georgians want to see precisely how little sense most of the activities covered by the federal stimulus bill make, look no farther than the North Georgia […]
February 5, 2010

Shifting the Health Care Debate from Irate to Ideas

By Ronald E. Bachman  Americans are clearly angry about the policies and politics of Washington, D.C., and the Tea Party movement has led the way, uniting the silent majority and […]
December 4, 2009

Redistributing Wealth Through Health ‘Reform’

By Ronald Bachman  It turns out that “Joe the Plumber” gave us the real insight to the ultimate goals of the Obama presidency and the current Congress: redistribution of wealth.  […]
October 2, 2009

Do the Math on Health Care Reform

By Ronald E. Bachman  How will health care reform affect you? It may be confusing and complicated but it does not take a degree in mathematics. At an early age […]
September 11, 2009

The Mother of All Slush Funds

By Ronald E. Bachman   Now that Congress is back in session and President Obama has spoken, Washington’s focus on the various health plans will intensify. But health legislation passing […]
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