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John C. Goodman is president and CEO of the National Center for Policy Analysis, research fellow at The Independent Institute, and author of the forthcoming book, Priceless: Curing the Healthcare Crisis. The Wall Street Journal and National Journal, among other media, have called him the "Father of Health Savings Accounts." He is also the Kellye Wright Fellow in health care. The mission of the Wright Fellowship is to promote a more patient-centered, consumer-driven health care system.
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John C. Goodman (May 26, 2012)
Did you know the economy is going to fall back into another recession in the first half of next year? That’s the sad news coming from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO),... more
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John C. Goodman (May 19, 2012)
"Out of ideas; out of excuses." That’s Mitt Romney’s critique of Barack Obama. I’d like to second that indictment.
It’s not just the president who is out of ideas. It’s... more
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John C. Goodman (May 12, 2012)
Because they do not seem to have any real solutions to real problems, the leftwing in this country has become fixated on a non-problem: inequality. In the process, people who... more
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John C. Goodman (May 05, 2012)
Why are so many liberals obsessing about inequality? Why does the president keep talking about rich people as part of his re-election campaign?
Two things to remember... more
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John C. Goodman (Apr 28, 2012)
A new Obama administration report claims that health reform (ObamaCare) will save taxpayers $200 billion in the Medicare program through 2016. To what do we owe this good... more
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John C. Goodman (Apr 21, 2012)
Female voters under age 50 favor Barack Obama over Mitt Romney by a margin of two to one in battleground states. This is partly the result of Republican blunders and partly... more
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John C. Goodman (Apr 14, 2012)
Income tax time is an appropriate moment to go to the heart of President Obama’s complaint about the taxes Warren Buffett and other rich people pay, or don’t pay. What the... more
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John C. Goodman (Apr 07, 2012)
Just about every Republican candidate for office in the country is an unabashed opponent of ObamaCare. But if they get rid of the Democrat's health reform law, what would... more
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John C. Goodman (Mar 31, 2012)
Is a requirement for every individual to buy health insurance a good thing?
Put aside the Constitutional question for a moment. The Obama Justice Department is also... more
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John C. Goodman (Mar 24, 2012)
You can always tell that a person is losing an argument when he throws reason, logic and factual evidence aside and starts personally attacking his opponent. That's the modus... more
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John C. Goodman (Mar 17, 2012)
Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and other social insurance programs are bankrupting America. They will produce ever-escalating deficits for as far as the eye can... more
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John C. Goodman (Mar 10, 2012)
In the United States, the national debt now equals 100 percent of gross domestic product (GDP), and is still growing. With the retirement of the baby boomer generation, 78... more
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John C. Goodman (Mar 03, 2012)
Previously, I wrote about a dangerous development: a proposal by former Obama administration officials to give doctors immunity against malpractice lawsuits if they practice... more
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John C. Goodman (Feb 25, 2012)
We're not quite there yet. But there is a new website that is getting close.
A small, emerging online service called MediBid is creating an actual market that puts doctors... more
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John C. Goodman (Feb 18, 2012)
We are experiencing an ever widening cultural divide, according to Charles Murray.
Upper-middle class professional types may pretend that they are cultural... more
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John C. Goodman (Feb 11, 2012)
Ask just about anybody in the business community what’s holding back economic recovery and they will tell you two things: new regulatory burdens and new regulatory... more
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John C. Goodman (Feb 04, 2012)
During the debate over ObamaCare, more than one critic charged that government panels would make life and death decisions affecting patient care.
Now it seems the Obama... more
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John C. Goodman (Jan 28, 2012)
I didn’t vote for Barack Obama. But like a lot of Americans, I was hopeful about his presidency.
Just as it took a Republican to thaw our relationship with China, it... more
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John C. Goodman (Jan 21, 2012)
Ever since the First Couple entered the White House, their social life has swirled around the very rich. Hollywood actors, pop star singers, Wall Street hedge fund... more
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John C. Goodman (Jan 14, 2012)
There are two conservatives for every liberal in America. That's the message of a recent David Brooks column as well as a Gallup survey. I think the imbalance is much... more
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John C. Goodman (Jan 07, 2012)
Are you having difficulty finding a doctor who will see you? If you are, brace yourself. Things are about to get a whole lot worse.
Right now, the biggest problems are in... more