Marc Kilmer
Marc Kilmer is a Maryland Public Policy Institute senior fellow specializing in health care issues. He began his career in public policy as a legislative assistant to U.S. Sen. Larry Craig (R-ID), where he worked on education, transportation, and housing issues as well as federal appropriations, public land policy, and gun rights.
After leaving Craig’s office, Kilmer served for three years as executive director/CEO of the American Congress of Community Supports and Employment Services, a Washington, D.C., trade association of nonprofits that provide services to people with disabilities.
Besides his work with MPPI, he also works with the Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions, a free market think tank in Ohio.
Kilmer has a Bachelor of Arts in history and political science from Hillsdale College in Michigan and lives in Salisbury, Maryland, with his wife.
Monday, June 2, 2008Colorado Regs Deny Mother InsurancePredictably, the insurance company bears the blame By Marc KilmerFiled As: Health CareThe New York Times had an interesting story regarding how some women are unable to buy insurance in the individual market because they received Caesarean sections in the past. Among the usual denunciations of insurance companies ... more »»
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Friday, May 30, 2008No Cigarette Tax Increase to Pay for Medicaid in South CarolinaSome state leaders still understand economics By Marc KilmerFiled As: Health CareWhile the South Carolina legislature passed a bill to expand Medicaid and fund it with a cigarette tax, Governor Mark Sanford vetoed the bill and the House failed to override it. Perhaps more interesting than ... more »»
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Tuesday, May 27, 2008Promoting the Slacker Mandate in MarylandBy Marc KilmerFiled As: Health CareUsing a high school commencement rehearsal as his platform, a Maryland Democratic legislator reminded students that the General Assembly acted to raise the cost of insurance in the state. Whoops. No, he actually more »»
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Thursday, May 15, 2008Illinois Cooking the Medicaid BooksGovernor still looking to expand program in face of deficit By Marc KilmerFiled As: Health CareThe Chicago Tribune reports:
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Thursday, May 15, 2008DC Universal Health Plan "Isn't Financially Sustainable"By Marc KilmerFiled As: Health CareI had previously written about efforts to enact a universal health care plan in Washington, D.C. The plan would be funded by increasing taxes on HMOs, tobacco, and health insurance premiums and would also ... more »»
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Tuesday, May 6, 2008Florida Frees up Insurance Market, at Least a LittleAllows "no frills" insurance policies to be sold By Marc KilmerFiled As: Health CareIt seems that at least one state is moving away from the "more insurance mandate" mania that is prevalent in so many others:
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Tuesday, May 6, 2008Ohio Considering Individual MandateExpanding Medicaid, introducing guaranteed issue also on the table By Marc KilmerFiled As: Health CareAs the Gongwer News Service($) reports:
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Thursday, May 1, 2008Cancer Trial Insurance Mandate Advances in OhioBy Marc KilmerFiled As: Health CareAccording to the Columbus Dispatch:
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Wednesday, April 30, 2008Congressmen Debate Health CareRep. Shadegg has some common sense ideas By Marc KilmerFiled As: Health CareA bipartisan group of Congressmen met in Cincinnati on Monday to debate health care reform. The Republicans pushed tax credits to cover the uninsured while the Democrats stressed an expansion of ... more »»
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Tuesday, April 22, 2008Dental Hygienists Get Some Freedom in MarylandNew law allows them to practice more widely By Marc KilmerFiled As: Health CareAs the Washington Post reports, dental hygienists in Maryland will have a little more freedom in Maryland:
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