by Dan Mitchell | Nov 29, 2025 | Blogs, Economics, Health Care, Welfare and Entitlements
Way back in 2009, I cited a very good article in The American Spectator in hopes of getting people to understand that the United States does not have a capitalist health care system (and I’ve...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 13, 2025 | Blogs, Health Care
Back in 2017, I unveiled the 2nd Theorem of government, which observed that it is much easier to stop a new program than to repeal an existing program. The example I used was Obamacare. Republicans had spent years arguing that the law was bad fiscal...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 4, 2025 | Blogs, Economics, Health Care, Taxation
I wrote back in 2016 that the health care exclusion was the worst loophole in America’s monstrosity of a tax code. Today’s column will explain why that is still true and we’ll begin with this short explainer video from the folks at Kite &...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 22, 2025 | Blogs, Free Market, Health Care
Which nation has the best health system? Is it a country with overtly government-run health care, like the United Kingdom? Is it Singapore, with its one-of-a-kind system of mandatory private savings? Is it the United States, notwithstanding being...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 16, 2024 | Blogs, Health Care
There are a couple of CF&P videos (here and here) explaining how government intervention has messed up America’s healthcare system. And I gave a speech a few years ago that echoes those findings. Now here’s a video making similar points from Professor John...
