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Everything from the morality of eating cookies to the solvency of Medicare.
The Deadly Crusade Against E-cigarettes Gilbert Ross, M.D. 11/15/2012
What the critics see as a bug is actually a feature: e-cigarettes can work as a public health tool precisely because of their resemblance to the real thing.
Did President Obama Restore Science to Its Rightful Place? Alex B. Berezow and Hank Campbell 11/05/2012
On a whole host of issues, Obama has placed politics before science.
Compounding a Crisis Scott Gottlieb 10/16/2012
Fifteen Americans have died from tainted steroid injections. Here’s how Obama’s FDA can make things better.
Curing the Pre-Existing Conditions of ObamaCare Tom Miller and James C. Capretta 09/10/2012
The administration’s emphasis on pre-existing conditions falsely implies that the only way to cover future serious illness is with ObamaCare’s heavy-handed requirements.
Why Is the ObamaCare Tax/Penalty Needed at All? Bryan Dowd 09/05/2012
When you have to force people to buy something as obviously valuable as protection against becoming uninsurable or paying astronomical premiums, it means you have some serious design flaws in your product.
If You Don’t Buy Insurance, Will You Really Pay the Tax? Joseph Antos and Michael R. Strain 07/17/2012
Generally speaking, if you owe the IRS, it will get the money from you—with the possible exception of the ObamaCare tax.
The Ghost of Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes Gets a Second Chance James V. DeLong 07/03/2012
The parallels between these New Deal laws, particularly the National Industrial Recovery Act, and ObamaCare practically write themselves.
The Healthcare Myths We Must Confront Cliff Asness 06/29/2012
As debate about whether ObamaCare is a good idea continues, rejecting four major misconceptions about healthcare is crucial to any chance of our eventually emerging with a better system.
How to Repeal and Replace: From a Tax to Tax Credits Michael R. Strain 06/28/2012
ObamaCare may be constitutional but it isn’t the answer. A refundable tax credit is.
Why ObamaCare Has Proved a Hard Sell Lee Harris 04/09/2012
It may be that ObamaCare isn’t ‘suitable for framing’ and that there is no way to make the individual mandate intuitively convincing to ordinary Americans.
 
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