Feb 26, 2010
The choice for his heart: the United States
Here’s a link to a story on why the Newfoundland and Labrador Premier had cardiac surgery in the U.S. rather than Canada. “My Heart, My Choice.”
Scott E. Harrington, Ph.D.
Let us be sure that those who come after will say of us in our time, that in our time we did everything that could be done. We finished the race; we kept them free; we kept the faith. Ronald Reagan
Recent
Op-Eds
- Demonizing the Insurance Industry is Not the Answer, with John Lott, Fox Forum, March 19, 2010.
- Raising Costs Isn't Health Care Reform, Washington Examiner, Dec. 23, 2009.
- The Real Consequences of Health Insurance Overhaul, The American, Dec. 22, 2009.
- Congress's Long-Term Care Bomb, Wall Street Journal, Dec. 13, 2009.
- Competition and Health Insurance, Wall Street Journal, Nov. 6, 2009.
- The Adverse Selection Problem, Medical Progress Today, Oct. 30, 2009.
- The AARP Paradox, The American, Oct. 2, 2009.
- Fact-checking the President on Health Insurance, Wall Street Journal, Sept. 14, 2009.
- Health Co-ops: Slow Road to Government Care, Wall Street Journal, August 19, 2009.
- What the States’ Experience with Mandates Should Tell Us about Universal Healthcare Coverage, The American, August 11, 2009.
- Reform Needs Healthy Life Incentives, Wall Street Journal, June 29, 2009.
- The Public Plan Would Be the Only Plan, Wall Street Journal, June 15, 2009.
- Moral Hazard and the Meltdown , Wall Street Journal, May 23, 2009.
Selected Papers and Presentations
- The Health Insurance Reform Debate
- Cost of Capital for Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology, and Medical Device Firms
- The Financial Crisis, Systemic Risk, and the Future of Insurance Regulation
- Health Savings Accounts, High Deductible Health Plans, and Hospital Bad Debt
- Medical Malpractice Insurance Crises
- Market Discipline in P/C Insurance
- Private Health Insurance Regulation
- Federal Insurance Chartering Policy Brief
- Federal Insurance Chartering Monograph
- Capital Adequacy in Insurance and Reinsurance
- Insurance Deregulation Monograph
- Risk Management and Insurance (textbook)
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