Has “Market Failure” Caused High Health-Care Prices?
The health-care industry is a labyrinth of government regulations and monopolies. It should surprise no one that prices are increasing rapidly.
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Online Learning
In this three-lecture course, professor Mark Thornton will explain how prohibition has changed not only the market for marijuana, but also the characteristics of the drug itself.
The Obamacare Tipping Point
Why the huge price increases associated with the ACA? Obamacare has too much risk and too little population of healthy individuals to bear the cost.
Health-Care Cronies Seek Monopoly Powers over Contact Lenses
Some health-industry interest groups think you have too much freedom when it comes to contact lenses.
How Medical Licensing Laws Can Shield Incompetent Doctors
The cronyist American Medical Association has forced doctors to choose between protecting "the profession" and protecting their patients.
Seeking Affordable Care, Markets Sidestep Obamacare
Some medical facilities are opting out of the whole health insurance bureaucracy to make care less expensive.
Feds to Ban Leaf Used in Herbal Teas
The US government will outlaw yet another plant that has long been used for herbal remedies, magically transforming users into criminals overnight.
Cronyism: Government, the AMA, and Med Schools
For decades, governments have been manipulating our views of what medical schools are, and what they should be.
When it Comes to Spending, the US Is a Typical Western Welfare State
There is no bright line that divides the allegedly "free-market" US from the "socialist" welfare states of Western Europe.
The Week in Review: August 27, 2016
The larger government becomes, the more important it is to have it on your side.
