Where Does Your Health Insurance Premium Go? – OpEd
AHIP, the trade association for health insurers, has a nifty infographic answering the question: “Where does your premium dollar go?”
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Author: John R. Graham
John R. Graham is Senior Fellow at the Independent Institute and a Senior Fellow at the National Center for Policy Analysis. Formerly Vice President at the Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed), he previously directed health-policy research at the Pacific Research Institute and the Fraser Institute. In prior positions he served as Assistant Vice President at Kidder, Peabody Securities Company; Associate at Goldman Sachs and Company; Political and Military Analyst for the United Nations Operation in Somalia; Development Consultant for Covenant House Vancouver; and Captain in the Canadian Army. He received his Bachelor of Arts (Honors) in economics and commerce from the Royal Military College of Canada and his M.B.A. from the University of Cologne, Germany. He is also Senior Fellow at the Fraser Institute as well as Adjunct Fellow for the Mackinac Center for Public Policy.
Website: http://www.independent.org/
Articles by John R. Graham :
Health Insurance Contributes To Past-Due Medical Debt – OpEd
A new study of past-due medical debt, by Michael Karpman and Kyle J. Kaswell of the Urban Institute, shows that
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New Study Misdiagnoses Elevated US Drug Prices – OpEd
An interesting research article at the Health Affairs blog last week asserts there is no relationship between high U.S. prescription
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Replacing Obamacare With A Means-Tested Tax Credit – OpEd
In his first joint address to Congress, President Trump promoted the idea of a tax credit to support people’s purchase
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Repealing Obamacare Will Create, Not Kill, Jobs – OpEd
Obamacare channeled billions of dollars out of the productive economy and diverted it toward a health-services sector that has become
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Why Do Late Middle-Aged Women Allow Obamacare To Gouge Them? – OpEd
In February, Professor Mark Pauly of the Wharton Business School wrote a short article proposing reforms to individual health insurance,
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Employer-Based Coverage Does Not Equalize Access To Health Care – OpEd
One reason public policy favors employer-based health benefits instead of individually owned health insurance is that policymakers believe it equalizes
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Why Health Coverage Does Not Equal Healthcare Access – OpEd
Readers know I disagree with using measurements of “coverage” as measurements of access to health care. New data from the
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Medicare, Medicaid And VA At High Risk For Waste, Fraud And Abuse – OpEd
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has published its biennial update of federal programs “that it identifies as high risk due
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American Patients Can Access Far More New Cancer Drugs Than Others – OpEd
New research by scholars at the University of Pittsburgh shows that American patients have significantly better access to new cancer
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