Iowa Eye Doctor Sues State Over Cronyist Rule That's Kept Him Out of Business Since 2004
Hospitals use CON laws to stop potential competition, limiting care for patients and opportunities for doctors.
Health Care
Republicans Are Keeping Their Health Care Bill Secret Because They Can't Defend It On the Merits
The Senate GOP is relying on the same opaque process they accused Democrats of using to pass Obamacare.
Republicans Are Talking Themselves Into an Obamacare Repeal Bill That Looks A Lot Like Obamacare
The Senate GOP bill is likely to expand subsidies, preserve regulations, and delay the Medicaid rollback.
State-Run Single-Payer Health Care Would Be Prohibitively Expensive—and Possibly Illegal
Would the Trump administration give states permission to pursue government-run health care? That's what California and New York would need.
Americans' Lifespans High Without Single-Payer or Nanny State Health Interventions
Lack of single payer hasn't seemed to hinder superior progress made in terms of life expectancy gains in the U.S. since UN records start in 1960.
Don't Fund California Single-Payer Health Care With a Gross Receipts Tax
The sales tax' big brother tends to cripple growth, lower wages, and promote inequality, economists warn. Will that stop California from doing it?
Senate Republicans Warn: Maybe We Won't Pass a Health Care Bill at All
This is how the GOP treats their top legislative priorities.
Senate Republicans Don't Know What's In Their Health Care Bill—But They Know It Won't Repeal Obamacare
This is why the GOP health care bill is stalled in the Senate.
New CBO Report Says House-Passed Health Care Plan Would Leave 23 Million More Uninsured, Cut $119 Billion Off Federal Deficit
It would leave slightly fewer people without insurance coverage than under the original version of the bill, but would trim less from the federal deficit.
Suspect Statistics From Plastic Surgeon Society Say 'Gender Confirmation Surgeries' Up 19 Percent Last Year
There were 3,256 such surgeries in 2016, says the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. But how it got this number is anyone's guess.
California's Single-Payer Health Care Plan Would Cost More Than the State's Whole Budget
Like in Colorado, New York, and Vermont, California is learning that a single-payer plan would be prohibitively expensive.
New York's Single-Payer Health Care Plan Would Be More Expensive Than New York's Entire State Government
New York collects about $80 billion in revenue annually, but the health care plan passed Tuesday would cost at least $91 billion every year (and probably more).
Aetna CEO Says We Need to Have a Conversation About Single Payer. We've Been Having It For A Long Time.
And it always ends the same way. Here's the political and economic reasons why America won't be converting to a single-payer health care system anytime soon.
Watch Matt Welch Tonight on HBO's Real Time With Bill Maher
Reason editor at large joins Killer Mike and Jon Favreau in conversation about Comey, Russia, health care and more
Aetna Ditches Obamacare Because the Health Law Is Broken
Aetna exits the exchanges, citing massive losses and structural instability.
Washington Is Never Going to Get Healthcare 'Right'
Obamacare was bad, and its replacements look like a dog's breakfast.
The AHCA Waivers Could Bring the Toxic Politics of Health Care to Every State Capitol
They might not reduce premiums and won't fix the problems plaguing the individual insurance exchanges, but they will spread the political pain.
Welfare Reform Paved Trail For Obamacare Repeal
Not only can entitlement programs be rolled back, but politicians who do it can even get re-elected.
Trump's Mouth, Rape as a Pre-Existing Condition, & Why Our Politics Is So Stupid [Reason Podcast]
Reason editors Nick Gillespie, Katherine Mangu-Ward, and Peter Suderman talk Trump, French election, health care, Colbert, and the FCC.
Why the GOP's "Repeal and Replace" Bill (AHCA) Is *Worse* than Obamacare [Reason Podcast]
It locks in many of the worst elements of Obamacare while making actual market-friendly reforms next-to-impossible.
Jimmy Kimmel, Sick Babies, and the Forgotten Barrier to Medical Care
Supply-side restrictions like Certificate of Necessity leave people without the medical services they need, even if they can afford them.
House-Passed Health Care Bill Gives States Escape Hatches From Obamacare Mandates; They Might Never Get to Use Them
For reasons practical and political, the waivers included in the AHCA to earn Freedom Caucus support might be mostly useless.
The House Just Passed a Bill to Rewrite Obamacare
House Republicans say their bill repeals the ACA. Instead, it leaves the essential structure of that law in place.
Republicans Have to Pass Their Health Care Bill to Find Out What's In It
The House will vote today on a bill without knowing the cost or what it will do.
Republicans Didn't Lack a Plan to Replace Obamacare. They Lacked a Unified Theory.
The GOP never quite figured out how to think about broad health care goals.
Trump Doesn't Understand the GOP Health Care Bill. That's a Barrier to Good Policy.
The president can't negotiate a better bill if he doesn't understand the current one.
On Health Care, Republicans Are Only Negotiating With Themselves
The GOP's Obamacare repeal is stalled because Republicans haven't made a case for its merits.
Lawsuit Aims to Force Catholic Hospitals Perform Transgender-Related Surgeries
Refusing any voluntary hysterectomies presented as discrimination.
Trump Wants to Avoid a Government Shutdown by Funding a Border Wall and Illegal Obamacare Subsidies
The deal floated by the president reveals his governing priorities.
Premature Babies Are Struggling to Breathe. Why Are Regulators Dragging Their Feet?
More automation in health care could save lives, but progress is too slow.
Genetic Testing Might Not Cure Everything That Ails America. So What?
Even if genetic testing is just brightly colored signage, it still has the potential to improve health outcomes.
Republicans Learn to Love Single-Payer Health Care
Almost half of the GOP now backs Medicare-for-all.
The Case Against National Medical Malpractice Reform
Medical tort reform is overrated. And it's probably unconstitutional.
If at First You Don't Succeed, Get Back on the 'Repeal and Replace' Horse
Medicaid is a terrible way to deliver health care to low-income Americans.
Cruz: Republicans Cannot Drop Health Care, Should Focus on Free Market Solutions
"Eighteen days does not a final product make."
The GOP's Obamacare Repeal Bill Is Dead Because Trump Doesn't Understand How Health Policy Works
It's hard to make a deal on a policy deal when you don't care about the policy.
The Latest Version of the House Health Care Bill is Even Worse Than the Last One
President Trump is demanding a vote on a sloppily rewritten bill that could blow up the insurance market.
CBO Says the GOP's Updated Obamacare Repeal Bill Would Be Worse for the Deficit
The Republican health care bill would still reduce insurance by 24 million and raise insurance premiums before 2020.
House Delays Obamacare Repeal Vote Because There Still Isn't Enough Support to Pass It
The AHCA will have to wait until tomorrow.
