by Dan Mitchell | Apr 4, 2020 | Blogs, Health Care
Near the beginning of the croronavirus crisis, I observed that “government-run health systems have not done a good job” of dealing with the pandemic. And I’ve repeatedly noted the failure of government bureaucracies to respond effectively in the United States. Is...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 25, 2020 | Big Government, Blogs
Government intervention has made a mess of health care in America. Programs such as Medicare and Medicaid, along with the tax code’s healthcare exclusion, have created a massive third-party-payer problem. The inevitable result is systemic inefficiency and ever-rising...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 12, 2019 | Blogs, Economics, Health Care
Yesterday, I shared part of an interview that focused on Mayor Pete Buttigieg’s scheme to give more subsidies to colleges, thus transferring money from poorer taxpayers to richer taxpayers. Here’s the other part of the interview, which revolved around a very bad idea...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 2, 2019 | Big Government, Government Spending, Health Care, Taxation
I’ve always considered Senator Bernie Sanders to be the most clueless and misguided of all presidential candidates. But I also think “Crazy Bernie” is actually sincere. He really believes in socialism. Elizabeth Warren, by contrast, seems more calculating. Her...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 18, 2019 | Blogs, Economics, Health Care, Taxation
When I followed public policy in my younger days, I periodically would see stories about legislation that was approved by the House of Representatives with only one dissenting vote. My memory isn’t perfect, I’m sure, but it seems that Ron Paul was always that lonely...
