Tom Miller
Former Director of Health Policy Studies
Miller focuses on restoring individual choice, control and responsibility to the U.S. health care system. He directs a research program that emphasizes expanded health care financing and purchasing options. Specific areas of study include defined contribution alternatives for individuals covered by employer-sponsored health plans, Medical Savings Accounts, restructuring Medicare to increase private insurance options, and unleashing the potential of e-commerce in the health marketplace. His writing has been published in the Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Reader's Digest, Reason, and The American Spectator. Before joining Cato, Miller spent 14 years at the Competitive Enterprise Institute as director of economic policy studies and as a senior policy analyst. He previously was a trial attorney, a broadcaster and a journalist. Miller holds a bachelor's degree in political science from New York University and a law degree from Duke University.
Cato Studies
"The Medicare Drug War Escalates: Bush Opens Up a New Front -- Comprehensive Reform," White Paper, September 8, 2000.
"Nickles-Stearns Is Not the Market Choice for Health Care Reform," Policy Analysis no. 210, June 13, 1994.
Opinion and Commentary
"A Poison Pill for U.S. Health Care?," Cato.org, July 15, 2003
"Debate: Medicare reform is market-based in name only," HillNews.com, June 18, 2003
"Quick Fixes Are Toxins," World & I, March 12, 2003
"Can Medicare Ever Graduate From Reform School?," Cato.org, January 28, 2003
"The Medicare Drug Benefit War," Foxnews.com, July 18, 2002