As the president has ramped up into campaign mode, he has studiously avoided mentioning most of his signature accomplishments. One can see why. The one thing President Obama always seems to mention is the auto bailout. His implication that the bailout is succeeding-that it will not ultimately be a loss for taxpayers-is a constant theme of Democrats.

Not all "routine" health care turns out to be preventive, and most of it leads to more, not less, future health care spending.

The release of the Census Bureau’s annual estimate of the uninsured on August 30, 2005 attracted much public attention. By contrast, few took notice when the Department of Health and Human Services made public two other surveys earlier this year that show different results. Which measure best captures the extent...

US government foreign assistance health programs are currently focused on combating HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, which account for several million deaths each year across Africa. The United States should prioritize sustaining the hard-won gains in disease control, which requires focusing on programs with proven track records of success and addressing failures within those programs.

Health reform proposals across the spectrum have included changes in how the U.S. health system is financed, but they have policy implications that have received little public attention.

An alternative solution to the problem in American health care: one that does not involve the higher government spending and increased regulation that characterize the proposals being discussed in Congress.

Capping an individual's benefit from tax expenditures at 2 percent of adjusted gross income would reduce the federal deficit in 2011 by 1.7 percent, or one-third of the total deficit.

To shrink the near term deficits, President Obama must avoid his costly new initiatives, the most expensive of which are the tax cuts and income transfers to low- and middle-income households.