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Goodman Institute | PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCHGoodman Institute | PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH About Overview Board of Directors Junior Board Experts Staff Bios Publications Quarterly Reports Commentaries John Goodman Larry Kotlikoff Jane Shaw Stroup Thomas Saving Devon Herrick Linda Gorman Pete Du Pont What’s New Events Media Virtual Briefing Media Releases Testimonies Debater Resources Articles on Economic Inequality Videos Podcasts Subscribe Issues Health Health Blog Taxes Entitlements The Economy Environment Welfare & Poverty Education Women Crime International Health Blog Other Health Care News Donate Donate About Overview Board of Directors Junior Board Experts Staff Bios Publications Quarterly Reports Commentaries John Goodman Larry Kotlikoff Jane Shaw Stroup Thomas Saving Devon Herrick Linda Gorman Pete Du Pont What’s New Events Media Virtual Briefing Media Releases Testimonies Debater Resources Articles on Economic Inequality Videos Podcasts Subscribe Issues Health Health Blog Taxes Entitlements The Economy Environment Welfare & Poverty Education Women Crime International Health Blog Other Health Care News Making IdeasChange the World Creating jobs, liberating taxpayers,empowering patients, and more… View Issues What We Have AccomplishedTurning Ideasinto Public Policy Our Accomplishments Health Savings Accounts Because of the idea of Health Savings Accounts, more than 30 million people are managing some of their own health care dollars in accounts they own and control. 401(k) Plans Because of automatic enrollment in diversified portfolios, 16 million employees are enjoying higher and safer returns. Social Security Because of another idea, 78 million baby boomers are able to work beyond age 65 without losing Social Security benefits. Roth IRAs Because of the idea of Roth IRAs, $265 billion in savings has been taxed once and will never be taxed again. QuarterlyReports  Download Governor Pete du Pont – R.I.P. With Gratitude to Governor du Pont, who has worked with John and Jeanette Goodman for many years. Lockdowns Had Near-Zero Impact on COVID-19 Deaths A meta-analysis published by the Johns Hopkins Institute for Applied Economics found a variety of restrictions to stop deaths from COVID-19 had little to no effect and instead caused more damage by imposing “enormous economic and social costs.” First Annual Awards Dinner On Tuesday, 11 September 2021, The Goodman Institute is proud to host our first annual Awards Dinner at 1225 N. Riverfront Blvd in Texas! Meet the Experts Scholars and leading thinkers in Health Care, Economics and Policy. Welcome to the Goodman Institute Leveraging People, Money, and Ideas. Texans Back to Work Task Force The Texans Back to Work Task Force report will work hand in hand with Governor Greg Abbott’s Strike Force to Open Texas to ensure our state’s economy is once again the job creator for the nation and a powerful force in the global marketplace. Recent CommentariesWhat’s New More What's New Environmental Blog Health Blog Debater Resources Where DOGE and the Tax Bill Intersect Feb 4, 2025On the one hand, Elon Musk has been given a goal of reducing government waste by the Trump administration. On the other hand, congressional Republicans are desperate to find ways to cut spending in order to pay for a high-priority tax bill. The intersection of these two goals creates a rare opportunity to institute reforms that would be very hard to accomplish under ordinary circumstances. More. read more Free Market Solutions to Health Policy Challenges: A New Era Under Trump Feb 2, 2025In this episode of Health Care News, host AnneMarie Schieber and health economist Devon Herrick tackle the latest health policy shifts under the Trump administration’s second term. They discuss the implications of executive orders impacting health care, including the shift away from gender identity mandates, the withdrawal from the World Health Organization, and the evolving role of artificial intelligence in medicine. Tune in to hear their insights on free-market approaches to health care reform, the challenges of bureaucracy, and the potential for innovation in drug development and patient care. Don’t miss this thoughtful analysis from a free-market perspective! read more Cutting Government Waste Jan 27, 2025There is a great deal of waste in our entitlement programs. And by cutting out waste, we can make these programs work better for the people who depend on them. Take Social Security. Last year the agency said it has identified 2 million beneficiaries who have been overpaid. It has sent them “clawback” letters, demanding Uncle Sam’s money back. In some cases, the claims go back several decades, and the amounts can be more than $300,000. More read more Assessing the Biden Presidency Jan 17, 2025If public opinion polls are the guide, Joe Biden has been the worst president since Richard Nixon. Here’s why that may be true. Most of the time, presidents have only a marginal impact on the economy. Consequently, they should be judged not on what happened on their watch, but what they did or didn’t do relative to what happened. The economy did well during the Biden years. But not because of Biden’s policies toward business enterprise. It was in spite of them. More. read more Public Policy ResearchLeveraging People,Money and Ideas Bookstore Our Role in Tax Reform Goodman Institute scholars Laurence Kotlikoff and Alan Auerbach were the intellectual source of the Ryan/Brady (“Better Way”) tax reform proposal. They are also the leading intellectual defenders of tax reform, drawing on the most sophisticated and accurate economic models that exist. Read More Our Role in Health Reform We are witnessing a radical transformation of the U.S. health care system. Although health care is the most regulated market in our economy, we have recently witnessed massive deregulation — partly in response to the coronavirus threat. These changes were only possible because of three years of prior effort by the Trump administration. Many of the core ideas were pioneered by Goodman Institute health economists. Read More New Partnership: Health Care News The Goodman Institute for Public Policy has agreed to partner with Heartland to ensure the newspaper’s survival going forward. This new partnership could not have come at a better time. Polls consistently show that healthcare is the number one issue with voters. Read More The Health Blog For many years, our health care blog was the only free enterprise health policy blog on the internet. Then, when the NCPA closed its doors, the health blog stopped as well. During this five-year hiatus no one else has come forward to claim the space. So, my colleagues and I have decided to restart the blog in connection with the Goodman Institute. We invite you and others to use this forum to share your views. Read More Debater Resources John Goodman grew up in Waco, TX and participated in high school debate competitions around the state of Texas. John was quite successful and won several statewide tournaments.  This experience served him later in life when he became a TV debating partner of conservative polemicist William F. Buckley. Dr. Goodman’s interest in speech and debate has never waned and he is excited to share some in-depth thoughts and ideas on current debate topics.  Explore our Resources Health Care Briefing With Newt Gingrich Former Congresswoman Nan Hayworth, Newt Gingrich and I discuss healthcare in the next election and beyond. Newt and I have a mutual admiration society that goes back many years. Newt has always been an outlier among Republican politicians when it comes to the topic of health care – aggressively searching for solutions instead of avoiding the subject. More Videos Sessions Health Care Bill: Creates a new optional federal health insurance tax credit that is generous, universal, portable, and the same amount for everyone regardless of income, Allows employers and their employees to maintain their current employer-provided health insurance tax status, if preferred, Creates a new “Roth” style Health Savings Account to pay for health care expenses, Allows employees to have a 24/7 direct primary care doctor of their choice. Permanently expands telehealth availability, and Promote price transparency and competition. Read More Our Scholars Read the most recent commentaries available in thenation’s most important news publications. All Commentaries John Goodman Larry Kotlikoff Thomas Saving Devon Herrick Linda Gorman All Experts TestimonialsWhat TheyAre Saying Many years ago I read a book called Patient Power. It was… written by Musgrave and Goodman. John Goodman is… known as the Father of Health Savings Accounts. Sean Hannity American commentator They’ve developed innovative ideas on how to create a better health system, a less expensive health system, a health system with more access for well over two decades. Newt Gingrich Former Speaker of the House of Representatives John Goodman is the leading expert on free market proposals for probably the most dysfunctional 1/6th of our economy that exists. He does a spectacular job. Jeb Bush Former Governor of Florida Make a Donation Our PrioritiesThe Goodman Institute is doing work not done by any other organization – especially in the areas of tax, health care and entitlement policy. Without our work the nation might not have obtained tax reform. Now we need to defend it. Read More We work with the best scholars from around the country on the nation’s most difficult public policy problems. Our mission is to find private alternatives to government programs that aren’t working. Ideas have enormous potential to change the course of human events. 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