John Goodman
John C. Goodman, Ph.D. founded the NCPA in 1983 and has served as President since the center's inception. The Wall Street Journal called Dr. Goodman "the father of Health Savings Accounts," and National Journal declared him "winner of the devolution derby" because his ideas on ways to transfer power from government to the people have had a significant impact on Capitol Hill.
Dr. Goodman is the author of nine books, including Lives at Risk: Single-Payer National Health Insurance Around the World; Leaving Women Behind: Modern Families, Outdated Laws; Economics of Public Policy, a widely used college textbook, and Patient Power: Solving America's Health Care Crisis, the condensed version of which sold 300,000 copies and is credited with playing a pivotal role in the defeat of the Clinton administration's plan to overhaul the U.S. health care system.
He has authored numerous editorials in The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Investor's Business Daily, Los Angeles Times, The Dallas Morning News, Houston Chronicle, The San Diego Union-Tribune, and many others.
Dr. Goodman regularly appears on television, including PBS' The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, CNN, CNBC and the Fox News Channel. He was a debater on several of William F. Buckley Jr.'s Firing Line shows, and has appeared on a number of two-hour prime time debates, including debates on the flat tax, welfare reform and Social Security privatization.
He regularly briefs members of Congress on economic policy issues and frequently testifies before congressional committees.
He is author/co-author of more than 50 published studies on such topics as health policy, tax reform and school choice.
Dr. Goodman has an active speaking schedule and has addressed more than 100 different organizations on public policy issues.
He received the prestigious Duncan Black award in 1988 for the best scholarly article on public choice economics.
Dr. Goodman received a Ph.D. in economics from Columbia University. He has taught and done research at several colleges and universities including Columbia University, Stanford University, Dartmouth University, Southern Methodist University and the University of Dallas.
Monday, January 28, 2008The Health ForkBy John GoodmanFiled As: Health CareDo you think it's possible to demonstrate with a single graph the fallacy behind every wrong-headed solution to the problem of rising health care costs? Here it is: http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/the-health-fork/
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Monday, January 21, 2008Malpractice SolvedBy John GoodmanFiled As: Health CareYou are going to be a Good Samaritan. You are about to become a kidney donor so that someone else can live. The odds are in your favor. Only about 2 out of 10,000 fail to survive the operation. Still, what if you were one of the two? What happens then? Under the current system, there are only two ... more »»
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Monday, January 14, 2008The RAND Experiment: Still Apologizing After All these Years, Part IIBy John GoodmanFiled As: Health CareIn many ways, the RAND Health Insurance Experiment confirmed what common sense would have predicted in any event. That doesn't diminish its importance. Some of the most significant studies in economics have confirmed common sense. And in health policy - where common-sense thinking is such a rare ... more »»
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Monday, January 7, 2008The RAND Experiment: Still Apologizing After All These Years, Part IBy John GoodmanFiled As: Health CareAs health policy studies go, the RAND Health Insurance Experiment is the gold standard. Conducted 25 years ago at a cost of $50 million (close to $300 million in today's medical marketplace), this study sorted families into health plans with different deductibles as well as an HMO, and carefully ... more »»
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Wednesday, January 2, 2008Advice to CandidatesBy John GoodmanFiled As: Health CareIt's a law of human nature. Whenever people start discussing health policy, their IQs fall by 15 points. Exhibit A: Critics who complain that the US health care system outspends every other country and gets nothing in return and then advocate. . .(can it be?). . .more spending! Continue reading ... more »»
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Monday, December 17, 2007The ABCs of Health FinanceBy John GoodmanFiled As: Health CareWarren Buffet has it all wrong on the estate tax. Consumption by worthless heirs creates positive externalities for the rest of us. Remove the idle rich and most of Manhattan's finest restaurants would have to close. There would be half as many Broadway shows. Granted, the cost ... more »»
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Monday, December 10, 2007Medicine Without BordersBy John GoodmanFiled As: Health CareThere is only one thing you need to know about telemedicine: location doesn't matter. The pathologist who examines your blood tests, the radiologist who reads your MRI scan, the internist who orders your prescription or the nurse who reminds you to refill a prescription - none of these providers needs ... more »»
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Monday, December 3, 2007Does Socialism Work?By John GoodmanFiled As: Health CareI am probably one of the few people you interact with who has a real interest in understanding nonprice rationing of health care. In fact, I may be the only such person. Almost nowhere in the developed world is health care really rationed by price. Here are five principles about more »»
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Monday, November 26, 2007Does Socialism Work?By John GoodmanFiled As: Health CareDavid Himmelstein and his wife Steffie Woolhandler are associate professors at Harvard Medical School. Together they are a one-couple team, promoting Canadian national health insurance in the Unites States. They provide the intellectual leadership for the Physicians for a National Health Program. They are ... more »»
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Monday, November 19, 2007Laissez Faire MedicineBy John GoodmanFiled As: Health CareMany, many years ago, the Nobel Prize-winning economist Kenneth Arrow wrote an article about asymmetry of information in medical care (your doctor knows more than you do). Since then, countless textbook authors, op-ed writers and policywonk briefers have seized on Arrow's observation to argue that a ... more »»
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