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Another Horror Story about Government-Run Healthcare that Can’t Possibly Be True According to Paul Krugman

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

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

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 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

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 »

Congress Made a Deal, but Still No Solutions

Congress Made a Deal, but Still No Solutions

The big news is the deal reached to extend the debt ceiling. That politicians reached a deal amongst themselves to extend the nation’s credit so they can borrow and spend… Read more »

Notwithstanding Paul Krugman’s Assurances, the United Kingdom Announces More Healthcare Rationing

Notwithstanding Paul Krugman’s Assurances, the United Kingdom Announces More Healthcare Rationing

A couple of years ago, Paul Krugman assured us that government-run healthcare was a good idea, writing that “In Britain, the government itself runs the hospitals and employs the doctors…. Read more »

The Federal Government Has Been Bailing Out Romneycare, but Who Will Be Available to Bail Out Obamacare?

The Federal Government Has Been Bailing Out Romneycare, but Who Will Be Available to Bail Out Obamacare?

The Beacon Hill Institute in Massachusetts has just released a very good – but very depressing study. The research finds that costs have jumped under Romneycare, but that’s not surprising…. Read more »

Corrupt Obamacare Waiver Process Is Like a Scene from Atlas Shrugged

Corrupt Obamacare Waiver Process Is Like a Scene from Atlas Shrugged

In a column about the revolving door between big government and the lobbying world, here’s what the irreplaceable Tim Carney wrote about the waiver process for folks trying to escape… Read more »

Block-Granting Medicaid Is a Long-Overdue Way of Restoring Federalism and Promoting Good Fiscal Policy

Block-Granting Medicaid Is a Long-Overdue Way of Restoring Federalism and Promoting Good Fiscal Policy

This new video from the Center for Freedom and Prosperity explains why Medicaid should be shifted to the states. As I note in the title of this post, it’s good… Read more »