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.
Sunday, July 20, 2008Resisting Tax IncreasesBusiness in Maine and Mass. Get Some Backbone By Greg ScandlenFiled As: Budget and Tax, Health CareHere’s a news flash for you – UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE COSTS MORE THAN PROPONENTS CLAIM! Yes, indeedy! Folks get these sweeping bills enacted by promising they won’t cost the taxpayers much. And a year or two later they ALWAYS come back for a tax increase to “complete the ... more »»
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Tuesday, March 25, 2008Consequences of Mandatory CoverageBy Greg ScandlenFiled As: Health CareAn op-ed by Adam Thompson in the Des Moines Register indicates that Iowa is close to passing an Obama-type mandate on children. The piece mentions that of Iowa’s 50,000 uninsured children, 27,... more »»
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Saturday, June 7, 2008More on MassachusettsThey'd be better off buying coverage in Connecticut By Greg ScandlenFiled As: Health CareA new paper by Sharon Long about the Massachusetts experience was published in Health Affairs. It is quite a nice look at how things changed from the fall of 2006 and the fall of 2007. ... more »»
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Thursday, April 3, 2008Masking Propaganda as ResearchThe recent "study" of physician attitudes By Greg ScandlenFiled As: Health CareHere’s a survey question for you. Please check the box that is closest to your beliefs and return the form to me – ___ Reporters are idiots ___ Reporters are morons The results will be published in the prestigious Annals of Internal Medicine. more »»
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Friday, March 21, 2008Consumer Driven Health Now 12% of the Market!What the EBRI-Commonwealth survey really says By Greg ScandlenFiled As: Health CareThe Employee Benefits Research Institute and Commonwealth Fund have come out with their third annual survey of "Consumerism in Health." This edition is an improvement over ... more »»
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Friday, February 8, 2008The "Hidden Tax" LieNew study finds the uninsured pay their share -- plus By Greg ScandlenFiled As: Health CareThe primary rationale offered by supporters of individual mandates is that the uninsured consume services that are paid for by the rest of us. It is, they contend, a "hidden tax" that adds as much as 20% to insurance premiums. This argument is destroyed by a new study in Health Affairs that ... more »»
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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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