by Dan Mitchell | Dec 10, 2015 | Blogs, Economics, Health Care
Time for a mea culpa. In the past, I’ve criticized Obamacare for a variety of reasons. I’ve argued that it’s a fiscal boondoggle. I’ve pointed out that it’s grossly inconsistent with the Constitution. I’ve complained that it’s undermined the rule of law. And it...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 25, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Health Care
Shortly after Obamacare was enacted, I started writing about groups victimized by the law. But after highlighting how children, low-income workers, and retirees were disadvantaged by government-run healthcare, I soon realized that I wasn’t saying anything new or...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 25, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending
Like many Americans, I’m suffering from Obamacare fatigue. Before the law was implemented, I repeatedly explained that more spending and more intervention in the health sector would worsen a system that already was suffering from too much government. And since the...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 19, 2014 | Blogs, Economics, States
I’m a big fan of federalism for both policy and political reasons. Returning programs to the states is the best way of dealing with counterproductive income-redistribution policies such as welfare, Medicaid, and food stamps. Federalism is also the right way of...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 14, 2014 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Health Care
I’ve been fretting for a long time that poorly designed entitlement programs are going to turn America into a decrepit welfare state. Medicare obviously is a big part of the problem, but the fraud-riddled Medicaid program may be even worse. The program is a...
