Vacation & Offline Until 12/14/09

Well, they won't have Graham to kick around anymore. To demonstrate my confidence that the U.S. Senate will get bogged down on health care for at least a couple of weeks, I'll be on vacation and off-line until December 14.

Another Victim of Medicaid (And Employer Benefits)

Nicholas D. Kristof's New York Times' column describes a tragic story - and comes to the wrong conclusion: My take over at State House Call.

New York's Insurance Regs Hurt the Sick

As I discuss over at State House Call.

Uninsurance and Child Mortality

Uninsurance and Child Mortality, in which I debunk an article promoted by the mainstream media.

Cutting Medicare Benefits Won't Protect Taxpayers

Cutting Medicare Benefits Will Not Protect Taxpayers - John R. Graham - Critical Condition on National Review Online, in which I discuss the government's attack on Medicare Advantage plans.

Taxing Eye Lifts, Tummy Tucks, Breast Enlargements, etc.

The "Botax" to fund the government's health-care take-over is ridiculous: Taxing Eye Lifts, Tummy Tucks, Breast Enlargements, etc.

Will Cutting Medicare Protect Taxpayers?

Much of the "savings" that the majority trumpet as making the health take-over deficit-reducing come from cutting Medicare benefits. Unfortunately, this will not protect taxpayers, as I discuss in this month's Health Policy Prescription.

More on the Grinding Pace of the Health-Care Take-Over - John R. Graham - Critical Condition on National Review Online

Let's party like it's 1935: More on the Grinding Pace of the Health-Care Take-Over - John R. Graham - Critical Condition on National Review Online

Screening for Cancer

Screening for Cancer, in which I address the media backlash against those who marvel at the coincidence of a government panel recommending fewer mammograms in this time of health reform (at the John Goodman Health Blog).

An NRO Symposium on National Review Online

An NRO Symposium on National Review Online, in which I and others address Saturday's Senate vote to begin debating the bill about which there can be no debate: There is not one scintilla of good health policy in it.

Why Oregon Health Insurance Premiums Are Soaring

I suggest a couple of reasons.

Ohio to Destroy Access to Individual Health Insurance

What I learned on my trip to Columbus, OH.

"Free-Market" Competition in Health Care

Over at The Health Care Blog, I made a too-long comment to a post my Mr. Joe Flowers about competition in health care.

Florida Addicted to Federal Medicaid Funds

They've only had the increased federal match since February, and you't think the state would slip into the Atlantic ocean without it, according to Florida's Medicaid profiteers (i.e. state legislators). More here.

Collective Neurosis in Maine

Maine's experiment in Big Government health care has failed, so advocates call for Gargantuan government health care! My take at State House Call.

On the Grinding Pace of the Health-Care Take-Over: A Historical Perspective - John R. Graham - Critical Condition on National Review Online

On the Grinding Pace of the Health-Care Take-Over: A Historical Perspective - John R. Graham - Critical Condition on National Review Online

On the 'Sacredness' of Government Health Care - John R. Graham - Critical Condition on National Review Online

On the 'Sacredness' of Government Health Care - John R. Graham - Critical Condition on National Review Online

The AMA Is More a Monopoly in Crisis Than a Professional Association - John R. Graham - Critical Condition on National Review Online

The AMA Is More a Monopoly in Crisis Than a Professional Association - John R. Graham - Critical Condition on National Review Online

The "Public Option" Is Nothing Like Medicaid Managed Care

Despite Professor Romer's claims: The latest Capital Ideas.