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.
Thursday, September 13, 2007NM Health Care Costs Rising Faster than NationFiled As: Health CareAccording to the Kaiser Family Foundation, the nationwide average premiums for employer-sponsored health insurance rose an average of 6.1 percent in 2007. While that is slower than in recent years, in New Mexico (according to the more »»
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Saturday, September 1, 2007Heal the Bonds between Doctors and their PatientsFiled As: Health CareThere are a number of major problems with American health care, but no single problem is bigger or more important than the destruction of the relationship between doctors and their patients. The latest example of this involves insurance companies paying doctors to switch their patients from brand name ... more »»
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Monday, August 27, 2007New Mexico's Four New Health Care Mandates Take EffectFiled As: Health CareThe fact that health care mandates drive up the costs of health care and help create larger numbers of uninsured is well-known and accepted (PDF). Before the 2007 legislative session, New Mexico had a relatively ... more »»
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Thursday, August 23, 2007Paying for DoctorsFiled As: Health CareEconomic literacy is important. It is even more important when you cover one of the most controversial issues for the state's leading newspaper. Winthrop Quigley covers health care for the Albuquerque Journal and while I don't have a major problem ... more »»
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Saturday, August 4, 2007Health Care Ownership in New Mexico and NationwideFiled As: Health CareThe Pacific Research Institute recently released a new study that discusses the importance of owning one's own health care and then ranks all ... more »»
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Thursday, August 9, 2007Candidate Richardson Proposes Massive "Universal" Health Care ProgramFiled As: Health CareGovernor Richardson has often claimed to be a "market Democrat," but the "universal" health care proposal that he just ... more »»
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Friday, July 20, 2007Rush Limbaugh Discusses Hogberg/Gessing SCHIP ArticleFiled As: Health CareYesterday, I blogged an article David Hogberg and I wrote for the American Spectator on SCHIP expansion. On his July 19 show, conservative radio host more »»
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Thursday, July 19, 2007SCHIP of FoolsFiled As: Health CareYesterday, David Hogberg and I wrote on the American Spectator website about some of the health care proposals being cooked up by the Democrats in Congress. Today, we discuss ... more »»
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Wednesday, July 18, 2007Democrat Congress and Rising Health CostsFiled As: Health CareDavid Hogberg and I had a story posted on American Spectator today that outlined a few of the Democrats' plans for health care and discussed the very real possibility that passage of ... more »»
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Wednesday, June 27, 2007One out of three New Mexicans "served" by Human Services DepartmentFiled As: Health CareIn most places in America, government welfare is viewed as a bad thing or at least something that should not be a way of life...well not in New Mexico! In fact, right at the top of the home page of our Human Services Department is the statement ... more »»
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