Calvert Institute Publications

Now What For Obama?
George Liebmann
Now that President Barack Obama has achieved the long-time goal of the Democratic Party of passing a comprehensive health reform bill, he must ask himself what comes next. He has achieved a great political victory but now comes the difficult part of paying for and administering the now greatly enlarged government responsibility for the nation's welfare.

The Malpractice Scandal
Calvert Institute
Few Marylanders have read the text of the malpractice bill that emerged from the General Assembly over Governor Ehrlich’s veto, but those who do will come to share Mark Twain’s belief that politicians are "the native American criminal class." The bill in its final form is almost a parody of clueless, reckless, extravagant policymaking.

What Annapolis Won't Say About Kidcare: Medicaid Plan Would Cost Big, Cover Little
Ronald W. Dworkin, M.D., Ph.D.
A "State Child Health Insurance Program," called the S-CHIP, was included in the 1997 federal budget. This assistance program provides states with federal funds to extend coverage and services to uninsured, low-income children.

Consumerism in Health Care: State Report Shows Promise, More Must Follow
Vikram Khanna
In October, the state government released a new and important resource for bewildered health-care consumers. The Maryland health maintenance organization (HMO) report card, developed by the Maryland Health Care Access and Cost Commission (HCACC), is a critical step in consumer education and the development of the market for health-care services.

To Secure These Rights: Maryland's Infringement of Medical Privacy
Jennifer A. Katze, M.D.
The 1990s will come to be known as the heyday of the information age. The cost will be the loss of personal privacy.

How to Wean the Poor from Medicaid
Bill Styring
What will welfare reform mean for medical care of the poor?