As part of the AEI project Beyond "Repeal and Replace," health industry analyst Stephen T. Parente questions whether The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 is likely to overcome longstanding economic disincentives to the use of electronic health records.

Why the uninsured will continue waiting for insurance long after Obamacare becomes law.

AEI scholars and other experts will examine the likely impact, feasibility, and support for forthcoming health care reforms.

Will Health Savings Accounts (HSAs), made possible by the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003, bring about a revolution in the health insurance market? Will they lower the cost of health insurance and help to reduce the number of people without coverage?

While...

Recent research by University of Minnesota professors Stephen Parente and Roger Feldman finds that combining the most recent models of consumer-driven health plans with a reform of the tax treatment of health insurance would substantially increase overall health insurance coverage. They estimate that adopting the George W. Bush plan for...

Advocates of interstate competition and choice in health insurance contend that state-level mandates for particular benefits, providers, and types of coverage, as well as other regulations, distort prices, increase health care costs, and reduce access to affordable insurance. Several members of Congress and at least one presidential candidate have proposed...