Diana Ernst
Diana Ernst is a public policy fellow in health care studies at the Pacific Research Institute. She contributes opinion editorials to print media, and routinely writes the monthly PRI Health Policy Prescriptions. Prior to joining PRI, Ms. Ernst was an intern at the Heritage Foundation in Washington D.C. in the American Studies and Judicial Studies departments. She was also a Publius Fellow with the Claremont Institute in Claremont, California. Ms. Ernst is a graduate of Claremont McKenna College with a B.A. in Government and Philosophy.
Monday, January 14, 20082008: A Good Year for Health Savings AccountsBy Diana ErnstFiled As: Health CareHSAs are still young, but they are part of a burgeoning reform movement called consumer-driven health care (CDHC), which is proving to lower costs and encourage responsible behavior among Americans seeking to save more money for health care. Our previous briefing on consumer choice insurance anticipated that ... more »»
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Friday, December 28, 2007Grinchy California Health CareBy Diana ErnstFiled As: Health Care
After months of exhausting irresolution, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Assembly Speaker Fabian Nuñez crafted the Schwarzenegger/Nuñez health-care bill, ABX1 1, which sounds like it requires batteries and a remote control. As it turns out, ABX1 1 requires $14 billion ... more »»
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Friday, November 16, 2007Medical Travel is a RealityBy Diana ErnstFiled As: Health CareInternational travel for medical care is an increasingly important phenomenon. Medicine is perhaps the least expected of American industries to face global competition, but as businesses become globalized, national boundaries weaken against competitive forces and economic necessity. more »»
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Friday, October 19, 2007Out of Control SCHIPFiled As: Health CareYesterday, the House failed to override President Bush's veto of their legislation to expand SCHIP, the State Children’s Health Insurance Program. The program has more than six million enrollees, including 600,000 adults, a detail seldom mentioned in the news. Meanwhile, S-CHIP has failed ... more »»
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Wednesday, August 15, 2007Small is BeautifulLarge, government-run systems disappoint Filed As: Health CareMore than a year from the presidential election, health care pushes ahead as an important domestic priority. Americans must decipher what is right for health care reform, but some pundits appeal more to the heart than the mind. This year alone, one film and three books take on this important topic, with ... more »»
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Monday, May 7, 2007Health Care ConnectorsFiled As: Health CareThe health-care connector model originated with the Massachusetts health plan last year. It expands section 125 cafeteria plans to provide portable, tax deductible health insurance for employees and individuals. We have yet to see its outcome in Massachusetts, but it already faces regulatory ... more »»
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Thursday, March 15, 2007Consumerism is in Our FutureFiled As: Health CareThree laissez faire-loving authors offer three books with a positive forecast for the future of health care in America: less government control and more individual autonomy.The Business of Health: The Role of Competition, Markets, and Regulation, Robert J. Ohsfeldt and John E. Schneider,... more »»
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