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If Obamacare Is Constitutional, then Why Did the Founding Fathers Bother with a List of Enumerated Powers?
I think Obamacare is bad policy because it exacerbates the main problem with the current healthcare system, which is third-party payer. And as a public finance economist, I’m obviously not… Read more
New Research Shows Obamacare Resulted in 25 Additional Democratic Losses in 2010 Elections, but Was It a Long-Term Victory for the Left?
I like to think people in the United States still believe in liberty, and I’ve cited some polling data in support of American Exceptionalism. And it seems like that philosophical… Read more
In the Entire World, Is there Anybody Who Is Surprised that Obamacare Is Turning Out to Be Far More Expensive than the President Promised?
Washington is filled with people who exaggerate, prevaricate, dissemble, and obfuscate. And those are the people I like. The ones I don’t like are much worse. That’s why, during the… Read more
The Higher-Education Bubble and Third-Party Payer
Taxes and spending are two of the most obvious burdens imposed by government, and I’m glad that many people are fighting against a political class that seems to have a… Read more
New Studies Show the Middle Class Is Held Back by Government-Distorted Healthcare, not Income Inequality
I did a debate on income inequality for PBS, but haven’t written much about the issue because I think it is a misguided diversion. One frustrating aspect of this debate… Read more
Another Horror Story about Government-Run Healthcare that Can’t Possibly Be True According to Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman has told us that awful stories about government-run healthcare in Britain “are false.” I guess this means that the media must be dominated by conservative liars, since we… Read more
More Great Moments in Government-Run Healthcare
Even though Paul Krugman has told us that horror stories about government-run healthcare in Britain “are false,” we keep getting reports about substandard care and needless deaths (see here, here,… Read more
A Painful Example of Obamacare’s Tax Complexity
As this image illustrates, the internal revenue code is a nightmare of complexity. And this chart shows how Obamacare is turning the health care system into a Byzantine nightmare. So… Read more
The Deadly Impact of Government-Run Healthcare in the U.K., but Don’t Expect a Krugman Retraction or Apology
The United Kingdom has one of the most statist healthcare systems in the world. Indeed, my Cato colleague Mike Tanner produced an excellent study showing that the U.K. system is … Read more
From the U.K., another Great Moment in Government-Run Healthcare
I’ve written several times about the sometimes-deadly shortcomings of government-run healthcare in the United Kingdom (see here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here), so I like to think… Read more
