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.
Publications
Obamacare: Pain or Prescription for College Students’ Ailing Futures?
By Rebecca Phillips Have you ever heard of someone waiting 18 months to get an MRI? It’s a frequent scenario in Canada, a country that ... read more
Federal Health Care Reform: A Two-Year Report Card
By Roger Stark, MD, FACS Major health care reform (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act) became law two years ago. The legislation passed with only ... read more
Steve Buckstein talks with Mark and Dave about cold medicine report
KEX 1190 radio hosts Mark and Dave interview Cascade founder Steve Buckstein about Cascade’s report on the effects of Oregon requiring prescriptions for pseudoephedrine (PSE) on the number ... read more
Cold Medicine Prescriptions Have Not Reduced Meth Lab Incidents or Use in Oregon
The production and use of methamphetamine—a highly addictive drug often made with store-bought ingredients—continues to be a serious problem for many states around the country, ... read more
Press Release: Requiring a Prescription for Cold Medicine Has Not Reduced Meth Use in Oregon
Media Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Steve Buckstein Senior Policy Analyst Cascade Policy Institute Phone: (503) 242-0900 steven@cascadepolicy.org February 21, 2012 Requiring a Prescription for ... read more
Requiring a Prescription for Cold Medicine Has Not Reduced Meth Use in Oregon
A 2005 law which requires Oregonians to get a doctor’s prescription to use cold and allergy medicines containing pseudoephedrine has not significantly reduced meth lab ... read more
“We Have a Year to Figure out How to Violate Our Consciences”
“Never before has the federal government forced individuals and organizations to go out into the marketplace and buy a product that violates their conscience,” stated ... read more
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
