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Friday, June 10, 2011
 
 
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Health Policy Studies
 
A Different Path to Real Health Reform
 

AEI's health policy studies program has been a leader in the debates on health care policy, Medicare reform, health coverage for the uninsured, the role of private-sector solutions to public health problems, drug policy, the role of the FDA, the development of vaccines, and the effects of price controls on pharmaceutical R&D.


‣‣‣ The Beyond Repeal and Replace series is an AEI project that aims to provide a deeper, more fundamental foundation for policymakers considering a different path to real health reform. [Policymaker's Guide to Reform]


 
 
 
 
Feds to Biotech Firms: Shut Up
 
The FDA is restricting the speech of private drug firms. This may violate the First Amendment rights of drugs companies.
 
There's No Limit on Irresponsibility
 
Medicare should not be off-limits in the debate about the debt ceiling. Government promises regarding Medicare cannot be kept and it is time for Congress to find a solution.
 
PPACA's Effects on Maintaining Health Coverage and Jobs: A Review of the Health Care Law's Regulatory Burden
 
The PPACA's rate review and MLR provisions represent costly, bureaucratic interference with insurers' legitimate business decisions and state regulatory prerogatives. This will do little to enhance competition in health insurance markets and the availability and affordability of health insurance.
 
Are Drugs Made in Emerging Markets Good Quality?
 
One of the unwritten, unspoken and rarely thought-about assumptions of those buying medicines is that they will work. We take it for granted that the medicines we buy will work as the scientists who developed the product intended.
 
 
Healthy, Wealthy, & Wise, 2nd Edition 5 Steps to a Better Healthcare System
 
This updated second edition details a better approach to health care, offering fundamental reform alternatives centering on tax changes, insurance market changes, and redesigning Medicare and Medicaid.  
 
Why ObamaCare Is Wrong for America How the New Health Care Law Drives Up Costs, Puts Government in Charge of Your Decisions, and Threatens Your Constitutional Rights
 
Four nationally recognized health policy experts examine the new health care law's impact on the lives of average Americans.  
 
Scared to Death How Chemophobia Threatens Public Health
 
This book addresses scientific realities and dispels unfounded fears regarding the safe use of chemicals.  
 
 
PAST EVENTS
 
 
At this AEI event, Richard Foster, Medicare's chief actuary, will discuss the findings of this year's Medicare trustees report.
 
 
A new book offers the first in-depth examination of the new law's impact on American individuals, families, and businesses. Written by an esteemed quartet of health policy experts, this book demystifies the convoluted plan that the Obama administration and a Democratic Congress pushed through, exploring its effect on real people.
 
 
A new book offers the first in-depth examination of the new law's impact on American individuals, families, and businesses. Written by an esteemed quartet of health policy experts, this book demystifies the convoluted plan that the Obama administration and a Democratic Congress pushed through, exploring its effect on real people.