Health Care
Cascade has been a leader in promoting consumer-driven health care since before the term gained currency. Our 1995 conference on Medical Savings Accounts was the first held by any think tank in the country and featured the creator of MSAs, Dr. John Goodman of the National Center for Policy Analysis.
Recent Publications
Health Care’s Newest Epidemic: Red Tape
By Douglas A. Perednia, M.D. Here’s a riddle: What costs Americans over $12 billion per year, generates more work than the nation’s thirteenth largest employer, ... read more
Personal Health Accounts Empower Medicaid Recipients
As Michael Sherraden pointed out 20 years ago in his book Assets and the Poor: A New American Welfare Policy, the key to getting ahead ... read more
A Health Clinic by Another Name…Will the Oregon Health Plan “Transformation” Work?
By Douglas A. Perednia, M.D. Here’s a question for you. If you quietly take thousands of Oregonians hostage and then release them with great fanfare, ... read more
Audio
The Failure of the Oregon Health Plan
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Click the play button to hear the audio commentary by Steve Buckstein Download PDF A new report ... read more
Sweet Sixteen?
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Click the play button to hear the audio commentary by Laura Lewis Sweet Sixteen? Download PDF While John ... read more
