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Private Health Care Accounts Control Costs and Expand Choices
Michael BondMore than 1,300 companies nationwide have adopted Medical Saving Accounts (MSAs) to help employees cover healthcare expenses. These accounts have cut health care costs while providing employees with a greater number of choices. More companies would adopt MSAs if Ohio and Congress exempted the accounts from income taxes, just as ...
As Medicaid Rolls Rise, State Budgets Will Soar, Access Will Sink
John C. GoodmanDespite assurances the Medicaid expansion included in the health care legislation signed into law by President Obama in March is not an unfunded mandate foisted on the states, many states will find their budgets bloated with new Medicaid spending. The new reform is projected to cover the insurance costs of 32 million previously ...
The Human Costs of Regulation: The Case of Medical Devices and the FDA
David C. MurrayThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration's current system for approving medical devices was intended to protect public safety by preventing premature approval of unsafe technology. Unfortunately, not only does the system fail to do this, in many cases long regulatory delays decrease the quality of patient's lives ... and even cost ...
Surgeon General: H1N1 Risk Remains
Thomas CheplickThe flu virus H1N1 remains a persistent risk in the southeastern United States, according to a recent update from U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Regina Benjamin and assistant Surgeon General Dr. Anne Schuchat. In presentations to journalists, Benjamin said roughly 60 million Americans have been infected with H1N1. A total of ...
FDA’s Regulatory Approval Regime Questioned
Thomas CheplickProblems with GlaxoSmithKline's Avandia drug have raised questions about the regulatory processes of the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA), the bureaucracy that regulates all drugs and foods in the nation. While some are complaining that the FDA released the drug too soon, others point out the requirement that the agency ...
When You Need a Hospital, Will It Be There?
Illinois Policy InstituteIn 1974, a federal law gave states incentives to create Certificate of Need (CON) programs, which regulate the creation of new hospitals and healthcare facilities. In response to the incentives, Illinois, along with many other states, created CON programs.This IPI study examines their ramifications. PDF Attached. ...
New Health Care Regime May Penalize Low-Wage Workers
Thomas CheplickThe requirements of President Obama s new health care regime could penalize low-wage workers and cause a further slowdown of hiring for positions at chain restaurants and other small businesses. White Castle, a national fast food chain, recently announced it would slow planned expansion in the United States and curtail hiring ...
Restructuring Medicare: A Long-Term Plan to Save the Medicare Program
Mark E. Litow and Peter G. Hendee4870 ...
Prescription Non-Narcotic Assured Access Act
American Legislative Exchange Council (unsigned)6402 ...
Virginia Medical Savings Account Act
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Proposed Caps for Massachusetts Doctor Payments Could Lead to Shortages
Thomas CheplickA new piece of legislation in Massachusetts could fundamentally change the conditions of licensure for doctors in the state, requiring them to accept reduced pay and commit to seeing certain patients. Senate Bill 2170, introduced by state Sen. Richard T. Moore (D-Uxbridge), has the support of the Massachusetts Association ...
Medical Device Regulation: U.S. vs. Europe, Canada, and Japan
Robert Higgs Ph.D.I have recently written three reports on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's regulation of medical devices that summarize and provide documentation for the views I hold regarding the U.S. regulatory system. The following report will present eight conclusions I have reached, in the form of comparisons of the U.S. regulatory ...
HIV Prison Testing Act
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Intended and Unintended Consequences of HMO Cost-Containment Strategies
Institute for Clinical Outcomes Research3277 ...
Wrecking Ball: FDA Regulation of Medical Devices
Robert Higgs Ph.D.Since World War II medical devices have become increasingly important in the practice of medicine for diagnosis, monitoring, and treatment. More than 6,000 types are currently used, and the various models and branGs constitute a set with nearly 750,000 distinct elements. The device industry in the United States has grown rapidly ...