Topic: Supreme Court of the United States

June 28, 2013

Friday Facts: June 28, 2013

June 28, 2013  It’s Friday!  Quotes of Note “High standards should be used to hold tax-funded schools accountable for delivering educational opportunities to students. This is a worthy goal. But […]


March 29, 2013

Friday Facts: March 29, 2012

It’s Friday! If you missed the Georgia Public Policy Foundation’s Annual Dinner on Wednesday night, you missed a great event. About 250 supporters heard a rousing keynote speech from The […]

March 26, 2013

Checking Up On Health: March 26, 2013

  Health Policy News and Views Compiled by Benita M. Dodd  Foundation event: Find out what’s happening around the nation and in Georgia – and what needs to happen – […]

February 1, 2013

Medicaid Expansion: Hand Up or Handcuff?

The key question is: Is Medicaid expansion beyond the poverty level a “hand up” or a “handcuff?” By Ronald E. Bachman Medicaid has several components, but at its core it is […]

January 17, 2013

Options for Georgia Going Forward under the PPACA

In the wake of the United States Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the central components of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), states must now decide whether to […]

December 11, 2012

Checking Up On Health: 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. […]

November 27, 2012

Checking Up On Health: November 27

Research on 3D printing of organs; a new flu vaccine; the cost of cancer care; the cost of Medicaid and more. Health Policy Briefs Compiled by Benita M. Dodd  The […]


October 12, 2012

Health Care Reform Must Be Patient-Focused

The fact that over 25 percent of physicians are seriously considering leaving medicine if ObamaCare is fully implemented is sobering. By Don W. Printz This month marked the 69th annual […]


September 11, 2012

Checking Up On Health

Health Policy Briefs Compiled by Benita M. Dodd Medically induced silence: In an article in Forbes magazine discussing President Obama’s silence on his landmark legislation during the Democratic National Convention, […]

September 11, 2012

The Untold Story: What Really Happened with Romneycare

(Editor’s Note: Galen Institute President Grace-Marie Turner will discuss the U.S. Supreme Court health care law decision impact at the 2012 Georgia Legislative Policy Forum on Friday, September 21 at the W […]

September 5, 2012

TV’s New Reality Show: Trying to Love Obamacare?

(Editor’s Note: Galen Institute President Grace-Marie Turner will discuss the U.S. Supreme Court health care law decision impact at the 2012 Georgia Legislative Policy Forum on Friday, September 21 at […]

August 28, 2012

A Different View about Obama’s Medicare “Actual Facts”

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 23, 2012

Policy Forum Brings Innovative Solutions to Georgia

The Sept. 21 Georgia Legislative Policy Forum will focus on the most anticipated issues under the Gold Dome, offering free-market approaches, limited government solutions and innovations for Georgia that have […]


August 15, 2012

Not Reforming Medicare is Not an Option

To those who insist that they’ve “paid for” their Medicare benefits and dare politicians to change the program, consider this: A typical couple retiring last year, with both spouses having […]

July 31, 2012

Checking Up On Health Care

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 30, 2012

Georgia Physician Shortage One Among Many Challenges

By Mike Klein Health care policy is a complex beast with seemingly intractable political positions, lots of data to support or refute almost anyone’s perspective, tons of financial impact analysis […]



July 13, 2012

Friday Facts: July 13, 2012

  It’s Friday!    Quotes of note – “It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires a great deal of strength to decide what to do.” […]

June 29, 2012

Friday Facts: June 29, 2012

It’s Friday! Quotes of note – “Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.” – George Bernard Shaw – “And it proves, in the last place, that liberty can […]





June 15, 2012

No Reason to Panic over Supreme Court’s Decision

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 […]

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