Michael Bond
Michael Bond, Ph.D., is a Senior Fellow at the National Center for Policy Analysis. He is also the Senior Fellow in Health Care Policy at the James Madison Institute in Florida, and director of the Center for Health Care Policy at the Buckeye Institute, an Ohio-based organization. Dr. Bond is a Professor of Finance at Cleveland State University. He has taught health care finance along with numerous other finance courses.
His work on Medical Savings Accounts (MSAs) and health-care policy reform has received national attention and appeared in a wide range of professional and popular publications, including Health Care Financial Management, Public Personnel Management, Compensation and Benefits Review, and Benefits Quarterly.
Along with over 70 articles and presentations, he is the author of the nation's first practical guide to establishing MSAs. Many of his reforms for Medicaid reform have been adopted by the states of Ohio and Florida.
He has also authored reports on Medicaid Reform in Texas, Kansas and Florida. He has assisted the Flint Hills Center, the Texas Public Policy Foundation and several other organizations on Medicaid reform.
Bond earned his Ph.D., M.A. and B.A. in economics from Case Western Reserve University and has advised South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford on Medicaid. He founded and serves of Treasurer of the National Business & Economics Society.
Monday, December 3, 2007Facing The Medicaid ChallengeBy Michael BondFiled As: Health CareOne of the major challenges facing the U.S. is the Medicaid Program. Fiscally, the program’s situation is daunting. Medicaid was 2% of GDP in the year 2000. The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates it will grow to 9% of GDP by the year 2075. This, along with ... more »»
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Monday, November 19, 2007Will Post Office Health Care Really Deliver The Goods?By Michael BondFiled As: Health CareOne is hard pressed to find examples of government run industries that produce high quality goods and services in a cost effective manner. The one industry that absolutely must be delivered publicly is national defense. Even proponents of a larger military than we currently have would ... more »»
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Wednesday, November 14, 2007Reducing The Uninsured Through Market CompetitionBy Michael BondFiled As: Health CareAs we move into presidential election year we can certainly expect the usual hype about the “uninsured” problem in the country. The figure currently thrown around is 47 million. But that number has no meaning. Around 13 million are eligible for Medicaid/SCHIP and, while I firmly believe that ... more »»
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Friday, November 2, 2007Medicaid Price Control FolliesBy Michael BondFiled As: Health CarePrice controls can never work. This is a basic tenant of microeconomics that any economist worth their salt, regardless of their value judgments or politics, can agree upon. I have argued for years that price control schemes in Medicare and Medicaid (with fancy titles like DRG, RBRVS, ... more »»
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Wednesday, October 31, 2007More of the "Yea, But..." EconomyBy Michael BondFiled As: Budget and TaxSince you probably won’t see this in your local paper anywhere near the front page I thought I would opine on the latest economic news. The “Yea but…” economy continues to role on. The Federal ... more »»
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Monday, October 29, 2007Medicaid: It's Great On Paper!By Michael BondFiled As: Health CareProponents of Medicaid argue that the program treats individuals who are sicker than average at a lower cost than private coverage. They are absolutely right. Medicaid beneficiaries are sicker than the general population and the program pays around 40% less for services than Medicare. ... more »»
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Tuesday, October 23, 2007More Medicaid Mischief In OhioBy Michael BondFiled As: Health CareIn 2003, John Goodman, Ron Lindsey (former director of Texas Medicaid) and I wrote a report on reforming Medicaid in Ohio. This resulted in the creation of a Medicaid Commission which, in turn, led to some reforms in the State. One of these was the changing of the reimbursement method from cost based to ... more »»
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Monday, October 15, 2007Things To Come In American Health Care?By Michael BondFiled As: Health CareI cringed when I read this article . As I am a coward when it comes to any kind of pain I am redoubling my efforts to stop the move towards government health rationing, sometimes called ... more »»
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Monday, October 8, 2007Public Health Insurance Overhead: Creative AccountingBy Michael BondFiled As: Health CareProponents of Single Payer Health Care argue that the current private health system is rife with unnecessary overhead and that the cost savings of a “Medicare For All” approach would provide better coverage at a lower overall cost. I ... more »»
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Monday, October 1, 2007Will HillaryCare Lower Administrative Costs?By Michael BondFiled As: Health CareFrom an earlier blog I had pointed out that Hillary Clinton’s health proposal will attack “…excessive profits and marketing.” A standard argument ... more »»
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