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Washington State Barriers to Health Savings Accounts, by David Hogber, June 2007

A Snapshot of Health Insurance Costs in Washington State, by Tanya Karwaki, August 2006

The Failure of Government Central Planning: Washington's Medical Certificate of Need Program, by John Barnes, January 2006

Overview of Initiative 330 & 336: Proposals to Reform Washington's Medical Liability Law, by Paul Guppy, September 2005

Drug Importation and R&D Spending: The Economic Impact on Washington's Economy, by Douglas Giuffre, June 2005

The How-to Guide to Health Savings Accounts, by Liv S. Finne, June 2005

Medical Liability Reform: A Three State Comparison, by Amy Johnson, April 2005

A Legislators and Consumers Guide to Prescription Drug Importation, by IPI and ALEC, (Disctributed to Washington State by Washington Policy Center)

The State Legislators Desktop Reference to Prescription Drug Policy, by IPI and ALEC, (Distributed to Washington State by Washington Policy Center)

Ten Tools for Achieving Consumer Driven Health Care, by Greg Scandlen, June 2003

Treatment Denied: State Formularies and Cost Controls Restrict Access to Prescription Druges, by Linda Gorman, February 2003

How Mandates Increase Costs and Reduce Access to Health Care Coverage, by Paul Guppy, June 2002

Prices, Profits and Prescriptions: The Pharmatech Industry in the New Economy, by Merrill Matthews Jr., Ph.D., December 2001

Health Care Quality: Would It Survive a Single-Payer System?, by Merrill Matthews Jr., Ph.D. and Robert Cihak M.D., July 2001

The Ten Billion Dollar Entitlement: Assessing the Cost of Single-Payer Health Care, by Paul Guppy, November 2000

The Single-Payer Health Care Proposal, A Guide to Initiative 245, by Paul Guppy, September 2000

2008 Health Care Conference, by Lisa Lennick and Justin Bryant

2007-20: Moore's Sicko Offers No Cure for U.S. Health Care, by Paul Guppy

2007-09: 2007 Health Care Conference - Emerging Trends in Health Care, by Carsten Belanich

2007-06: Washington State Barriers to Health Savings Accounts, by David Hogberg

2006-14: What a Health Insurance Exchange Could Look Like in Washington State, by Tanya Karwaki

2006-07: 2006 Health Care Conference - Moving Health Care Forward: Tools and Techniques for a Healthier Washington, by Anna Carroll

2006-05: What Washington Can Learn from Massachusetts Health Care Reform, by Tanya Karwaki

2006-01: The Failure of Government Central Planning: Washington's Medical Certificate of Need  Program, by John Barnes

2005-10: Doctors vs. Lawyers - Competing Initiatives Take Different Approaches to Medical Liability Reform, by Paul Guppy

2005-07: 2005 Health Care Conference: Empowering Patients, Controlling Costs, by Marisa Dilorenzo

2005-06: Improving Access to Affordable Health Care Coverage by Expanding Access to Health Savings Accounts, by Liv Finne

2005-03: Medical Liability Reform: A Three-State Comparison, by Amy Johnson

2005-01: A Lesson for Government: How Consumer-Based Health Care is Benefiting Workers in the Private Sector, by Sally C. Pipes

2004-09: Health Care 2004: Opportunities for Reform and Innovation, by Melissa Lambert Milewski

2004-02: Health Savings Accounts Will Revolutionize American Health Care, by John C. Goodman

2003-10: Ten Tools for Achieving Consumer Driven Health Care, by Greg Scandlen

2003-08: Prison Health Care: Healing a Sick System through Private Competition, by Eric Montague

2003-07: An Analysis of the Impacts of the Medical Malpractice System, by Eric Montague

2003-05: Treatment Denied: State Formularies and Cost Controls Restrict Access to Prescription Drugs, by Linda Gorman, Ph.D.

2002-14: Health Care 2002: Improving Cost, Quality and Choice, by Eric Montague

2002-06: Mandates Increase Costs and Reduce Access to Affordable Health Insurance, by Paul Guppy

2002-03: Further Government Expansion into Health Care Will Not Reduce Prescription Drug Costs, by Daniel Mead Smith

2001-22: Price Controls are not the Answer to Rising Prescription Drug Costs, by Paul Guppy

2001-13: Health Care Quality: Would It Survive a Single-Payer System?, by Merrill Matthews Jr., Ph.D.

2000-15: The Ten Billion Dollar Entitlement: Assessing the Cost of Single-Payer Health Care, by Paul Guppy

The General Election Debate over health reform begins, by Grace Marie-Turner, May 2008

Proposed SCHIP Expansion Relies on Shaky Finances, by Paul Guppy, July 27, 2007

Recent court decision highlights failure of government central planning, by John Barnes, July 27, 2007

A Capitalism Prescription, by Dr. David Gratzer, M.D., June 13, 2007

Price Controls Threaten Popular Drug Discount Program, by Paul Guppy, February 14, 2007

The Doctor is Out, by Tanya Karwaki, May 31, 2006

Proposed Bill Would Legalize Health Savings Accounts for State Workers, by Paul Guppy, February 8, 2006

"Fair Share" Bill is Unfair and Impractical, by Paul Guppy, January 25, 2006

'Tis the Season for Bashing Wal-Mart, by Paul Guppy, November 30, 2005

Doctors vs. Lawyers: Competing Ballot Initiatives Take Different Approaches to Medical Liability Reform, by Paul Guppy, September 21, 2005

At Last, A Legal Way to Get Cheaper Prescription Drugs, by Paul Guppy, April 20, 2005

Health Savings Accounts Can Help Solve Olympia's Budget Mess, by Paul Guppy, February 23, 2005

Drug Importation Carries Unseen Risks, by Melissa Lambert Milewski, April 2004

Congress Should Take Proposed Medicare Drug Program Back to the Drawing Board, by Paul Guppy, June 2003

How to Solve Our Health Care Mess? Put Consumers in Charge, by Greg Scandlen, June 2003

Lets Legalize Basic Health Insurance, by Paul Guppy, April 2003

The Price of Progress: The Real Reason for Health Care Cost Increases, by Daniel Mead Smith, January 2003

Should Canada Be America's Drug Store?, by Paul Guppy, October 2002

Era of Consumer-Driven Health Care Dawns, by Grace-Marie, Turner, July 2002

Further Government Expansion into Health Care Is Not the Rigth Prescription for Our State, by Daniel Mead Smith, February 2002

Price Controls are not the Answer to Rising Prescription Drug Costs, by Paul Guppy, November 2001