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…
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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…
Read Blog DetailRequiring 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…
Read Blog DetailHealth Care’s Newest Epidemic: Red Tape
By Douglas A. Perednia, M.D. Here’s a riddle: What costs Americans over $12…
Read Blog DetailPersonal Health Accounts Empower Medicaid Recipients
As Michael Sherraden pointed out 20 years ago in his book Assets and…
Read Blog DetailA 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…
Read Blog DetailLearning from Mistakes in Health Insurance Policy
By Michael Bastasch The Oregon Health Plan (OHP) was implemented in 1994 as…
Read Blog DetailThe Truth about the Canadian Health Care System
By Frank S. Rosenbloom, M.D. President Barack Obama and supportive members of Congress…
Read Blog DetailReal Health Insurance Reform
The day after the Oregon legislature finished voting to create an Oregon Health…
Read Blog DetailBPA Fact Sheet
Despite considerable fears raised by activist groups and the press, the science does…
Read Blog DetailPoison Pills vs. Gun Rights
Three common sense firearms bills passed the House of the Oregon Legislature and…
Read Blog DetailOregon’s Anti-BPA Packaging Legislation May Jeopardize Public Health
The Oregon Senate recently voted in favor of SB 695, which would ban…
Read Blog DetailHB 3510: The Affordable Health Care for All Oregon
Testimony on HB 3510 Before the House Committee on Healthcare March 11, 2011…
Read Blog DetailHealth Care Reform: Then and Now
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Read Blog DetailThe Oregon Health Plan: A Policy Placebo
The Oregon Health Plan: A Policy Placebo by Eric Fruits The Oregon Health…
Read Blog DetailThe Oregon Health Plan: A Policy Placebo
The Oregon Health Plan: A Policy Placebo By Eric Fruits, Ph.D The Oregon…
Read Blog DetailThe Failure of the Oregon Health Plan
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Read Blog DetailThe Oregon Health Plan: A “Bold Experiment” That Failed
For immediate release Contact Steve Buckstein (503) 242-0900 [email protected] The Oregon Health Plan:…
Read Blog DetailStates Defend Citizen’s Right Not to Purchase Health Insurance (But Not Oregon)
Now that ObamaCare is the law of the land, it’s not surprising that…
Read Blog DetailFounder’s Statement
Founder’s Statement by Steve Buckstein The US Congress has now passed a sweeping…
Read Blog DetailHealth Care "Reform" a turning point
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Read Blog DetailGovernment Health Care “Reform:” The Culmination of Incrementalism
The opening words of HR 3200, the initial solution to the health care…
Read Blog DetailIndividual Accounts Can Save Medicare
Summary:Medicare is a “pay-as-you-go” system in which today’s workers are taxed to pay…
Read Blog DetailAddressing some of the misinformationin the national health care debate
By Dan Lucas SummaryDan Lucas is an IT worker for a nonprofit health…
Read Blog DetailAstoria Tea Party Hears from Cascade Policy Institute
On Saturday, September 12, Cascade Policy Institute founder and Senior Policy Analyst Steve…
Read Blog DetailHealth Care Overhaul: Congress Can Learn From the Costly Mistakes of the States
While many members of Congress have been heading to their home districts to…
Read Blog DetailCascade Economist Travels the Country Discussing Health Care Reform
Portland economic consultant and Cascade adjunct scholar Eric Fruits, Ph.D. joined other health…
Read Blog DetailTo Empower Families, Encourage Savings
Some activists are begging Oregon’s legislature to create yet another social safety net:…
Read Blog DetailMaking Health Insurance More Affordable
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Read Blog DetailHow to Keep Your Health Insurance, Even If You Lose Your Job
Summary Because employer-sponsored health insurance coverage is not taxable, the health insurance of…
Read Blog DetailWanted: Asset Accounts, Not Income Transfers
Summary Low-income Americans hear two contradictory messages: “Save” and “Don’t Save.” Converting some…
Read Blog DetailLack of Transparency at the Oregon Health Plan: Simple Questions, Difficult Answers
Summary Before Oregonians are asked to approve any expansion of state-sponsored health care,…
Read Blog DetailKeep the Profit Motive in Health Care
Why do many Oregonians think we should take the profit motive out of…
Read Blog DetailThe high cost of “free” health care
Those who advocate using the federal Medicare program as a model for “universal…
Read Blog DetailIs health care a fundamental right?
The House Interim Committee on Health Care held a lively public hearing and…
Read Blog DetailDriving Down Health Care Costs
Last week’s Oregon Health Summit in Salem featured experts talking with legislators, providers…
Read Blog DetailEmpowering Health Care
While the debate continues over top-down, government-provided health care vs. consumer-driven, grassroots health…
Read Blog DetailNew Mandates, New Costs
What do acupuncturists, drug abuse treatment, and non-custodial children have in common? Oregonians…
Read Blog DetailSmith and Wyden on health care reform
Oregon’s two U.S. Senators spoke on a wide range of issues at a…
Read Blog DetailMaking more health insurance premiums tax-deductible
Why are your health insurance premiums tax deductible if paid by your employer,…
Read Blog DetailThe New Oregon Health Plan
An Oregon Senate commission decided last week to introduce legislation that would centralize…
Read Blog DetailBridging the Ideological Divide in Health Care Reform: An Actionable Plan for Oregon
Introduction The subject of health care reform in the United States has become…
Read Blog DetailBridging the Ideological Divide in Health Care Reform: An Actionable Plan for Oregon
Introduction The subject of health care reform in the United States has become…
Read Blog DetailAchieving Universal Health Insurance While Improving the Economy: A Reform Proposal for Oregon
Introduction In the United States, most health insurance coverage is obtained either through…
Read Blog DetailHOPEing for Healthcare
The high cost of healthcare these days is astounding, and so is the…
Read Blog DetailCourt Faults Canadian Health Care System
The Canadian Supreme Court recently dealt a serious blow to the notion that…
Read Blog DetailDoctors cut prices!
A movement is afoot that is driving health care costs down. Among the…
Read Blog DetailWhy are health care costs going down?
People are becoming smart shoppers when it comes to health care. That’s helping…
Read Blog DetailRemove mandates and health insurance will be more affordable
More Oregonians should be able to afford health insurance. To help achieve that…
Read Blog DetailFirst, do no harm
Why are so many Oregonians calling for a single-payer health care plan funded…
Read Blog DetailCanadians and Brits wait for health care … and wait
Oregonians will vote this fall on a ballot initiative that advocates a virtual…
Read Blog DetailThe high cost of government health care
Dr. David MacDonald is a co-founder of the American Association of Patients and…
Read Blog DetailGreater health insurance freedom would reduce OHP demand
Much noise was raised about protecting the Oregon Health Plan from budget cuts…
Read Blog DetailSocialized Medicine in Great Britain: Lessons for the Oregon Health Plan
by Professor John Spiers Dr. John Spiers is a professor in the Business…
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