Dr. John C. Goodman
President, National
Center for Policy
Analysis
Health Reform on
Capitol Hill
What's
at Stake?
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Will the
proposed Health
Care Reform
provide less
choice, less
access and be
less fair?
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Why is personal
responsibility
not required?
John C. Goodman,
Ph.D. founded the
NCPA in 1983 and has
served as President
since the center's
inception.
The Wall Street
Journal
called Dr. Goodman
"the father of
Health Savings
Accounts," and
Modern Healthcare
declared him one of
the four most
influential people
in health policy.
Dr. Goodman is the
author of nine
books, including
Lives at Risk:
Single-Payer
National Health
Insurance Around the
World; Leaving Women
Behind: Modern
Families, Outdated
Laws; Economics of
Public Policy,
a widely used
college textbook,
and
Patient Power:
Solving America's
Health Care Crisis,
the condensed
version of which
sold 300,000 copies
and is credited with
playing a pivotal
role in the defeat
of the Clinton
administration's
plan to overhaul the
U.S. health care
system.
He continues to lead
the fight for
free-market health
care solutions with
the
http://www.freeourhealthcarenow.com.
1.
“He has authored
numerous editorials
in
The New York Times,
The Wall Street
Journal,
USA Today,
Investor's Business
Daily, Los Angeles
Times,
and many others. He
has been profiled in
The Wall Street
Journal, the
Washington Post, the
National Journal and
The Dallas Morning
News .
Dr. Goodman
regularly appears on
television,
including
CNN, CNBC, PBS'
The NewsHour with
Jim Lehrer
and the Fox News
Channel. He was a
debater on several
of William F.
Buckley Jr.'s
Firing Line
shows, and has
appeared on a number
of two-hour prime
time debates,
including debates on
the flat tax,
welfare reform and
Social Security
privatization.
He regularly briefs
members of Congress
on economic policy
issues and
frequently testifies
before congressional
committees.
He is
author/co-author of
more than 50
published studies on
such topics as
health policy, tax
reform and school
choice.
John Goodman’s
Health Policy Blog
is unique,
newsworthy and
entertaining. In
less than a year,
traffic has more
than doubled to the
site.
It is the only
right-of-center
health blog on the
Internet, and the
only place where
pro-free enterprise,
private sector
solutions to health
care problems are
examined and debated
by the top health
policy experts in
the country –
conservative,
moderate and
liberal.
Dr.
Goodman has as an
active speaking
schedule and has
addressed hundreds
of different
organizations on
public policy
issues.
He received the
prestigious Duncan
Black award in 1988
for the best
scholarly article on
public choice
economics.
Dr. Goodman received
a Ph.D. in economics
from Columbia
University. He has
taught and done
research at several
colleges and
universities
including Columbia
University, Stanford
University,
Dartmouth
University, Southern
Methodist University
and the University
of Dallas.
For more
information, please
contact
the NCPA Office of
Communications and
Public Affairs at
972.386.6272 or
Catherine.Daniell@ncpa.org,
or contact Dr.
Goodman at
john.goodman@ncpa.org
