Health & Medicine

Will Small Businesses Stop Offering Health Insurance If Reform Passes? Scott Shane 09/18/2009

For the average business, paying a penalty will cost them less than providing insurance.

Baumol’s Solution to the Baumol Effect Tim Worstall 09/10/2009

Increasing productivity in healthcare is difficult but not impossible. Here’s how.

When Local Production Is Not the Answer Roger Bate 09/02/2009

The donor community and governments are jeopardizing lives through their push for local production.

Eliminating the Public Option Is Not Enough John S. Hoff 09/01/2009

Even if the public option is excised, the healthcare bill still would impose a heavy blanket of federal regulation on every aspect of healthcare.

Here’s Why the Public Plan Won’t Work Joseph R. Antos and Jeet Guram 08/27/2009

Trading 50 sets of state regulations for federal regulations that are even more restrictive would eliminate private competitors. Instead of letting a thousand flowers bloom, the president wants to uproot the garden.

Maybe We Should Spend More on Healthcare James V. DeLong 08/26/2009

The argument that we spend too much on healthcare makes little sense, and the current ‘spend too much’ panic will prompt us to cut costs at the expense of the future.

The Parched Wilderness of Socialized Medicine Rev. Robert A. Sirico 08/22/2009

Faith communities should recognize the Religious Left’s ‘40 Days’ campaign for what it is: a politically driven effort to expand a bloated state and make Americans evermore dependent on politicians and bureaucrats for healthcare.

Web of Drugs Roger Bate 08/19/2009

Purchasing drugs over the Internet has significant benefits, but it can also be dangerous. A research team sets out to assess five popular drugs ordered from 26 websites.

The Medical Bankruptcy Myth Brett J. Skinner 08/19/2009

There is no evidence to indicate that a government-run healthcare system in the United States will reduce personal bankruptcies.

Town Hells? James K. Glassman 08/11/2009

Deep concern about the government’s healthcare activity is nothing new, and politicians who believe that the opposition to the Democrats’ plan is a put-up job are deceiving themselves and imperiling their own careers.