PolicyGuy

Wednesday, October 27, 2004


Two Conferences Health Savings Accounts.
Finally, something is going right in health care policy. Health Savings Accounts, created out of the otherwise hideous Medicare drug legislation of last year, are going to be an important part of making health care financing more consumer, rather than bureaucratic-driven. Once people learn that health care is not "free," and that they can benefit financially (and other ways) from being aware of medical costs and options, some problems of affordability and access will take care of themselves.

If you're in the midwest, you may check out two upcoming conferences on the subject. On November 10, the Citizens' Council on Health Care (directed by a professional acquaintance of mine) is holding a morning event. In the Kansas City area, the Flint Hills Center for Public Policy (a client of mine) is hosting a workshop on Friday, November 12.

"Justice Louis D. Brandeis'?s metaphor of the states as "laboratories" for policy experiments ... had almost nothing to do with federalism and everything to do with his commitment to scientific socialism. .... To this day, it continues to inhibit a truly experimental, federalist politics." -- Michael S. Greve

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