Category: Health

Commonwealth Fund Study: Cost Versus Access

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I recently appeared on the Andrew Wilkow show to discuss the new Commonwealth Fund study that purports to show that the U.S. health care system is dead last among 11 industrialized nations. Greg Scandlen adds some more points about the ...
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Statement by Risk Analysis Division Director Jeff Stier at United Nations Interactive Hearing on the Prevention of Non-Communicable Diseases

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New York, NY / Washington, D.C. - The following is a statement Risk Analysis Division Director Jeff Stier intends to deliver at today's United Nations Interactive Hearing with Non-Governmental Organizations, Civil Society Organizations, the Private Sector and Academia on the ...
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NCPPR’s Hogberg Discusses Health Care Hassles in Several TV Interviews

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Dr. David Hogberg, the National Center’s policy analyst for health care issues, appeared on two television interviews this week. On the Soul of the South’s “D.C. Breakdown” program on 6/16/14, David was asked about the 8 million people the Obama ...
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RAD Director Jeff Stier to UN Panel: Private Sector Involvement is Key to Fighting Non-Communicable Diseases

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National Center Risk Analysis Division Director Jeff Stier spoke at the United Nations today, urging delegates there to recall that voluntary, private sector initiatives can and should be an effective part of the mix in deterring non-communicable diseases (NCDs). NCDs, ...
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You Can’t Sugarcoat Distasteful Legislation

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In a piece for Forbes, Dr. Henry I. Miller and I discuss campaigns to have the government further regulate what we eat and drink in a misguided effort to fight obesity. When we’ve written about these issues in the past, ...
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New HHS Report Also Shows ObamaCare Raising Premiums, Reducing Choice

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As noted below, the new report from the Dept. of Health and Human Services shows ObamaCare is likely headed for a death spiral.  The study also reveals that ObamaCare has increased insurance premiums. The report states that the “national average for ...
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Are New Sodium Guidelines a Prelude to Salt Ban?

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Experts Warn Proposed Federal Guidelines Could Lead to Excessive Mandates, Health Risks New York City Bait-and-Switch Regulatory Scheme Could Go Nationwide Washington, D.C. - Government regulators are paving the way toward federally-imposed limits on sodium as the Food and Drug ...
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New HHS Study Provides More Evidence ObamaCare Headed For A Death Spiral

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A new report from the Dept. of Health and Human Services purportedly showing that the ObamaCare exchanges are improving cost and choice inadvertently provides more data that the exchanges are heading toward an insurance death spiral.  (If you need an explanation of ...
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New Health and Human Services Report Shows ObamaCare Exchanges Enrollees Likely Have More Health Problems than Average

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This Likely Means Exchanges are Headed for a Death Spiral, Says National Center Analyst Exchanges Also Have Increased Premiums and Reduced Choice Washington, D.C. - "A new report from the Department of Health and Human Services shows that the ObamaCare ...
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Chris Christie and John Kasich Want to Tax Virtue?

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In "The Christie-and-Kasich Tax Show: Why are they taxing people who are trying to quit smoking?," published by National Review Online, National Center Senior Fellow Jeff Stier and the Heartland Institute's Greg Conley ask why two supposedly conservative governors want ...
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