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INNOVATIVE IDEAS:
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Tomas Philipson, chairman of the Manhattan Institute’s Project FDA, professor at the Harris School for Public Policy at the University of Chicago, former Bush Administration Senior Economic Advisor to the head of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) during 2003-04, and Senior Economic Advisor to the head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in 2004-05, talks to Paul Howard about comparative effectiveness research

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Facts Archive >>     

In the Spotlight

Critical Diagnosis
European-style health care reforms could weaken the war on cancer. By Paul Howard, Tomas Philipson Forbes.com, February 5, 2010

In the News

· GOP to Obama: Shelve Senate health bill; then we'll talk, Washington Examiner, 2-8-10
· Overhaul's Failure Will Ignite U.S. Health Mergers, BusinessWeek, 2-8-10
· Healthcare lobby looks to jobs bill as vehicle for Medicare fixes, The Hill, 2-8-10
· Obama Plans Bipartisan Summit on Health Care, New York Times, 2-8-10
· Obama admits health care overhaul may die on Hill, Associated Press, 2-5-10
· Progressives Look For Ways To Get Public Option Revived, Congress Daily, 2-5-10
· Lost Your Health Insurance? Some Resources, U.S. News & World Report, 2-5-10


NEWS ARCHIVE >>

Commentary

· 'A Wasted Opportunity', Wall Street Journal, 2-8-10
· Pfizer's Bad Political Bet, Kimberly Strassel, Wall Street Journal, 2-5-10
· Polis and health care reform, Dr. Paul Hsieh, Boulder Daily Camera, 2-4-10
· Reconciliation is not representative, Judd Gregg, Politico, 2-4-10
· House Passage Of Health Bill Will Be Suicidal, JEFFREY H. ANDERSON AND ANDY WICKERSHAM, Investor's Business Daily, 2-4-10
· Obama signals a dangerous 2010 strategy, Grace-Marie Turner, Washington Examiner, 2-4-10
· The President’s Budget and Health Care Reform, James Capretta, Kaiser Health News, 2-4-10


COMMENTARY ARCHIVE >>

Research

· Shackling Innovation: The Regulation of Industry-Supported Clinical Trials, Sigrid Fry-Revere, Alison Mathey, David Malmstrom, Competitive Enterprise Institute, February 2010
· The Senate's Medicaid Proposal Gives a Bigger Bailout to Wealthier States, John R. Graham, Pacific Research Institute, January 2010
· Why a Public Plan is Unnecessary to Stimulate Competition, Christopher J. Conover and Thomas P. Miller, American Enterprise Institute, January 2010
· How Health Care Reform Will Affect Young Adults, Rea S. Hederman, Jr. and Paul L. Winfree, The Heritage Foundation, 1-27-10
· Health Care and Medical Malpractice Reform: The Necessity of Reform in the Current Debate, Honorable John Cornyn and Edwin Meese III, The Heritage Foundation, 1-28-10
· MEDICAL ERROR REDUCTION AND TORT REFORM THROUGH PRIVATE, CONTRACTUALLY BASED QUALITY MEDICINE SOCIETIES, Duncan MacCourt, J.D., M.D. and Joseph Bernstein, M.D., M.S., American Journal of Law & Medicine,
· "Entrepreneurs' Coverage": An Alternative Health Policy Reform, Benjamin Zycher, Pacific Research Institute,January 2010


RESEARCH ARCHIVE >>

In the Media!
Watch & listen to select interviews with Manhattan Institute health scholars

· Douglas Holtz-Eakin on Fox Business News "Dayside", 12-18-09
· Paul Howard on Fox News "Strategy Room", 12-18-09
· Douglas Holtz-Eakin on WOR's "The John Gambling Show", 12-16-09
· Paul Howard on WBAL's "C4 Show", 12-10-09
· Paul Howard on KTTH's "The David Boze Show" , 12-9-09
· David Gratzer on the
Small Business Advocate with Jim Blasingame, 12-4-09
· David Gratzer on KMOX's "Mark Reardon Show", 12-3-09
· David Gratzer on Reason TV
· Paul Howard on KFTK's "The Randy Tobler Show", 11-28-09
· Douglas Holtz-Eakin on Fox News Channel's "Your World With Neil Cavuto", 11-19-09

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CMP BOOKS
 

Why Obama's Government Takeover of Health-Care Will Be a Disaster Why Obama's Government Takeover of Health-Care Will Be a Disaster
David Gratzer
(Encounter Books, November 2009)

 

Who Killed Health Care Who Killed Health Care? America's $2 Trillion Medical Problem—And the Consumer-Driven Cure
Regina Herzlinger
(McGraw-Hill, June 2007)

 
The Cure: How Capitalism Can Save American Health Care
David Gratzer (Encounter Books, October 2006)
 
 

MPT Reports

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Healthier Choice: An Examination of Market-Based Reforms for New York’s Uninsured
By Stephen T. Parente and Tarren Bragdon
September 10, 2009

Forging a New Plan For Healthcare: Principles and Priorities for Sustainable Reform
By Douglas Holtz-Eakin
May 18, 2009

In the Wake of Wyeth v. Levine: Making the Case for FDA Preemption and Administrative Compensation
By James R. Copland and Paul Howard
March 2009

HSA Health-Insurance Plans After Four Years: What Have We Learned?
By Benjamin Zycher
February 2009

 
 
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