John Buntin

Recent Articles

• The Nation's Only Health Insurance Commissioner Takes on the Health-Care System
• Jan 31, 2011
• Rhode Island Health Insurance Commissioner Christopher Koller set out to transform an industry.
• 5 Comments

• Hoosier Health IT
• Jan 26, 2011
• Indiana's health information exchanges show what electronic medical records can do.

• A Governor's Take on Fixing Health Care
• Dec 21, 2010
• Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen discusses health reform, the future of health IT and how states should approach regulating private insurers.

• A Cap-and-Trade Program That Works
• Dec 1, 2010
• Northeastern states have developed an efficient way to reduce greenhouse gases. So why won't the feds follow suit?
• 12 Comments

• A Closer Look at Medicaid and CHIP
• Nov 23, 2010
• Diane Rowland, chair of a commission to look at Medicaid and CHIP, explains how the group will study the federal-state programs' ability to provide affordable, quality care.
• 2 Comments

• Harrisburg's Failed Infrastructure Project
• Nov 1, 2010
• A new incinerator was supposed to earn Harrisburg, Pa., $1 billion. Instead, it’s a cautionary tale for what happens when an infrastructure project goes bad.
• 8 Comments

• Driving Prosecution With Intelligence
• Nov 1, 2010
• Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance’s vision of “intelligence-driven prosecution” could do for prosecutors what CompStat did for policing.

• Lessons from Maine’s Health Reform
• Oct 26, 2010
• In 2003, Maine passed the at-times controversial Dirigo Health reform initiative. Seven years later, what has Maine learned to help other states reform health care?

• Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal's Evolving Leadership
• Oct 1, 2010
• Bobby Jindal took office with a mandate to change state government. Three years later, it’s the governor’s approach to leadership that has changed instead.
• 11 Comments

• Lewis Ledford Oversees Parks and Recreation Growth
• Oct 1, 2010
• Even in tough times, North Carolina's Parks and Recreation Director Lewis Ledford keeps state parks bustling.

• A Model for State Health Insurance Exchanges
• Sep 28, 2010
• Massachusetts' Jon Kingsdale discusses health insurance exchanges and the opportunities -- and challenges -- of health reform.
• 2 Comments

• Mayor Villaraigosa’s Director of New Media Tweets Around L.A.
• Sep 1, 2010
• Adam Cooper helps Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa navigate the world of new media.

• Health Reform Comes to Colorado
• Aug 24, 2010
• Lorez Meinhold is leading Colorado's efforts to implement health reform.

• Readings: Interview with Brookings' Metropolitan Policy Program Senior Fellows
• Aug 6, 2010
• John Buntin interviews Brookings' Alan Berube and Bill Frey on the Metropolitan Policy Project's latest report, "The State of Metropolitan America."

• Mississippi's Corrections Reform
• Jul 30, 2010
• How America's reddest state -- and most notorious prison -- became a model of corrections reform.
• 12 Comments