Paul Gessing
Paul Gessing is the president of the Rio Grande Foundation, a public policy organization in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Prior to joining the Foundation, he headed up the lobbying efforts of the National Taxpayers Union (NTU) a respected taxpayer-advocacy organization in Washington, DC. At NTU, Paul's portfolio included lobbying before Congress and in the states. He has published articles in the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, US News & World Reports, and several other major publications. In them he makes the case for Constitutional protections for taxpayers, the economic benefits of tax cuts, and the need for spending restraint. Paul has also testified in Congress and before a variety of state and local bodies in support of taxpayer interests.
Paul graduated from Bowling Green State University in Ohio with a degree in Political Science in 1997 and he received his Masters in Business Administration from the University of Maryland in 2005.
Tuesday, December 18, 200710 Ways to Save on Health CareBy Paul GessingFiled As: Health CareNot only do I like the ideas contained in this article on how to save on health care, even more important is the fact that a mainstream newspaper like the ... more »»
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Saturday, December 15, 2007Paying for Health Care: No Burden on Business?By Paul GessingFiled As: Health CareNew Mexico's Secretary of Human Services, wrote about Governor Richardson's health care proposal in today's Albuquerque Journal. The headline of the article ... more »»
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Tuesday, December 11, 2007Polling Provides Mixed Messages on Health CareChange Demanded Now...or maybe not. By Paul GessingFiled As: Health CareIf there's one thing the polls agree on when it comes to health care its...? The point is that on one hand the public, when asked, wants major changes in order to expand insurance coverage, but most Americans are also happy when it comes to their own care and how much they pay. So what gives?
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Monday, December 10, 2007Bill Richardson Would Repeal Health Savings AccountsBy Paul GessingFiled As: Health CareAnyone who has taken a close look at Bill Richardson's plan to reform health care in New Mexico or the national health care system can see that our supposedly more »»
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Friday, December 7, 2007Edwards to Threaten Congress's Health Care if ElectedBy Paul GessingFiled As: Health CareJohn Edwards has issued an absurd threat/promise on health care: If he's elected President and Congress doesn't pass universal health care, he'll veto funding for Congress's health care. While I ... more »»
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Thursday, December 6, 2007More Details of Richardson Health Care Proposal ReleasedBy Paul GessingFiled As: Health CareThe particulars of New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson's health care proposal were released earlier this week. The specifics provided by the Human Services Department are as follows: The plan would require $590 million in new general fund ... more »»
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Tuesday, December 4, 2007Is it too late to fix Bill Richardson's health plan for New Mexico?By Paul GessingFiled As: Health CareAccording to the New Mexico Medical Society, an organization representing New Mexico's doctors, Richardson's health care reform plan which can be found here, would be okay with a few tweaks. It would seem to me that ... more »»
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Saturday, December 1, 2007Health Care: Beyond the NumbersBy Paul GessingFiled As: Health CareGregory Mankiw makes some interesting points in his new paper for the American Enterprise Institute in which he ... more »»
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Friday, November 30, 2007Auto Industry VEBA's to Provide Reform IdeasBy Paul GessingFiled As: Health CareAs this Canadian article on the auto industry's agreements with the United Auto Workers to shift health care costs from the company to the union makes clear, these deals open up a range of possibilities that may be useful in helping policymakers in the broader sphere figure out how to ... more »»
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Thursday, November 29, 2007Divided We Fail Coalition to tackle health care reformBy Paul GessingFiled As: Health CareIt always worries me when powerful organizations with a clear bias on the issues get involved in "conversations" with the public about the issues, because the results of those conversations tends to involve the agenda originally being pushed by the organization. In this case, I am talking about ... more »»
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