The Hill: According to NCPA Senior Fellow John R. Graham’s commentary at The Hill, allowing health insurers to sell health coverage across state lines has no effect on insurance premiums – but remains popular as a Republican sound bite.
Forbes: “Excessive drug price hikes are an economical, not a political problem, which will only be limited by reducing the barriers preventing new competitors entering the market,” says NCPA Senior Fellow John Graham in a Forbes commentary.
Forbes: NCPA Senior Fellow John Graham discusses the mergers of old and emerging of new health insurance companies and their impacts on the healthcare market in a Forbes commentary.
Forbes: The debate over major health plan mergers have brought out big lobbyists on both sides, said Graham in a Forbes commentary.
Right Side News: Noting the lack of transparency and medical coverage in Canada’s healthcare, Senior Fellow John R. Graham points out the tremendous flaws of a single-payer system in a Right Side News commentary.
The Hill: Senior Fellow John R. Graham offers bipartisan solutions to the burdensome licensing restrictions that artificially increase Medicare costs in a commentary at The Hill.
Providence Journal: Less than half of Medicaid spending actually improves recipients’ welfare, argues National Center for Policy Analysis Senior Fellow John R. Graham in a Providence Journal commentary.
The Independent Institute: The U.S. health care system needs to create a universal, refundable tax credit instead of forcing people to be poor to receive benefits, says NCPA Senior Fellow John R. Graham in an Independent Institute commentary.
InsideSources: Medicaid spending could be significantly reduced, with no harm to recipients’ health, if the spending were converted to vouchers or something similar—rather than being paid to providers directly, says NCPA Senior Fellow John R. Graham in an InsideSources commentary.
Forbes: As genomic sequencing moves from science fiction to reality, Congress must update the way information technology is regulated to keep up with new innovations, says NCPA Senior Fellow John R. Graham in a Forbes commentary.
Heartland Institute: The Congressional Budget Office concludes repealing the Affordable Care Act would increase gross domestic product and boost the supply of labor, says NCPA Senior Fellow John R. Graham in a Heartland Institute commentary.
Real Clear Policy: Congress should take the initiative to eliminate the harmful parts of Obamacare – starting with the medical device tax, said NCPA Senior Fellow John R. Graham in a Real Clear Policy commentary.
Forbes: Congress may be on the verge of repealing Obamacare’s medical device tax, which will reduce funding for Obamacare by $24 billion, says NCPA Senior Fellow John R. Graham in a Forbes commentary.
Orange County Register: In light of the recent ACA ruling, NCPA Senior Fellow John R. Graham predicts that California will rid itself of “Covered California,” its problematic state exchange, and transfer its operations to Healthcare.gov in an Orange County Register commentary.
Forbes: People who pay Obamacare taxes and those who receive them are both suffering, notes NCPA Senior Fellow John R. Graham in a Forbes commentary.
Forbes: Obamacare fools people into thinking their healthcare premiums have gone down by offering health insurers tax credits instead, notes Senior Fellow John R. Graham in a Forbes commentary.
American Thinker: The most certain legacy of the president’s healthcare reform is immense confusion about the numbers of uninsured, says NCPA Senior Fellow John R. Graham in an American Thinker commentary.
Real Clear Policy: The principle that Medicare’s physician payments should be based on the nation’s ability to pay, is one we have jettisoned at our fiscal peril, says NCPA Senior Fellow John R. Graham in a commentary at Real Clear Policy.
Forbes: Repealing Obamacare’s individual mandate is a necessary feature of any “fix” Congress passes after a King v. Burwell victory, says NCPA Senior Fellow John R. Graham in a commentary at Forbes.
iHealthBeat: Net neutrality threatens one of the most promising areas of innovation in health care – using mobile devices to maintain and improve people’s health, says NCPA Senior Fellow John R. Graham in a commentary at iHealthBeat.
The Independent Institute: Health spending stands over our weak economy like a colossus, says NCPA Senior Fellow John R. Graham in a commentary at Forbes.
Forbes: NCPA Senior Fellow John R. Graham takes a closer look into Obamacare’s “free” mammogram regulation in a Forbes commentary.
Forbes: The unravelling of Obamacare will increase the political risk of health insurers participating in markets they find profitable, says NCPA Senior Fellow John R. Graham in a commentary for Forbes.