John R. Graham

John R. Graham is Director of Health Care Studies at the Pacific Research Institute. He is the author of the U.S. Index of Health Ownership, the only project to rank all 50 states’ health laws and regulations according to free-market principles; and the editor of a book addressing What States Can Do to Reform Health Care: A Free Market Primer, to which he contributed a chapter on pharmaceutical cost containment. He is also the primary author of the monthly Health Policy Prescriptions series, and the Healthy California series of briefing papers.  He has also written numerous articles on intellectual property law, financing of hospitals, health savings accounts, and other aspects of health policy for a number of periodicals, including the Wall Street Journal.Mr. Graham speaks frequently on health care reform on radio and television, and at conferences in the United States, Canada, and Europe. He has also worked as a management consultant and investment banker in Canada and Europe and has previously served as an infantry officer in the Canadian Army in Canada, Germany, and Cyprus.He received his M.B.A. from the London Business School (England) and his B.A. (with Honors) in economics and commerce from the Royal Military College of Canada.

Thursday, October 11, 2007

California Senate Republicans Propose Positive Health Reform 

But Governor Schwarzenegger Still Gambling on a Tax Hike

Filed As:  Health Care

Just when all hope of effective health reform in California's special legislative session seemed dead, out come the Senate Republicans with a raft of 20 bills (not yet released), most of which promise to reduce over regulation of ... more »»

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

California Health Care Should Not Be A Lottery 

Gov. Schwarzenegger's Plan Gets A Little Worse

Filed As:  Health Care

Yesterday, Gov. Schwarzenegger made another attempt to move his health reform proposal down the field.  Despite having no sponsor in the legislature, the governor released legislative language.  This is the first major step since his 10-page ... more »»

Friday, October 5, 2007

Texas Hold 'Em: Doctors Flood Into Lone Star State! 

Medical Mapractice Reform Works

Filed As:  Health Care

The New York Times ran an article today on the success of med-mal reform in Texas: doctors, especially those in high-risk specialties, are flooding ... more »»

Wednesday, October 3, 2007

Is Gov. Schwarzenegger's Health Reform On Track? 

Legislative language released to stakeholders today

Filed As:  Health Care

Launched in January, Gov. Schwarzenegger's ambitious health reform plan for "shared responsibility" has received some traction in the last few weeks, with local Chambers of Commerce in Los Angeles, San Diego, and San José endorsing the deal - tax increase (sorry "fee"), and ... more »»

Tuesday, October 2, 2007

Missouri Hospitals Are Not in Kansas Anymore, Toto 

But Where in Oz Will the Tornado Drop Them?

Filed As:  Health Care

(Spoiler alert: Wizard of Oz metaphor continues below.)

Truman Medical Centers, a health system (what we used to call "group of hospitals") in Kansas City, is about to start charging uninsured patients who live in KC and Jackson County, Missouri more »»

Monday, October 1, 2007

Escape From New York (Hospitals, that is)! 

Gov. Spitzer Has $360 Million to Shut Hospitals - But Not to Insure Kids

Filed As:  Health Care

A couple of weeks ago, New York Gov. Spitzer got himself into a high dudgeon about President Bush's new rule requiring states to enroll 95 percent of kids in families below 200 percent of the Federal Poverty Line (FPL) in state children's health insurance plans (SCHIP) before signing up those ... more »»

Friday, September 28, 2007

Health Insurance Mandates: We Get Mail! 

An Exchange With An Appalled Autism Advocate

Filed As:  Health Care

I was going to blog about Michael Moore on yesterday's Oprah (it's on YouTube), but it was too depressing - especially Karen Ignagni of AHIP, the health insurers' trade association, asking Oprah's viewers to call their federal legislators and demand they pass SCHIP (state children's ... more »»

Thursday, September 27, 2007

ERISA versus States' Rights for Health Insurance 

Can conservatives square the regulatory circle?

Filed As:  Health Care

If you are like me, a free-market health policy guru, one thing keeps you awake at night: Should federal laws, especially ERISA (the Employee Retirement income Secturity Act) pre-empt state laws and regulations governing health insurance?

No? You have better things to worry about?

Well, ... more »»

Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Veni, Vidi, VETO! 

The CHIPs are Down - President Bush Must Raise the Ante

Filed As:  Health Care

Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed a bill to pry more American children away from health coverage that their families prefer and rope them into government dependency via SCHIP (state children’s health ... more »»

Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Maryland's Medical Malpractice Mess 

Subsidies are a Weak Substitute for Real Reform

Filed As:  Health Care

In 2003, Maryland was suffering a serious case of medical malpractice abuse: litigation was so out of control that physicians could not pay their premiums.  Unfortunately, instead of enacting responsible med-mal reform, as then Gov. Ehrlich proposed, legislators decided to shift the pain from ... more »»

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