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 | 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 | 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...
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 | Jun 7, 2023 | Blogs, Education
Over the past two years, most of the controversy over government-provided student loans has revolved around the moratorium on repayments (which started under Trump and has continued under Biden). That is an important issue, especially for those of us...
