by Dan Mitchell | Jul 6, 2021 | Blogs, Health Care
Programs such as Medicare and Medicaid, along with the tax code’s healthcare exclusion, have created a system where consumers directly pay for only about 10 percent of the care they receive. We think it’s normal and appropriate for either the...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 2, 2021 | Blogs, Health Care
Looking at the dismal performance of the FDA, CDC, and WHO, the obvious takeaway from the pandemic is that big government doesn’t work very well. Indeed, that was the point of a five-part series (see here, here, here, here,...
by Dan Mitchell | May 8, 2021 | Blogs, Health Care
I first wrote about allowing markets for body parts back in 2009 and 2010. Let’s revisit that issue today, starting with John Stossel’s case for legal organ sales in a video for Reason. This should be a slam-dunk issue. I want drugs to be...
by Brian Garst | Dec 7, 2020 | Blogs, Health Care
This morning, a coalition of 17 free market groups, including CF&P, released a letter urging rejection of government price controls as part of any deal to address surprise medical bills. Here’s the key highlight: Some members of Congress and interest groups...
by Andrew F. Quinlan | Dec 7, 2020 | Opinion and Commentary
Congress may be preparing to fill the Christmas stockings of health care providers with a lump of coal. Despite the heavy toll the pandemic has taken on doctors, nurses, and hospitals, lawmakers are considering compounding 2020’s misery by imposing price controls as...
