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 | Oct 12, 2024 | Blogs, Health Care
When I first started writing this column, it was during Obama’s first year and the big controversy was his plan for more government control over health care. I focused mostly on the adverse fiscal implications, but also warned that Obamacare would...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 3, 2023 | Blogs, Health Care
I periodically use “Least Surprising Headline” to call attention to articles citing very predictable outcomes. Pandemic spending being a magnet for fraud.European politicians finding another excuse to expand government.Bailouts not solving...
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...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 26, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs, Health Care
I very much suspect Obama partisans and Trump partisans won’t like this column, but the sad reality is that both Obamacare and Trump’s protectionism have a lot in common. In both cases, government is limiting the freedom of buyers and sellers to engage in unfettered...
