The Return of the "Public Option"

It never really went away. My take on Rep. Woolsey re-introducing the "public option," at John Goodman's Health Policy Blog.

New Study of FDA Regulatory Monopoly

The press release and full study are here.

CastroCare in Crisis

I look at forthcoming disruptions in Cuban and U.S. health care at John Goodman's Health Policy Blog.

My op-ed on Medicare reform in Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Medicare "doc fix" is no fix: Medicare needs systemic remedies ajc.com

Adverse Selection in ObamaCare and RomneyCare

Will ObamaCare suffer the same problem of adverse selection that RomneyCare does? An exchange of views in the Wall Street Journal prompts my latest blog entry at John Goodman's Health Policy Blog.

Medical Tort in the States

Using colleagues' research, I rank all 50 states according to their medical-malpractice laws and other tort laws relevent to health policy: This month's Health Policy Prescription.

Should the State Decide How Many Nurses Hospitals Must Hire

Yes, if you want a major nurses' union to have its way. No, if you want patient-centered health care. This month's Capital Ideas.