by Dan Mitchell | Feb 23, 2022 | Blogs, Health Care
The health care system in the United States is expensive and inefficient, and both of those problems are caused by government. More specifically, politicians have enacted laws (everything from the tax code’s exclusion of fringe...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 4, 2022 | Blogs, Health Care, Taxation
I wrote last month about a tax-and-spend proposal for single-payer healthcare in California (sort of a state version of “Medicare for All“). I also analyzed the scheme in this discussion with Gene Tunny of Australia. What’s remarkable, as Gene mentioned in...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 23, 2021 | Blogs, Health Care
The healthcare sector is a tragic example of Mitchell’s Law in action, with politicians expanding the role of government in response to problems (rising prices and inefficiency) caused by previous expansions of government. The...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 30, 2020 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Health Care
Last night’s train-wreck debate reinforced my disdain for politicians. But let’s ignore the immature theatrics from Trump and Biden and focus on one of their policy disagreements. The two candidates squabbled over whether creating a government-administered health plan...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 5, 2020 | Blogs, Health Care
Even though Joe Biden has embraced a very left-wing agenda, I suspect many of the items on his wish list are designed to placate Bernie-type activists who have considerable influence in the Democratic Party. As such, I don’t think Biden will push “Medicare for All” if...
