Grace-Marie Turner
Grace-Marie Turner is president of the Galen Institute, a public policy research organization that she founded in 1995 to promote an informed debate over free-market ideas for health reform. She speaks and writes extensively about incentives to promote a more competitive, consumer-driven marketplace in the health sector.
The Galen Institute has been instrumental in promoting Health Savings Accounts and other consumer-friendly ideas that transfer power over health care decisions from bureaucracies to individuals.
In December of 2004, Grace-Marie was invited by President Bush to speak on HSAs and consumer-directed health reform at the White House Economic Summit. She recently was appointed by former HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson to serve as a member of the National Advisory Council of Healthcare Research and Quality.
Grace-Marie also is founder and facilitator of the Health Policy Consensus Group, which serves as a forum for analysts from market-oriented think tanks around the country to analyze and develop health policy recommendations.
She is the editor of Empowering Health Care Consumers through Tax Reform, published by the University of Michigan Press.
In 1995-96, Grace-Marie served as executive director of the National Commission on Economic Growth and Tax Reform. For 12 years, she was president of Arnett & Co., a health policy analysis and communications firm in Washington, D.C.
Her early career was in politics and journalism, where she received numerous awards for her writings on economics and politics.
Monday, March 24, 2008Responding to Differences in Health Care AccessFiled As: Health CareOur technical ability to measure apparent differences in mortality, health status, and access to health care services among various subpopulations and groups continues to expand much more rapidly than the identification and implementation of sustainable steps to reduce, let alone, eliminate them, writes ... more »»
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Friday, March 21, 2008Lessons from Universal Health Care SystemsFiled As: Health CareCritics of the U.S. health care system frequently point to other countries with government-run, national health care systems as models for reform. However, a closer look shows that nearly all health care systems worldwide are wrestling with problems of rising costs and lack of access to care, writes more »»
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Tuesday, March 18, 2008What's "Acceptable Coverage?"Filed As: Health CareSould individuals be required to purchase health insurance? Recently I debated Len Nichols of the New America Foundation on this point (PDF), with Nichols arguing that ... more »»
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Tuesday, March 11, 2008Controls on "Excessive Prices" on Drugs has Powerful, Invisible EffectsFiled As: Health CareAs state and federal officials push for importation of American medicines from abroad to obtain cheaper drugs, they would do well to look at the experience of our nation's capital, writes Doug Bandow. The Washington D.C. City ... more »»
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Monday, March 17, 2008Private Sector Initiative to Improve Diabetic HealthFiled As: Health CareA gold standard in health policy is finding ways to improve care, save money, and enlist patients in better managing their chronic conditions. And we have new evidence of the success of a program that is doing just that. The more »»
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Monday, March 10, 2008Use of Telemedicine IncreasingFiled As: Health CareTelemedicine introduces opportunities for improved access to health care services for all Americans -- regardless of geography -- with lower costs and better outcomes, according to the Center for Health Transformation. ... more »»
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Friday, March 7, 200812.5 Million Now in Consumer-Directed Health PlansFiled As: Health CareEnrollment in consumer-directed health plans (CDHPs) grew by 25% in 2007, from 10 million Americans to 12.5 million, according to a study commissioned by the American Association of Preferred Provider Organizations. Other highlights from the study, which focused ... more »»
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Tuesday, March 4, 2008Support for Individual Mandate "Iffy"Filed As: Health CareA new poll on health care finds that strong support for an individual mandate. ... more »»
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Monday, March 3, 2008TurboTax Trouble with HSAsFiled As: Health CareThere are gremlins at TurboTax thwarting people trying to enter their tax deductible Health Savings Account contributions. A number of people have been frustrated in dealing with the software, including a top HHS official, who recounted this experience:In TurboTax's on-line tax form, "their ... more »»
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Monday, March 3, 2008$23,000 for a Policy in MassachusettsFiled As: Health CareMassachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick has been boasting that his state's health reform initiative has reduced the number of uninsured by half, with nearly 300,000 more people added to the health insurance rolls. What he doesn't say is that four out of five of them are relying heavily on taxpayer ... more »»
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