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Events by Robert B. Helms
Resident Scholar
Resident Scholar Robert B. Helms
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Health Reform--Guaranteed?
Monday, December 8, 2008
This conference will discuss the future of U.S. health care.
Old and New Forms of Hospital Competition: Economic and Antitrust Issues
Friday, November 21, 2008
Panelists at this conference will look at recent research and analysis of the hospital market with emphasis on the changing nature of competition and the role of antitrust enforcement.
Runaway Medicaid Spending: A Threat to Health Care for the Poor?
Friday, November 7, 2008
This event will discuss the future of medicaid spending.
Another Warning for Medicare?
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Panelists will present the findings of this year's annual Medicare trustees' report and discuss the policy challenges facing the Medicare program.
Who Killed Health Care? Is It Really Dead?
Thursday, June 7, 2007
Could consumer-directed health care cure the problems plaguing the U.S. health system? What are the actual prospects for reform?
Robin Hood, Robber Baron, or Rubik's Cube?
Thursday, May 31, 2007
Authors Havighurst and Richman urge closer examination of who pays and who benefits in our health-care system. Specialists will assess the effectiveness of the authors’ critique.
Risk and Regulation: A New Look at the Individual Health Insurance Market
Friday, May 11, 2007
Participants at this health policy discussion will present new research on the actual performance of individual health care, an important but often misunderstood part of the health-care system.
Medicare's Fiscal Future: Getting Worse? Getting Better?
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Will competitive approaches improve the operation of Medicare and slow the growth of program spending? Will policymakers be forced to take drastic actions triggered by a worsening financial outlook?
How Will the President's Tax Deduction for Health Insurance Work?
Monday, February 26, 2007
The White House proposal to replace the current tax break for employer-sponsored health insurance with a standard tax deduction available to anyone has raised a storm of controversy.
The Business of Health: How Does the U.S. Health-Care System Compare to Systems in Other Countries?
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Criticism of the U.S. health-care system for its high costs and uneven coverage is abundant, but is it warranted? Is the U.S. system inferior to those in other developed countries?
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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]