by Andrew F. Quinlan | Aug 20, 2019 | Opinion and Commentary
Originally published by Reactionary Times on August 19, 2019. A recent study put the likelihood that a hospitable visit will result in a surprise medical bill at 43% in 2016, up from 32% as recently as 2010. The average cost rose even more dramatically, from $220 to...
by CF&P | Jun 24, 2019 | News, Press Releases
For Immediate Release Monday, June 24, 2019 202-285-0244 www.freedomandprosperity.org Coalition Warns That Price Controls Won’t Solve Surprise Medical Bills (Washington, D.C., Monday, June 24, 2019) A coalition of 16 organizations, led by the Center for Freedom...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 8, 2019 | Blogs, Economics, Health Care
In addition to speaking on tax competition at the European Resource Bank in Moldova, I also appeared on a panel about healthcare. I used the opportunity to explain how government-created “third-party payer” has crippled market forces in the United States and produced...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 5, 2019 | Blogs, Health Care
The so-called Green New Deal is only tangentially related to climate issues. It’s best to think of it as the left’s wish list, and it includes a paid leave entitlement, government jobs, infrastructure boondoggles, and an expansion of the already bankrupt Social...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 26, 2019 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
When I think about social welfare spending, I mostly worry about recipients getting trapped in dependency. But I also feel sorry for taxpayers, who are bearing ever-higher costs to finance redistribution programs. Today’s column won’t focus on those issues. Instead,...
