John C. Goodman, Ph.D., is president and founder of the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA), a Dallas-based nonprofit nonpartisan research organization dedicated to private-sector solutions for public policy problems. 

   The National Journal and The Wall Street Journal both have called Dr. Goodman the “Father of Health Savings Accounts (HSAs)” for his pioneering research in consumer-driven health care.  Dr. Goodman originated the concept for HSAs in his landmark book, “Patient Power: Solving America’s Health Care Crisis.”  His latest book Lives at Risk, is a leading edge analysis of health care institutions in countries around the world.  He is the author of six other books, including Economics of Public Policy, a widely used college textbook.

   Dr. Goodman is an active speaker and has addressed over 100 organizations recently on public policy issues.  He regularly briefs Congress on economic policy issues and frequently testifies before congressional committees.  Dr. Goodman testified about HSAs before the U.S. Senate’s Special Committee on Aging twice in 2004.  While Governor of Texas, George W. Bush named Dr. Goodman to a Blue Ribbon Task Force on the uninsured in Texas.

   Dr. Goodman has authored numerous editorials in The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Investor’s Business Daily, the Los Angeles Times, The Dallas Morning News, Houston Chronicle, the San Diego Union-Tribune, and other notable newspapers.  He also is quoted frequently in The New York Times, National Journal, BNA, the Financial Times and the Washington Times.  Dr. Goodman also has appeared on C-Span, CNNfn, MSNBC, CNBC, the News Hour with Jim Lehrer and the Fox News Channel.  He was a featured debater on William F. Buckley’s Firing Line, having appeared on a number of two-hour prime-time debates on the flat tax, welfare reform and Social Security privatization.