Paul Howard, Ph.D. is a Manhattan Institute senior fellow and director of the Manhattan Institute's Center for Medical Progress. He is the managing editor of Medical Progress Today, a blog providing a forum for economists, scientists, and policy experts to explore the scientific, regulatory, and market frameworks that will best support 21st century medical innovation.

He has written on a wide variety of medical policy issues, including medical malpractice, FDA reform, and Medicare policy initiatives. He is often quoted on health care issues and his columns have appeared in national publications, including the New York Post, Dallas Morning News, Investor's Business Daily and WashingtonPost.com. He is also a member of the Manhattan Institute's Project FDA, a committee of physician-scientists, economists, medical ethicists, and policy experts. Their purpose is to show how 21st-century technologies can help better inform FDA regulations and accelerate the drug-development and drug-approval process while maintaining drug safety.

Howard joined the Manhattan Institute in 2000, working as deputy director of the Center for Legal Policy where he edited research papers, managed legal policy analyses and organized conferences.

Howard received his Ph.D. in political science from Fordham University in 2003, and is a graduate of the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts.

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• PBS Newshour
• Fox Business Network's "Money with Melissa Francis"
• Fox Business Network's "Willis Report"
• WNBC's "News at 6"
• Fox Business Network's "Bulls and Bears"
• WABC's "John Batchelor Show"
• KXL's "Lars Larson Show"
• KKFT's "Sean Patrick Live"
• KFBK's "Morning News"
• WBAL's "Ron Smith Show"
• WIBA's "Upfront with Vicki McKenna"
• SBA's "Small Business Advocate"

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Architecture

After SCOTUS Ruling, Small-Ball Health Care Reform is the Way to Go Townhall.com, 06-27-12

Business and Economy

Three Ideas for Winning the Next Battle Over Entitlement Reform National Review Online, 08-03-11

Liberating The Economy's New Commanding Heights The Daily Caller, 08-15-11

How Obama and Congress Can Revive U.S. Innovation Washington Examiner, 01-06-11

Liberating Medicine’s New Frontier City Journal, Autumn 2011

Expensive Innovation Is Only Path To Cheap Lipitor Washington Times, 12-22-11

Demanding Altruism From Drugmakers Won't Improve Health Of Poor Investor's Business Daily, 03-19-12

Making Health Care Worse National Review Online, 08-01-12

What Election 2012 Means for America: Three Manhattan Institute Scholars Weigh In On the Next Four Years Washington Examiner, 11-09-12

California

The Whooping Cough’s Unnecessary Return City Journal, 2 February 2011

Consumer Driven Health Care

FDA Is Slowing Down Necessary Drugs and Treatments Washington Examiner, 06-17-10

No Escaping the Consequences of Fiscal Mismanagement The Daily Caller, 07-02-10

Bay State Health-Care Blues National Review Online, 08-05-10

Promethean Health-Care Ambitions Come Crashing Down National Review Online, 11-03-10

How Republicans Can Break Obamacare Before They Repeal It Washington Examiner, 11-09-10

Virginia v. Sebelius: There Is No Easy Way Out for Obama National Review Online, 12-13-10

More than $1 Billion in Stocking Stuffers for the Affordable Care Act National Review Online, 12-14-10

A Double Edged Sword for U.S. Healthcare RealClearMarkets, 12-22-10

One Health-Care Answer New York Post, 04-02-11

Offer Uninsured More Plans Albany Times Union, 04-19-11

Obamacare's 'One Size Fits All' Health Care Guidelines Washington Times, 06-28-11

High-Priced Cancer Drugs: Are They Worth It? National Review Online, 07-08-11

How To Wreck a Prescription-Drug Program Washington Times, 07-22-11

Paul Howard interviews Marc M. Boutin, about PEDUFA and why the FDA needs to re-evaluate the way it approves drugs and medical devices. Podcast: Interview, July 21, 2011

More Expensive but Cheaper Medical Progress Today, 02-10-06

The End of the Age of Lipitor? You'd Better Hope Not. Medical Progress Today, 11-30-11

Expensive Innovation Is Only Path To Cheap Lipitor Washington Times, 12-22-11

Market Better Than FDA To Address Drug Shortages Washington Examiner, 03-01-12

Making Health Care Worse National Review Online, 08-01-12

Olive Garden Serves Up Better Menu of Health Insurance Options FoxNews.com, 10-09-12

Obama and Biden Will Turn Medicare into Medicaid Washington Examiner, 10-15-12

Romney vs. Obama, Round 2 National Review Online, 10-16-12

What Election 2012 Means for America: Three Manhattan Institute Scholars Weigh In On the Next Four Years Washington Examiner, 11-09-12

ObamaCare Faces the Implementation Iceberg RealClearPolitics, 11-26-12

Potential ObamaCare Privacy Nightmare USA Today, 12-07-12

President Obama's Bait and Switch Washington Examiner, 01-25-13

Obamacare Starts In 2013, As Should Plans To Reform It Forbes.com, 02-05-13

Tear Down the Medicaid Wall National Review Online, 02-20-13

A Model Medicare Program Bloomberg, 03-13-13

Rhetoric and Reality On the Anniversary of Obamacare Washington Examiner, 03-22-13

ObamaCare Turns Three -- A Checkup On the Rhetoric vs. the Reality FoxNews.com, 03-20-13

Health Care Reform 2.0 RealClearPolicy, 03-20-13

Culture and Society

New York's Anti-Resolution Resolution: Ban the Trans Fat Washington Post, 01-13-07

Drug and Medical Device Litigation

Paul Howards interviews David Gratzer Podcast: Interview, October 17, 2008

Pysician, Better Thyself New York Post, 04-29-07

FDA Must Test Some Biologics' Generic Forms Investor's Business Daily, 04-11-07

Thai-ing Up Innovation National Review Online, 03-20-07

What policymakers can learn from a $21 billion failure Washington Examiner, 01-03-07

Bad Proposition National Review Online, 11-07-05

Are We Headed Back To The Bad Old Days Of Vaccination Lawsuits? Washington Examiner, 10-19-10

Protect the Vaccines That Protect Us Pittsburg Post-Gazette, 10-21-10

Paul Howard discusses research showing that limits on pharmaceutical companies communications with doctors can have unintended consequences for physicians' practice patterns and patients. Podcast: Interview, January 23, 2013

Drug Importation and Price Controls

Frank Lichtenberg on his report 'Alive and Working: How Access to New Drugs has Slowed the Growth in America's Disability Rates' Podcast: Interview, October 29, 2008

The right prescription for drug safety Washington Examiner, 12-04-08

Patently Obvious The American, 04-17-08

Faster Drug Adoption Saves Lives Health Care News, 01-01-09

Real Health-Care Reform National Review Online, 10-08-09

Former Obama Adviser Warns of the Perils of Price Controls National Review Online, 08-17-11

More Price Controls, Fewer Jobs, and Less Innovation National Review Online, 11-01-11

Improving the FDA Washington Examiner, 05-24-12

Drugs

Frank Lichtenberg on his report 'Alive and Working: How Access to New Drugs has Slowed the Growth in America's Disability Rates' Podcast: Interview, October 29, 2008

The right prescription for drug safety Washington Examiner, 12-04-08

Fear is Side Effect of Drug Warnings RealClearPolitics, 06-04-07

A Tale Of Two Drug Classes Shows Why U.S. Mustn't Go Europe's Way Investor's Business Daily, 12-01-06

Vioxx Backlash Could Derail Future of Medicine Health Care News, 01-15-05

Demanding Altruism From Drugmakers Won't Improve Health Of Poor Investor's Business Daily, 03-19-12

Improving the FDA Washington Examiner, 05-24-12

Pushing Antibiotics off of Their Own 'Fiscal Cliff Washington Examiner, 12-07-12

Off-Label, Not Off-Limits: The Fda Needs To Create a Safe Harbor For Off-Label Drug Use Issue Brief, December 2012

An Unhealthy Advantage For Generic Medicines Washington Times, 04-09-13

Economic Development

Liberating The Economy's New Commanding Heights The Daily Caller, 08-15-11

How Obama and Congress Can Revive U.S. Innovation Washington Examiner, 01-06-11

What Election 2012 Means for America: Three Manhattan Institute Scholars Weigh In On the Next Four Years Washington Examiner, 11-09-12

Education

Liberating The Economy's New Commanding Heights The Daily Caller, 08-15-11

FDA Reform

The right prescription for drug safety Washington Examiner, 12-04-08

In the Wake of Wyeth v. Levine: Making the Case for FDA Preemption and Administrative Compensation Project FDA Report, March 2009

The Way Forward On Health Care, And No, It's Not Obamacare FoxNews.com, 09-29-10

Richard Epstein explains why the FDA should not fear conflicts-of-interest and gives his solutions for the dilemma. Podcast: Interview, October 19, 2010

The Real Problem With Withdrawing Avastin Health Affairs, 01-19-11

Cancer Revolution Is Possible With More Flexible FDA Washington Examiner, 06-09-11

Why We Need an FDA 2.0 National Review Online, 06-24-11

High-Priced Cancer Drugs: Are They Worth It? National Review Online, 07-08-11

Paul Howard interviews Marc M. Boutin, about PEDUFA and why the FDA needs to re-evaluate the way it approves drugs and medical devices. Podcast: Interview, July 21, 2011

Don't Forget About the FDA National Review Online, 08-12-11

Former Obama Adviser Warns of the Perils of Price Controls National Review Online, 08-17-11

Renewing User-Fee Program Will Boost Innovation, FDA Performance Washington Examiner, 11-03-11

Gates Invests Time, Cash Into Drug Research Washington Examiner, 11-25-11

The End of the Age of Lipitor? You'd Better Hope Not. Medical Progress Today, 11-30-11

Expensive Innovation Is Only Path To Cheap Lipitor Washington Times, 12-22-11

Innovation, Not Spending Cuts, Improves Health Care Investor's Business Daily, 01-04-12

Market Better Than FDA To Address Drug Shortages Washington Examiner, 03-01-12

Paul Howard and Alex Tabarrok discuss the recent surge in drug shortages and what the U.S. can do to bring more drugs to market Podcast: Interview, April 4, 2012

Improving the FDA Washington Examiner, 05-24-12

Paul Howard and Avik Roy discuss findings from the American Society of Clinical Oncology conference and what is driving cancer innovation forward. Podcast: Interview, June 7, 2012

Paul Howard interviews Josh Bloom, director, chemical and pharmaceutical sciences, American Council on Health and Science, about his MedicalProgressToday.com article, "Qsymia is Not Fen-Phen." Podcast: Interview, July 25, 2012

Paul Howard interviews Jeffrey Kasher about Lilly's involvement in TransCelerate BioPharma, an industry-wide collaboration that is aimed at developing shared research solutions to accelerate the deliv Podcast: Interview, October 8, 2012

Why Does FDA Keep Drugmakers From Informing Doctors? Investor's Business Daily, 01-09-13

An Unhealthy Advantage For Generic Medicines Washington Times, 04-09-13

Paul Howard and Luke Timmerman, an award-winning journalist at Xconomy, discuss the challenges faced by the biotech industry in utilizing big data's potential to revolutionize healthcare. Podcast: Interview, May 3, 2013

Government Reform

Promethean Health-Care Ambitions Come Crashing Down National Review Online, 11-03-10

Healthcare

Mandates Are Not the Answer City Journal, Spring 2008

Health Care’s New Entrepreneurs City Journal, Summer 2008

Paul Howard and Ben Plotinsky Discuss "Health Care's New Entrepreneurs" Podcast: Interview, August 28, 2008

The case for the McCain health care plan Dallas Morning News, 05-19-08

Both Parties Prescribe Bad Medicine In The Form Of Insurance Mandates Investor's Business Daily, 03-28-08

The Doctor Is Out Forbes, 01-02-09

Free-Market Medicine National Review Online, 08-20-08

Medical Drama New York Post, 05-11-08

On Vaccines, Immune to Reason Washington Post, 10-12-07

Hillarycare's 'Groundhog Day' New York Post, 09-18-07

Congress Is Full of SCHIP National Review Online, 07-31-07

A Story Michael Moore Didn't Tell Washington Post, 07-17-07

Paint-By-Numbers Medicine City Journal, 07-09-07

Sickly States City Journal, 04-05-07

Stanford’s 'Freebies' Ban Doesn't Advance Medicine Washington Examiner, 10-18-06

You Get What You Pay For? Tech Central Station, 03-10-06

Competition Won’t Ail You The Boston Herald, 02-09-08

Policy Forum: The State of the Union Health Care Proposals Medical Progress Today, 02-10-06

Evan Falchuk talks to Paul Howard about how we define "the best" in health care Podcast: Interview, April 4, 2009

Dan Petrylak talks to Paul Howard about the future of cancer care Podcast: Interview, April 10, 2009

Arnold Kling talks to Paul Howard about rising health care costs Podcast: Interview, April 13, 2009

William Winkenwer talks to Paul Howard about public and private sector examples of successful health care innovation Podcast: Interview, May 1, 2009

Paul Howard interviews Douglas Holtz-Eakin about Forging a New Plan For Health Care Podcast: Interview, May 18, 2009

Three Modest Health Care Reforms Will Obviate Bureaucratic Quagmire Investor's Business Daily, 05-18-09

Public Plan: No Option For Health Reform Investor's Business Daily, 05-19-09

The Road to Rationing The New Atlantis, 04-15-09

Paul Howard reads Part I of his article "Public Plan: No Option For Health Reform" co-authored with David Gratzer Podcast: Interview, June 22, 2009

Paul Howard reads Part II of his article "Three Modest Health Care Reforms Will Obviate Bureaucratic Quagmire" co-authored with David Gratzer Podcast: Interview, June 22, 2009

Elias Zerhouni talks to Paul Howard about U.S. leadership in biomedical innovation - Part I Podcast: Interview, July 20, 2009

How To Cut Healthcare Costs Podcast: Interview, June 1, 2009

Healthcare Across the U.S. Podcast: Interview, June 22, 2009

Medical Banking Podcast: Interview, June 29, 2009

Health Insurance Markets Podcast: Interview, July 6, 2009

How To Stop This Rush To Failure And Fix What Really Needs Fixing Investor's Business Daily, 07-22-09

Healthcare Reform Podcast: Interview, August 5, 2009

David Hyman talks to Paul Howard on competition in health insurance markets Podcast: Interview, August 19, 2009

Obamacare and Kennedy's Legacy Washington Examiner, 09-02-09

How To Pass Health Reform: Play Small Ball Investor's Business Daily, 09-04-09

New York Shows How Not To Do Health Care Reform Washington Examiner, 09-23-09

Scott Harrington talks to Paul Howard about healthcare co-ops Podcast: Interview, September 14, 2009

Stephen Parente and Tarren Bragdon talk to Paul Howard about "Healthier Choice: An Examination of Market-Based Reforms for New York's Uninsured" Podcast: Interview, September 16, 2009

Waiting for Obama's Hail Mary FoxNews.com, 09-10-09

Mary Kate Scott talks to Paul Howard about the retail clinic model and what the future of the model may hold for consumer-driven health care Podcast: Interview, October 6, 2009

Paul Howard interviews Jim Copland about Trial Lawyers Inc: Healthcare Podcast: Interview, October 13, 2009

Real Health-Care Reform National Review Online, 10-08-09

David Gratzer talks to Paul Howard about his new broadside " Why Obama's Government Takeover of Health-Care Will Be a Disaster" Podcast: Interview, November 10, 2009

A Scary Bill, Full of Tricks National Review Online, 10-30-09

$2.4 Trillion for House Health Bill Blog Post, 11-04-09

New York: Model or Warning? Gotham Gazette, 11-09-09

Why Tragedy Will Be Result of Dems Rush to Victory on Health Reform FoxNews.com, 11-13-09

Health v. Health Care Blog Post, 08-11-09

Legislate in Haste, Repent at Leisure Blog Post, 07-24-09

No Pot of Gold for Obamacare Blog Post, 08-10-09

Three Strikes against Obamacare National Review Online, 12-08-09

Five Questions On Health Reform Americans Should Be Asking Now Investor's Business Daily, 12-09-09

Obamacare's gift to all: More regulation, more debt, more taxes Washington Examiner, 12-23-09

ObamaCare’s HSA Promise – and Peril Townhall.com, 12-17-09

Flunking the Market Test National Review Online, 12-16-09

A Bipartisan Health Care Plan Forbes.com, 01-27-10

Critical Diagnosis Forbes.com, 02-02-10

Partisanship Trumps All In Health Care Debate FoxNews.com, 02-27-10

Obama's Sledgehammer Strategy FoxNews.com, 03-04-10

Obama the Anti-Reformer National Review Online, 03-15-10

Paul Howard speaks with Douglas Holtz-Eakin on how the additional debt that will be accrued if this health care bill is passed Podcast: Interview, March 18, 2010

Obamacare, the Day After Washington Examiner, 03-24-10

Will Spending Under ObamaCare Trigger The Next Financial Crisis? Investor's Business Daily, 03-31-10

Tevi Troy taks about health care and domestic policy Podcast: Interview, April 2, 2010

Art Carden discusses with Paul Howard his research on how Wal-Mart's revolutionary product distribution system sharply lowers food prices facing consumers-and may also affect obesity rates in the U. Podcast: Interview, April 28, 2010

Paul Howard and Peter Suderman discuss the unintended consequences of state health care reform efforts and the implications for recently passed federal legislation Podcast: Interview, April 16, 2010

David Gratzer discusses First Lady Michelle Obama's task force recommendations on childhood obesity Podcast: Interview, May 14, 2010

Scott Gottlieb, M.D. discusses the unanticipated problems and costs from the health care bill that are now emerging for the pharmaceutical industry Podcast: Interview, May 20, 2010

FDA Is Slowing Down Necessary Drugs and Treatments Washington Examiner, 06-17-10

Toward Real Health Care Reform National Affairs, 06-24-10

James C. Capretta talks about the broken promises already emerging from Obamacare Podcast: Interview, July 1, 2010

Donald Berwick's Five-Year Plan v. the iPhone RealClearMarkets, 07-10-10

E.J. McMahon discusses the "Early Retiree Reinsurance Program" set up to subsidize employer-sponsored health insurance for retirees who haven't reached the Medicare eligibility age of 65 Podcast: Interview, September 9, 2010

Sally C. Pipes talkes to Paul Howard Podcast: Interview, September 21, 2010

The Way Forward On Health Care, And No, It's Not Obamacare FoxNews.com, 09-29-10

Scott Gottlieb discusses why, six months passing, the Affordable Care Act remains deeply unpopular - and is apt to remain so for the foreseeable future Podcast: Interview, September 30, 2010

Randy E. Barnett discusses the constitutionality of the individual mandate to buy health insurance in the Affordable Care Act Podcast: Interview, October 7, 2010

Thomas Miller, a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, discusses how states can fight Obamacare by implementing market-based insurance exchanges.mi Podcast: Interview, October 18, 2010

Peter Pitts is President and co-founder of the Center for Medicine in the Public Interest and Partner/Director Global Healthcare, Porter Novelli. Podcast: Interview, November 04, 2010

Dr. David Gratzer talks with Paul Howard about the dangers of a “repeal-only” mindset on the part of Republicans and proposes immediate solutions to the problems with Obamacare. Podcast: Interview, November 11, 2010

Virginia v. Sebelius: There Is No Easy Way Out for Obama National Review Online, 12-13-10

More than $1 Billion in Stocking Stuffers for the Affordable Care Act National Review Online, 12-14-10

A Double Edged Sword for U.S. Healthcare RealClearMarkets, 12-22-10

If You Think Paul Ryan's Roadmap is a Sham, You Should Look at Obamacare Townhall.com, 08-16-10

A Medicaid Rebellion? City Journal, Winter 2011

Three Areas Where Obama Can Help America Innovate Washington Examiner, 01-26-11

The Whooping Cough’s Unnecessary Return City Journal, 2 February 2011

Easy Access, Quality Care: The Role for Retail Health Clinics in New York Medical Progress Report, February 2011

Paul Howard interviews Tevi Troy, about how the Affordable Care Act already gives the states all the flexibility they are calling for to create truly competitive health insurance exchanges. Podcast: Interview, March 17, 2011

Reforming the Reforms: Why the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Will Require Substantial Reform Missouri Medicine, 03-17-11

Obamacare’s First Anniversary. Let’s Hope There Aren’t Too Many More National Review Online, 03-24-11

One Health-Care Answer New York Post, 04-02-11

Paul Ryan Takes on the Medicare (and Medicaid) Industrial Complex National Review Online, 04-05-11

Building a Market-Based Health-Insurance Exchange in New York Medical Progress Report, April 2011

Offer Uninsured More Plans Albany Times Union, 04-19-11

Entitlements Can't Survive Unless They're Reformed Investor's Business Daily, 04-21-11

To Cut Costs, Healthcare Needs Far More Info Washington Examiner, 05-05-11

Healthcare Facilities: Not Just On Hospital Campuses Anymore Commercial Source, 05-05-11

Built To Fail: Health Insurance Exchanges Under The Affordable Care Act Kaiser Health News, 06-16-11

Paul Howard interviews Grace-Marie Turner about Obamacare and what it means for various entitlement programs including Medicare and Medicaid. Podcast: Interview, April 19, 2011

Why We Need an FDA 2.0 National Review Online, 06-24-11

Obamacare's 'One Size Fits All' Health Care Guidelines Washington Times, 06-28-11

Paul Howard and Stephen Parente discuss their op-ed, Built To Fail: Health Insurance Exchanges Under The Affordable Care Act. Podcast: Interview, June 15, 2011

Paul Howard interviews author Tomas Philipson on the institute's latest Project FDA report Podcast: Interview, June 28, 2011

How Obamacare Reduces People to the 'Average Patient' National Review Online, 07-05-11

High-Priced Cancer Drugs: Are They Worth It? National Review Online, 07-08-11

Repeal and Replace IPAB Politico, 07-13-11

Tomorrow's Crop of Medical Innovations Is in Jeopardy National Review Online, 07-13-11

Paul Howard interviews Eric Sun, author of Blue Pill or Red Pill: The Limits of Comparative Effectiveness Research about key findings in the report. Podcast: Interview, June 28, 2011

How To Wreck a Prescription-Drug Program Washington Times, 07-22-11

Paul Howard interviews Marc M. Boutin, about PEDUFA and why the FDA needs to re-evaluate the way it approves drugs and medical devices. Podcast: Interview, July 21, 2011

Paul Howard interviews Arnold Kling about his recent National Affairs article, “The New Commanding Heights,”and the future of innovation in the healthcare and education sectors. Podcast: Interview, August 11, 2011

Don't Forget About the FDA National Review Online, 08-12-11

Liberating The Economy's New Commanding Heights The Daily Caller, 08-15-11

In his article for Commentary Magazine, "The Fog of Mediscare," Tevi Troy writes of the need to reform Medicare to ensure lasting and effective health care policies. Podcast: Interview, September 9, 2011

Paul Howard and leading pharma blogger Derek Lowe discuss how a gene therapy trial for leukemia may present a new paradigm. Podcast: Interview, September 2, 2011

Paul Howard and Ross DeVol discuss his recent Milken Institute report, The Global Biomedical Industry: Preserving U.S. Leadership Podcast: Interview, October 1, 2011

Liberating Medicine’s New Frontier City Journal, Autumn 2011

More Price Controls, Fewer Jobs, and Less Innovation National Review Online, 11-01-11

Renewing User-Fee Program Will Boost Innovation, FDA Performance Washington Examiner, 11-03-11

Representative Paul Ryan and Paul Howard discuss the future health care with Obamacare and the Independent Advisory Payment Board stifling innovation. Podcast: Interview, November 15, 2011

Paul Howard and former FDA Commissioner, Dr. Andrew C. von Eschenbach, discuss the FDA's recent decision revoking Avastin's approval for the treatment of metastatic breast cancer. Podcast: Interview, November 21, 2011

The End of the Age of Lipitor? You'd Better Hope Not. Medical Progress Today, 11-30-11

Adam Fein, founder and president of Pembroke Consulting, Inc., a pharmaceutical advisory firm, and editor of Drug Channels, a pharmaceutical blog, talks to Paul Howard about the drug shortage crisis. Podcast: Interview, December 2, 2011

Paul Howard and Frank R. Lichtenberg discuss how patents drive medical innovation and also help lower the cost of health care after patents expire. Podcast: Interview, December 17, 2011

Innovation, Not Spending Cuts, Improves Health Care Investor's Business Daily, 01-04-12

Paul Howard interviews Congressman Roskam about how the U.S. corporate tax code is sending jobs and investment abroad, particularly in the health care space. Podcast: Interview, January 4, 2012

Paul Howard talks with Ralph Hall about reauthorization of the Medical Device User Fee Act Podcast: Interview, Janary 19, 2012

Paul Howard interviews Alex Tabarrok about his new book, Launching The Innovation Renaissance: A New Path to Bring Smart Ideas to Market Fast. Podcast: Interview, January 27, 2012

Paul Howard interviews new Project FDA chairman, Dr. von Eschenbach about his Wall Street Journal op-ed, “Medical Innovation: How the U.S. Can Retain Its Lead.” Podcast: Interview, February 23, 2012

Right Problem, Wrong Solution RealClearPolitics, 02-29-12

Paul Howard and Dr. Agus discuss his book, "The End of Illness," and strategies to maintaining lifelong health. Podcast: Interview, February 10, 2012

Representative Paul Ryan talks to Paul Howard about the future innovation in the face of Obamacare. Podcast: Interview, November 15, 2011

Paul Howard and James Capretta discuss entitlements and the present state of U.S. health care amid the Supreme Court hearing oral arguments against PPACA's individual mandate. Podcast: Interview, March 29, 2012

Demanding Altruism From Drugmakers Won't Improve Health Of Poor Investor's Business Daily, 03-19-12

Paul Howard and Avik Roy discuss Roy's latest Issues 2012 report, "The Medicaid Mess: How Obamacare Makes it Worse." Podcast: Interview, April 10, 2012

Paul Howard interviews James Capretta about the potential outcomes of the Supreme Court decision on the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Podcast: Interview, June 15, 2012

Making Health Care Worse National Review Online, 08-01-12

Paul Howard interviews Joshua Archambault of the Pioneer Institute and contributor to the Pioneer Institute's new book, The Great Experiment: The States, The Feds and Your HealthCare. Podcast: Interview, June 26, 2012

Paul Howard interviews James Capretta, about the potential outcomes of the Supreme Court decision on the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Podcast: Interview, June 15, 2012

Paul Howard, with economist Douglas Holtz-Eakin, counters comments made by Vice President Biden by discussing how the territorial tax system could actually help save American jobs Podcast: Interview, September 14, 2012

How Block Grants Can Make Medicaid Work: Improving Health, Decreasing Costs Issues 2012, September 2012

Olive Garden Serves Up Better Menu of Health Insurance Options FoxNews.com, 10-09-12

Medicaid Is Broken—Let the States Fix It Wall Street Journal, 10-11-12

Paul Howard interviews Jeffrey Kasher about Lilly's involvement in TransCelerate BioPharma, an industry-wide collaboration that is aimed at developing shared research solutions to accelerate the deliv Podcast: Interview, October 8, 2012

Obama and Biden Will Turn Medicare into Medicaid Washington Examiner, 10-15-12

Romney vs. Obama, Round 2 National Review Online, 10-16-12

What Election 2012 Means for America: Three Manhattan Institute Scholars Weigh In On the Next Four Years Washington Examiner, 11-09-12

ObamaCare Faces the Implementation Iceberg RealClearPolitics, 11-26-12

Potential ObamaCare Privacy Nightmare USA Today, 12-07-12

Pushing Antibiotics off of Their Own 'Fiscal Cliff Washington Examiner, 12-07-12

Paul Howard and Luke Timmerman discuss the decline in early stage financing for start-up biotech companies, implications for the pharmaceutical industry, and the future of innovation in life sciences. Podcast: Interview, December 13, 2012

Paul Howard and James Capretta, Senior Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, discuss the future of healthcare policy after the election and the implementation of Obamacare Podcast: Interview, November 30, 2012

Pushing antibiotics off of their own 'fiscal cliff Washington Examiner, 12-06-12

Why Does FDA Keep Drugmakers From Informing Doctors? Investor's Business Daily, 01-09-13

President Obama's Bait and Switch Washington Examiner, 01-25-13

Obamacare Starts In 2013, As Should Plans To Reform It Forbes.com, 02-05-13

Paul Howard discusses research showing that limits on pharmaceutical companies communications with doctors can have unintended consequences for physicians' practice patterns and patients. Podcast: Interview, January 23, 2013

Tear Down the Medicaid Wall National Review Online, 02-20-13

A Model Medicare Program Bloomberg, 03-13-13

Rhetoric and Reality—The Obamacare Evaluation Project: Cost Medical Progress Report, March 2013

Rhetoric and Reality On the Anniversary of Obamacare Washington Examiner, 03-22-13

ObamaCare Turns Three -- A Checkup On the Rhetoric vs. the Reality FoxNews.com, 03-20-13

Health Care Reform 2.0 RealClearPolicy, 03-20-13

Paul Howard and Chris Conover discuss his new book, "American Health Economy Illustrated" � which Paul describes as the "single best fact book on Healthcare." Podcast: Interview, March 29, 2013

Obamacare Forecast: We All Pay More National Review Online, 04-18-13

Higher Education

Herb London and Howard Husock discuss college athletics. Podcast: Interview, February 2, 2012

Islam

A Fifth Column in the Prisons? City Journal, Spring 2006

Legal Issues

The right prescription for drug safety Washington Examiner, 12-04-08

The Whooping Cough’s Unnecessary Return City Journal, 2 February 2011

Howard Husock interviews James Copland about how shareholders are making major efforts for corporations to disclose their political campaign contributions. Podcast: Interview, March 1, 2011

Litigation Industry

Are We Headed Back To The Bad Old Days Of Vaccination Lawsuits? Washington Examiner, 10-19-10

Protect the Vaccines That Protect Us Pittsburg Post-Gazette, 10-21-10

Media


Medicare/Medicaid

How To Stop This Rush To Failure And Fix What Really Needs Fixing Investor's Business Daily, 07-22-09

How To Pass Health Reform: Play Small Ball Investor's Business Daily, 09-04-09

Real Health-Care Reform National Review Online, 10-08-09

New York: Model or Warning? Gotham Gazette, 11-09-09

Why Tragedy Will Be Result of Dems Rush to Victory on Health Reform FoxNews.com, 11-13-09

Three Strikes against Obamacare National Review Online, 12-08-09

Five Questions On Health Reform Americans Should Be Asking Now Investor's Business Daily, 12-09-09

Flunking the Market Test National Review Online, 12-16-09

A Bipartisan Health Care Plan Forbes.com, 01-27-10

Partisanship Trumps All In Health Care Debate FoxNews.com, 02-27-10

Obama's Sledgehammer Strategy FoxNews.com, 03-04-10

Obamacare Doesn't Work in the Real World Washington Examiner, 08-11-10

A Question for Doctor Berwick National Review Online, 08-24-10

Promethean Health-Care Ambitions Come Crashing Down National Review Online, 11-03-10

If You Think Paul Ryan's Roadmap is a Sham, You Should Look at Obamacare Townhall.com, 08-16-10

Three Areas Where Obama Can Help America Innovate Washington Examiner, 01-26-11

Obamacare’s First Anniversary. Let’s Hope There Aren’t Too Many More National Review Online, 03-24-11

Paul Ryan Takes on the Medicare (and Medicaid) Industrial Complex National Review Online, 04-05-11

Entitlements Can't Survive Unless They're Reformed Investor's Business Daily, 04-21-11

Obamacare's 'One Size Fits All' Health Care Guidelines Washington Times, 06-28-11

How Obamacare Reduces People to the 'Average Patient' National Review Online, 07-05-11

Repeal and Replace IPAB Politico, 07-13-11

Tomorrow's Crop of Medical Innovations Is in Jeopardy National Review Online, 07-13-11

How To Wreck a Prescription-Drug Program Washington Times, 07-22-11

Three Ideas for Winning the Next Battle Over Entitlement Reform National Review Online, 08-03-11

More Price Controls, Fewer Jobs, and Less Innovation National Review Online, 11-01-11

Right Problem, Wrong Solution RealClearPolitics, 02-29-12

Making Health Care Worse National Review Online, 08-01-12

Olive Garden Serves Up Better Menu of Health Insurance Options FoxNews.com, 10-09-12

Medicaid Is Broken—Let the States Fix It Wall Street Journal, 10-11-12

Obama and Biden Will Turn Medicare into Medicaid Washington Examiner, 10-15-12

Romney vs. Obama, Round 2 National Review Online, 10-16-12

What Election 2012 Means for America: Three Manhattan Institute Scholars Weigh In On the Next Four Years Washington Examiner, 11-09-12

ObamaCare Faces the Implementation Iceberg RealClearPolitics, 11-26-12

Potential ObamaCare Privacy Nightmare USA Today, 12-07-12

Tear Down the Medicaid Wall National Review Online, 02-20-13

A Model Medicare Program Bloomberg, 03-13-13

Rhetoric and Reality On the Anniversary of Obamacare Washington Examiner, 03-22-13

ObamaCare Turns Three -- A Checkup On the Rhetoric vs. the Reality FoxNews.com, 03-20-13

Health Care Reform 2.0 RealClearPolicy, 03-20-13

Obamacare Forecast: We All Pay More National Review Online, 04-18-13

Mental Illness

Big Pharma Can Save Us Forbes.com, 04-30-09

National Politics

What Obama Should Say In His State of the Union Washington Examiner, 01-27-10

Promethean Health-Care Ambitions Come Crashing Down National Review Online, 11-03-10

Virginia v. Sebelius: There Is No Easy Way Out for Obama National Review Online, 12-13-10

Three Areas Where Obama Can Help America Innovate Washington Examiner, 01-26-11

To Cut Costs, Healthcare Needs Far More Info Washington Examiner, 05-05-11

Repeal and Replace IPAB Politico, 07-13-11

The End of the Age of Lipitor? You'd Better Hope Not. Medical Progress Today, 11-30-11

Expensive Innovation Is Only Path To Cheap Lipitor Washington Times, 12-22-11

Innovation, Not Spending Cuts, Improves Health Care Investor's Business Daily, 01-04-12

Market Better Than FDA To Address Drug Shortages Washington Examiner, 03-01-12

What Election 2012 Means for America: Three Manhattan Institute Scholars Weigh In On the Next Four Years Washington Examiner, 11-09-12

President Obama's Bait and Switch Washington Examiner, 01-25-13

Rhetoric and Reality On the Anniversary of Obamacare Washington Examiner, 03-22-13

ObamaCare Turns Three -- A Checkup On the Rhetoric vs. the Reality FoxNews.com, 03-20-13

Health Care Reform 2.0 RealClearPolicy, 03-20-13

New York City

A 9/11 Tort-Fest New York Post, 08-10-02

New York Shows How Not To Do Health Care Reform Washington Examiner, 09-23-09

New York: Model or Warning? Gotham Gazette, 11-09-09

Politics

The Game Remains the Same Blog Post, 09-10-09

Waiting for Obama's Hail Mary FoxNews.com, 09-10-09

Bad Proposition National Review Online, 11-07-05

$2.4 Trillion for House Health Bill Blog Post, 11-04-09

Horatio Joe Blog Post, 11-30-09

Legislate in Haste, Repent at Leisure Blog Post, 07-24-09

No Pot of Gold for Obamacare Blog Post, 08-10-09

Three Strikes against Obamacare National Review Online, 12-08-09

ObamaCare’s HSA Promise – and Peril Townhall.com, 12-17-09

What Obama Should Say In His State of the Union Washington Examiner, 01-27-10

Obamacare, the Day After Washington Examiner, 03-24-10

More Expensive but Cheaper Medical Progress Today, 02-10-06

What Election 2012 Means for America: Three Manhattan Institute Scholars Weigh In On the Next Four Years Washington Examiner, 11-09-12

President Obama's Bait and Switch Washington Examiner, 01-25-13

Prisons

A Fifth Column in the Prisons? City Journal, Spring 2006

The End of Fatalism The American, 03-28-07

A Fifth Column in the Prisons? City Journal, 03-30-06

Products Liability

Pharmaceutical Litigation For All, and Safety For None Washington Examiner, 06-19-07

A 'Cure' Worse Than Gangrene Washington Times, 03-09-09

Race and Ethnicity


Reform Proposals

New York Shows How Not To Do Health Care Reform Washington Examiner, 09-23-09

Five Questions On Health Reform Americans Should Be Asking Now Investor's Business Daily, 12-09-09

Regulation

Liberating Medicine’s New Frontier City Journal, Autumn 2011

Religion

A Fifth Column in the Prisons? City Journal, Spring 2006

Scientific Evidence

Getting a Handle on Public Health The American, 02-16-07

Taxes and Budget

Obamacare Doesn't Work in the Real World Washington Examiner, 08-11-10

A Medicaid Rebellion? City Journal, Winter 2011

To Cut Costs, Healthcare Needs Far More Info Washington Examiner, 05-05-11

Built To Fail: Health Insurance Exchanges Under The Affordable Care Act Kaiser Health News, 06-16-11

Repeal and Replace IPAB Politico, 07-13-11

Three Ideas for Winning the Next Battle Over Entitlement Reform National Review Online, 08-03-11

Liberating The Economy's New Commanding Heights The Daily Caller, 08-15-11

Technology

Health Care’s New Entrepreneurs City Journal, Summer 2008

Value of Medicine

A Question for Doctor Berwick National Review Online, 08-24-10

A Double Edged Sword for U.S. Healthcare RealClearMarkets, 12-22-10

Cancer Revolution Is Possible With More Flexible FDA Washington Examiner, 06-09-11

Former Obama Adviser Warns of the Perils of Price Controls National Review Online, 08-17-11

FDA Is Slowing Down Necessary Drugs and Treatments Washington Examiner, 06-17-10

High-Priced Cancer Drugs: Are They Worth It? National Review Online, 07-08-11

Paul Howard interviews Marc M. Boutin, about PEDUFA and why the FDA needs to re-evaluate the way it approves drugs and medical devices. Podcast: Interview, July 21, 2011

How To Wreck a Prescription-Drug Program Washington Times, 07-22-11

Gates Invests Time, Cash Into Drug Research Washington Examiner, 11-25-11

Innovation, Not Spending Cuts, Improves Health Care Investor's Business Daily, 01-04-12

The End of the Age of Lipitor? You'd Better Hope Not. Medical Progress Today, 11-30-11