Healthcare
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Why Obamacare Is an Increasingly Bad Bargain for Young People
Younger generations, taxed heavily today, may inherit a hollowed-out system unable to deliver care.
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The Wait Is the Price: Quiet Rationing Plagues Canadian Health Care
The time between referral and treatment has tripled since 1993. The supply of doctors, MRIs, and hospital beds can’t keep up with tax-subsidized demand for care.
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NIH: The $47-Billion Sacred Cow Is Scared
If we’re seeking breakthroughs and innovation in biomedicine, why are we funding the same bureaucratic institutions?
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How Congress Created the Doctor Shortage
Why don’t we train more doctors? Congress froze medical training in 1997, intentionally creating artificial scarcity.
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The Scientific Fallacy That Spawned COVID Absolutism
Science requires us to challenge received ‘truth’ and seek out better evidence. But that questioning challenges our baked-in respect for authority.
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Let States Lead the Way on Welfare Reform
State governments can reshape welfare to serve as a safety net that helps people when they fall but doesn’t trap them in a cycle of dependence.
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Banning TV Drug Ads Would Have Serious Unintended Consequences
Drug ads make pharma companies compete for patients as buyers. Introducing more new drugs faster helps make US health care the global standard.
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Pharmaceutical Middlemen Face Lawmaker Scrutiny
More than 25 percent of the federal budget is spent on health care. Endless government intervention, however well-intentioned, rewards lobbyists and distorts markets leaving patients short of options.
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Reactions to Shooting of Insurance CEO Show We Need to Have a Serious Conversation on Rights
Delivering reliable health care is complicated. Refraining from extrajudicial killing is not. Should we change how we talk about “rights”?
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Reform, Not Revenge, Is the Path to a Freer, Fairer Healthcare Market
Before you cheer the violent homicide of a perceived villain, understand what’s driving high costs and claim rejection.
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Why Obamacare Is an Increasingly Bad Bargain for Young People
Younger generations, taxed heavily today, may inherit a hollowed-out system unable to deliver care.
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•
The Wait Is the Price: Quiet Rationing Plagues Canadian Health Care
The time between referral and treatment has tripled since 1993. The supply of doctors, MRIs, and hospital beds can’t keep up with tax-subsidized demand for care.
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•
NIH: The $47-Billion Sacred Cow Is Scared
If we’re seeking breakthroughs and innovation in biomedicine, why are we funding the same bureaucratic institutions?
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How Congress Created the Doctor Shortage
Why don’t we train more doctors? Congress froze medical training in 1997, intentionally creating artificial scarcity.
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•
The Scientific Fallacy That Spawned COVID Absolutism
Science requires us to challenge received ‘truth’ and seek out better evidence. But that questioning challenges our baked-in respect for authority.
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•
Let States Lead the Way on Welfare Reform
State governments can reshape welfare to serve as a safety net that helps people when they fall but doesn’t trap them in a cycle of dependence.
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•
Banning TV Drug Ads Would Have Serious Unintended Consequences
Drug ads make pharma companies compete for patients as buyers. Introducing more new drugs faster helps make US health care the global standard.
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•
Pharmaceutical Middlemen Face Lawmaker Scrutiny
More than 25 percent of the federal budget is spent on health care. Endless government intervention, however well-intentioned, rewards lobbyists and distorts markets leaving patients short of options.
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•
Reactions to Shooting of Insurance CEO Show We Need to Have a Serious Conversation on Rights
Delivering reliable health care is complicated. Refraining from extrajudicial killing is not. Should we change how we talk about “rights”?
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•
Reform, Not Revenge, Is the Path to a Freer, Fairer Healthcare Market
Before you cheer the violent homicide of a perceived villain, understand what’s driving high costs and claim rejection.