--- title: "4 John C. Goodman Quotes - Famous Writer" description: "health care economist... | John C. Goodman is an American health economist and president and CEO of the Goodman Institute for Public Policy Research. He..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/713/john-c-goodman-68872_entitlement_the-federal-government-has-made-explicit_335208.jpg" --- # John C. Goodman (1946) Writer **4** quotes in **56** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet John C. Goodman is a writer. ## Quick Facts About John C. Goodman Born January 1, 1946 Profession Writer ## About John C. Goodman health care economist... \| John C. Goodman 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." ## Quotes by John C. Goodman > [The federal government has made explicit and implicit promises to millions of people, but has put no money aside in order to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-c-goodman/the-federal-government-has-made-explicit-and-implicit-promises-to/) John C. Goodman [Entitlement](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/entitlement/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/713/john-c-goodman-68872_entitlement_the-federal-government-has-made-explicit_335208.jpg) > [We're looking at a huge gap between what an entire generation thinks is going to happen during its retirement years and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-c-goodman/we-re-looking-at-a-huge-gap-between-what-an-entire-generation-thinks/) John C. Goodman [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9f/john-c-goodman-68872_fund_we-re-looking-at-a-huge-gap-between-what_1487705.jpg) > [Either the Baby Boomers are not going to have the retirement life that they expect or taxpayers are going to be hit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-c-goodman/either-the-baby-boomers-are-not-going-to-have-the-retirement-life/) John C. Goodman [Baby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/baby/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/964/john-c-goodman-68872_baby_either-the-baby-boomers-are-not-going-to_1986257.jpg) > [For Social Security to be financially sound, the federal government should have $100 trillion - a sum of money six-and-a-half times the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-c-goodman/for-social-security-to-be-financially-sound-the-federal-government/) John C. 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