Greg Scandlen
Greg Scandlen is the founder of Consumers for Health Care Choices, a non-partisan, non-profit membership organization aimed at empowering consumers in the health care system.
Mr. Scandlen is an accomplished writer, researcher, and public speaker. He is considered one of the nation's experts on health care financing, insurance regulation and employee benefits. He testifies frequently before Congress, and appears on such television shows as the O'Reilly Factor, NBC Nightly News, and CNN. Mr. Scandlen gives three dozen speeches a year to organizations representing employers and labor, hospitals and physicians, insurers and pharmaceutical companies.
He has published many papers on topics such as health care costs, insurance reform, employee benefits, individual insurance programs, HSAs and HRAs, and every aspect of consumer driven health care.
Mr. Scandlen has worked for several Washington-based think tanks, was the president of the Health Benefits Group and the founder and executive director of the Council for Affordable Health Insurance. He also spent 12 years in the Blue Cross Blue Shield system, most recently as the director of state research at the national association.
Saturday, January 5, 2008The Sorry History of Mandatory CoverageBy Greg ScandlenFiled As: Health CareI rarely agree with David Himmelstein and Steffie Woolhndler, the husband and wife team of Marxist doctors from Boston who run Physicians for a National Health Plan. So it was something of a shock to read an more »»
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Wednesday, January 2, 2008Maine's Failed Health ReformsBy Greg ScandlenFiled As: Health CareMaine has recently joined the growing list of failed state reforms. As with other faillures, the Dirigo Care program was shoved down the throats of a bewildered legislature by an egotistical governor who promised Nirvana. You would think people would learn from experience, but a recent report sponsored by ... more »»
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Friday, November 30, 2007"Working as Intended"Consumer Choice is Sizzling in the Market By Greg ScandlenFiled As: Budget and Tax, Economic principles, Health Care, PrivatizationConsumer Driven Health Care is doing exactly what we predicted it would do. As consumers take more responsibility for their own health care spending they are changing their behavior -- choosing lower cost alternatives, investing in prevention, complying with treatment programs, and seeking out ... more »»
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Friday, November 16, 2007Medicare's Biggest Little SecretMedical Savings Accounts Now Available By Greg ScandlenFiled As: Health CareWith Open Enrollment starting yesterday (November 15) and going to December 31, Consumers for Health Care Choices has released a new paper alerting beneficiaries to a new option -- Medical Savings Accounts. SPN members may want to alert their own constituents about this new opportunity.
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Saturday, November 10, 2007CHCC Chair Named to Jindal's Transition TeamStormy Johnson, MD, to co-chair health policy group By Greg ScandlenFiled As: General, Health Care, Site AdminConsumers for Health Care Choices Board Chair, Stormy Johnson, MD has been named by Louisiana Governor-Elect Bobby Jindal to be co-chair of his Health Care Transition Advisory Council, along with Shreveport surgeon John McDonald, MD. Louisiana is facing enormous challenges in creating an entirely new ... more »»
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Thursday, October 4, 2007Two 50th AnniversariesAtlas Shrugged when the Soviets launched Sputnik By Greg ScandlenFiled As: Economic principles, Health Care
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Tuesday, June 5, 2007"Who Killed Health Care?"Great new book by Regina Herzlinger Filed As: Health CareRegina Herzlinger has hit a home run with her new book, “Who Killed Health Care?” Regi’s reputation as a scholar, communicator, and original thinker is already well established. The new volume adds a whole new element to her formidable resume – that of a take-no-prisoners street ... more »»
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Tuesday, September 4, 2007More on the Census Bureau NumbersWhat you won't find mentioned anywhere else Filed As: Health CareThe Census Bureau’s latest count of insurance coverage is being met with the usual hysteria by the left-wing organizations and the media. But there are some interesting tidbits here that you will not see reported anywhere. For instance, although the numbers are very small the percentages of people ... more »»
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Friday, August 3, 2007SCHIP: They've Tried It, and Don't Like ItGovernment programs haven't satisfied. Why expand? Filed As: Health CareHealth Affairs published an important article by Benjamin Sommers on the rate of drop-outs from the SCHIP and Medicaid and programs. He says, "many policymakers and analysts have made a leap in assuming that the ... more »»
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Monday, July 2, 2007The "Show Us" StateMissouri Shows Us the Way It Should Be Done Filed As: Health CareThe folks in Missouri have decided to take a different approach from mandates and The Connector of Massachusetts. Some of us have had numerous discussions with people involved in getting the new law (HB 818) passed, especially the tireless Beverly Gossage who is as good a spokesperson as anyone could ... more »»
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