John C. Goodman

For other people with the same name, see John Goodman (disambiguation).
John C. Goodman
Goodman in 2015
Born (1946-05-22) 22 May 1946
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Texas Columbia University
InfluencesMilton Friedman, Robert Mundell
Academic work
DisciplineEconomics
InstitutionsGoodman Institute
AwardsDuncan Black Prize

John C. Goodman (born 22 May 1946) is an American health economist and president and CEO of the Goodman Institute for Public Policy Research. He is a senior fellow at the Independent Institute. The Wall Street Journal and National Journal have called Goodman the "father of Health Savings Accounts."

He was the founding president and CEO of the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA), a Dallas-based think tank that he led from 1983 until 2014. The NCPA operated until 2017.

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