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		<title>Why We Should Be Optimistic about Repealing Obamacare and Fixing the Healthcare System</title>
		<link>http://freedomandprosperity.org/2013/blog/why-we-should-be-optimistic-about-repealing-obamacare-and-fixing-the-healthcare-system/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:17:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Mitchell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m going to make an assertion that seems utterly absurd. The enactment of Obamacare may have been good news. Before sending a team of medical attendants to cart me off... <a class="meta-more" href="http://freedomandprosperity.org/2013/blog/why-we-should-be-optimistic-about-repealing-obamacare-and-fixing-the-healthcare-system/">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I’m going to make an assertion that seems utterly absurd.

The enactment of Obamacare may have been good news.

Before sending a team of medical attendants to cart me off to a  sanitarium, allow me to elaborate. I’m not saying Obamacare is go]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The Sadistic Brutality of England’s Government-Run Healthcare</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2012 17:21:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Mitchell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m not easily grossed out or nauseated. Heck, I’m on email lists for a half-dozen softball teams and you can only imagine the strange/filthy/nasty things that guys send to each... <a class="meta-more" href="http://freedomandprosperity.org/2012/blog/the-sadistic-brutality-of-england%e2%80%99s-government-run-healthcare/">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I’m not easily grossed out or nauseated. Heck, I’m on email lists for  a half-dozen softball teams and you can only imagine the  strange/filthy/nasty things that guys send to each other.

But I read a story about the death panels in the United ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Must-Watch Video From Reason TV on How Free Markets – not Obamacare – Can Solve the Healthcare Mess</title>
		<link>http://freedomandprosperity.org/2012/blog/must-watch-video-from-reason-tv-on-how-free-markets-%e2%80%93-not-obamacare-%e2%80%93-can-solve-the-healthcare-mess/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Nov 2012 17:11:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Mitchell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I travel, particularly overseas, I run into a lot of people who are totally confused about the American healthcare system. For all intents and purposes, they think the United... <a class="meta-more" href="http://freedomandprosperity.org/2012/blog/must-watch-video-from-reason-tv-on-how-free-markets-%e2%80%93-not-obamacare-%e2%80%93-can-solve-the-healthcare-mess/">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[When I travel, particularly overseas, I run into a lot of people who are totally confused about the American healthcare system.

For all intents and purposes, they think the United States relies on  the free market and that government (at least in ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Rewarding Hospitals to Let Old People Die? That’s the Wrong Way to Cut Government Spending</title>
		<link>http://freedomandprosperity.org/2012/blog/big-government/rewarding-hospitals-to-let-old-people-die-that%e2%80%99s-the-wrong-way-to-cut-government-spending/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2012 18:18:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Mitchell</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freedomandprosperity.org/?p=10223</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I used to think I was in favor of every possible step to reduce the burden of government spending. Are agricultural subsidies wasteful and corrupt? Yes, so get rid of... <a class="meta-more" href="http://freedomandprosperity.org/2012/blog/big-government/rewarding-hospitals-to-let-old-people-die-that%e2%80%99s-the-wrong-way-to-cut-government-spending/">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I used to think I was in favor of every possible step to reduce the burden of government spending.

	Are agricultural subsidies wasteful and corrupt? Yes, so get rid of the Department of Agriculture.
	Is Medicaid spending out of control? Yes, so c]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The Deadly Impact of Government-Run Healthcare in the United Kingdom</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Oct 2012 16:06:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Mitchell</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freedomandprosperity.org/?p=10186</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I’m not a fan of the American healthcare system. It suffers from huge inefficiencies because of problems such as third-party payer, which is caused by government programs such as Medicare... <a class="meta-more" href="http://freedomandprosperity.org/2012/blog/the-deadly-impact-of-government-run-healthcare-in-the-united-kingdom/">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I’m not a fan of the American healthcare system. It suffers from huge inefficiencies because of problems such as third-party payer, which is caused by government programs such as Medicare and Medicaid along with a system of tax code-driven over-ins]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The Federalism Solution to the Medicaid Nightmare</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 23:32:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Mitchell</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freedomandprosperity.org/?p=10105</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This election season has seen lots of talk (and demagoguery) about whether investors, entrepreneurs, and small business owners should be hit with class-warfare tax policy. And there’s also been lots... <a class="meta-more" href="http://freedomandprosperity.org/2012/blog/big-government/the-federalism-solution-to-the-medicaid-nightmare/">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[This election season has seen lots of talk (and demagoguery) about  whether investors, entrepreneurs, and small business owners should be  hit with class-warfare tax policy.

And there’s also been lots of debate about the best way of averting ban]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Maybe It Is Possible to Reform Health Entitlements</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2012 00:16:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Mitchell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m never guilty of being an optimist, but two items caught my attention today that suggest the tide may be turning on entitlement reform. We’ll start with something from the... <a class="meta-more" href="http://freedomandprosperity.org/2012/blog/big-government/maybe-it-is-possible-to-reform-health-entitlements/">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I’m never guilty of being an optimist, but two items caught my attention today that suggest the tide may be turning on entitlement reform.

We’ll start with something from the New York Times.

Regular readers know that I’ve criticized that ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Repealing Obamacare Won’t Solve the Healthcare Mess (but It’s a Good Start)</title>
		<link>http://freedomandprosperity.org/2012/blog/repealing-obamacare-won%e2%80%99t-solve-the-healthcare-mess-but-it%e2%80%99s-a-good-start/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2012 15:59:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Mitchell</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freedomandprosperity.org/?p=9542</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I’ve often complained that government-created third-party payer is the main problem with America’s healthcare system, and I was making that point well before Obamacare was imposed upon the country. Simply... <a class="meta-more" href="http://freedomandprosperity.org/2012/blog/repealing-obamacare-won%e2%80%99t-solve-the-healthcare-mess-but-it%e2%80%99s-a-good-start/">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I’ve often complained that government-created third-party payer is the main problem with America’s healthcare system, and I was making that point well before Obamacare was imposed upon the country.

Simply stated, people won’t be smart consum]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Obamacare’s Corrupt Conception, Sleazy Gestation, and Tawdry Birth</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jul 2012 17:02:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Mitchell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of my very first blog posts was about the link between big government and big corruption. For the rest of my life, I can now cite the Obamacare travesty... <a class="meta-more" href="http://freedomandprosperity.org/2012/blog/big-government/obamacare%e2%80%99s-corrupt-conception-sleazy-gestation-and-tawdry-birth/">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[One of my very first blog posts was about the link between big government and big corruption.

For the rest of my life, I can now cite the Obamacare travesty as an example.

Here’s some of what Tim Carney wrote for the Washington Examiner.
Chi]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Yes, the Federal Government Has a Broad Power to Tax, but that’s Different from Having a Green Light to Spend</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2012 19:23:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Mitchell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[’m not a lawyer, or an expert on the Constitution, though I sometimes play one on TV. But I can read, and I’ll agree with my friends on the left... <a class="meta-more" href="http://freedomandprosperity.org/2012/blog/big-government/yes-the-federal-government-has-a-broad-power-to-tax-but-that%e2%80%99s-different-from-having-a-green-light-to-spend/">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[’m not a lawyer, or an expert on the Constitution, though I sometimes play one on TV.

But I can read, and I’ll agree with my friends on the left that the  federal government has a broad power to tax. I wish the 16th Amendment  had never been r]]></content:encoded>
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