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Home >  Scholars & Fellows >  Robert B. Helms >  Speaking Engagements
Speaking Engagements by Robert B. Helms
Resident Scholar
Resident Scholar Robert B. Helms
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State Fiscal Relief
Posted: Wednesday, July 23, 2008
The proposed increase in the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage is a misguided approach for giving temporary aid to the states.  [Full Story]
The Impact of Pharmaceutical Price Controls on R&D
Posted: Friday, June 10, 2005
This presentation covers the impact pharmaceutical price controls have on drug research and development.  [Full Story]
Tax Policy and Health Coverage
Posted: Thursday, July 8, 2004
This presentation aims to understand the historical and economic forces that have shaped the U.S. health care system and how tax policy changes might be used to expand coverage.  [Full Story]
Medicare 101
Posted: Friday, November 7, 2003
Medicare is being criticized by both experts and beneficiaries for its inability to keep pace with medical technology and modern health coverage, and for its impending financial shortfalls.    [Full Story]
Positive Economics and Dismal Politics
Posted: Wednesday, February 16, 2000
Politicians are striving to legislate improvements in medical quality without asking why our current market arrangements have put too little emphasis on quality and consumer satisfaction.  [Full Story]
The Tax Treatment of Health Insurance
Posted: Saturday, January 1, 2000
Few recognize that the root cause of the poor market performance is the special tax treatment of employer-provided health insurance.  [Full Story]
Future of Medicare
Posted: Saturday, January 1, 2000
The public policy issue today is not the value of medical education, but who should bear the burden of financing this education.  [Full Story]
Total Records: 7
Research Areas
SCHIP reauthorization
Health care policy
Medicaid
Medicare
Economics of the pharmaceutical industry
Private health insurance
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Robert B. Helms
American Enterprise Institute
 1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20036
Phone: 202-862-5877
Assistant: 202-828-6037
Fax: 202-862-7177
E-mail: rhelms@aei.org
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Medicare in the Twenty-First Century
Medicare in the Twenty-First Century
These leading health economics experts make various recommendations for saving the popular Medicare program and grapple with finding a solution that is realistic, fair, and efficient.  [Read More]