Healthcare: Government — Not Technology — Is Driving Prices Up
Technology by itself isn't what's making health care so expensive. A more likely cause is government intervention through welfare and regulation.
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Judge Rules Health Insurance Companies Matter More Than Taxpayers
Both taxpayers and health insurers are victims of Obamacare. Why are courts penalizing the former to protect the latter?
Healthcare Is Not Immune to the Laws of Economics
Proclaiming health care to be a "right" won't make new doctors, hospitals, drugs, and medical equipment fall from the sky — in just the right amounts.
A Heartless “Solution” to the Heroin Epidemic
By over-prescribing opiate painkillers, doctors drive many to heroin. Some conservatives want to "solve" the problem by imprisoning more addicts.
What Republicans Miss About Healthcare Reform
Senator Rand Paul's proposal is an improvement from Obamacare, but it doesn't address the fundamental problems with American healthcare.
Obamacare: Is It Worse Than What Came Before It?
The US economy has been so malformed by interventionist policy, it has become difficult to say how even a policy of repeal might distort markets.
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.
