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Rx NY: A Prescription for More Accessible Health Care in NY
by Tarren Bragdon

Comparing Public and Private Health Insurance: Would A Single-Payer System Save Enough to Cover the Uninsured?
by Benjamin Zycher

Why Has Longevity Increased More in Some States than in Others? The Role of Medical Innovation and Other Factors
by Frank R. Lichtenberg

The Human Cost of Federal Price Negotiations: The Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit and Pharmaceutical Innovations

By Dr. Benjamin Zycher
 

In the News

· Shaky Economy Challenges Ambitious Obama Agenda, Wall Street Journal, 8-26-08
· Medicare Ignored Its Claims Policy, Audit Says, Wall Street Journal, 8-26-08
· Experts: Insurance won't solve health care problems, Matt Murphy, Denver Post, 8-25-08
· U.S. uninsured pay $30 billion for health care, study says, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8-25-08
· Errors leave some without insurance, Boston Globe, 8-23-08
· Increase in Cases of Measles Tied to Fears Over Vaccine, Wall Street Journal, 8-22-08
· New Imaging Technique For More Precise Cancer Surgery, Medical News Today, 8-21-08
· Medicine tailored to your genome, not your race: Venter, Yahoo News, 8-21-08

NEWS ARCHIVE >>

Commentary

· This Pill Will Change Your Life, Popular Science, 8-26-08
· Daschle's Health-Care Plan, James C. Capretta, National Review Online, 8-27-08
· The Real Census Story, Editorial, Wall Street Journal, 8-27-08
· We Need a National Market for Health Insurance, Grace-Marie Turner, Wall Street Journal, 8-27-08
· Making Practices Perfect, Joanne Kenen, Washington Post, 8-26-08
· Health Care: How Involved Should the Government Be?, Sara Murray, Wall Street Journal, 8-22-08
· Even health care can be outsourced, Froma Harrop, The Detroit News, 8-24-08
· Doctors' pay cuts save little in health costs, Kevin Pho, USA Today, 8-22-08

COMMENTARY ARCHIVE >>

Research

· U.S. Index of Health Ownership, 2008 Report, John Graham, Pacific Research Institute, 8-15-08
· Caught in the Competitive Crossfire: Safety-Net Providers Balance Margin and Mission in a Profit-Driven Health Care Market, Center for Studying Health System Change, 8-14-08
· Medical Tourism: Health Care Free Trade, Devon Herrick, National Center for Policy Analysis, 8-12-08
· Health Care Reform, Washington Policy Center, Heritage Insider, 8-7-08
· Health Care System Needs Major Overhaul, The Commonwealth Fund, 8-07-08
· Healing Health Care, Shawn Macomber, The American Spectator, 8-06-08
· A Fork in the Road: Obama, McCain, and Health Care, Michael D. Tanner, Cato Institute, 8-05-08
· State Health Care Reform: A Brief Guide to Risk Adjustment in Consumer-Driven Health Insurance Markets, Edmund F. Haislmaier, The Heritage Foundation, 8-01-08

RESEARCH ARCHIVE >>

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

· David Gratzer on Salem Radio Network's "Dennis Prager Show," 06-26-08 (Click here to listen)
· Regina Herzlinger on "The Small Business Advocate" with host Jim Blasingame, 05-09-08 (Click here to listen)
· Paul Howard on "The Small Business Advocate" with host Jim Blasingame, 04-11-08 (Click here to listen)
· David Gratzer on WNET's "Inside Trenton," 04-05-08
(Click to watch: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3)
· Regina Herzlinger on "The Small Business Advocate with Jim Blasingame," 02-29-08 (Click to listen)
· Regina Herzlinger on Fox Business Channel's "Cavuto," 02-22-08 (Click here to watch)
· Regina Herzlinger on CNN's "Broken Government: Critical Healthcare," 01-31-08 (Click here to watch)
· Regina Herzlinger on KGIL's "Dr. Drew Pinsky Show," 01-15-08 (Click here to listen)
· Paul Howard on WABC's Channel 7 News, 09-17-07 (Click here to watch)
· David Gratzer on CNBC's "Closing Bell," 06-28-07 (Click here to watch)
· David Gratzer on National Public Radio's "To The Point," 06-22-07 (Click here to listen)
· Paul Howard on National Public Radio's "Marketplace," 01-03-07 (Click here to listen)

NCF Authors' Series at the US Chamber of Commerce Participate in Forum with Regina Herzlinger!

Click here to register.

NEW TRANSCRIPT
Bridging the Gap: Affordable Health Care for New York's Uninsured. Bridging the Gap: Affordable Health Care for New York's Uninsured


New Medical Progress Report!
Medical Progress Report 6. The Truth About Drug Innovation: Thirty-Five Summary Case Histories on Private Sector Contributions to Pharmaceutical Science
By Benjamin Zycher, Joseph A. DiMasi and Christopher-Paul Milne, June 2008


NEW SECOND OPINION!
Experts Discuss Personal Genetics Testing in our "Second Opinion" Expert Forum!

This Week's Expert Panel:   • Maynard V. Olson
  • Ben Sasse
  • John Fossella
Click here to read their second opinions.

New York's Uninsured: Looking Back and Moving Forward
Transcript Now Available!

Click here to read the transcript from the conference jointly hosted by the Manhattan Institute's Center for Medical Progress and the New York State Health Foundation, including commentary by distinguished panelists and remarks by keynote speaker Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics.
 
IN THE SPOTLIGHT:
Free-Market Medicine
by Paul Howard, Ph.D.
August 20, 2008
 

NEW PODCAST:

• Senior fellow Paul Howard interviews Senator Tom Coburn about his innovative proposal for health care reform.

"We're going to go back to where the patient and the doctor make the decisions about what is in the best interest of the patient. And that means we're going to consider economic issues as well—not just this blind "It doesn't matter what it costs, we're going to do it."
—Senator Tom Coburn

PODCAST ARCHIVE >>
SUGGESTED READING:
Markets and Health Care

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

Dr. David Gratzer (Encounter Books, October 2006)
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