The federal health care program is on track for a trust fund shortfall in just five years. But instead of paying for the program that exists, Democrats want to expand it.
Plus, why is no one talking about the Medicare Trustees' entitlement report?
The health program won't be able to pay all of its bills starting in 2026, according to a new Trustees report.
The Senate just passed a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill—and teed up another $3.5 trillion bill in the process.
The spending proposal is likely to be offset by gimmicks and rosy assumptions.
For many elected Democrats, infrastructure is much more than roads, bridges, dams, and waterways.
The White House chose not to include cost estimates for a number of big-ticket health care policies—while still expressing support for them.
A better prescription would be to get government entirely out of health care.
"Direct primary care is about as close to a free market in health care as you've ever seen in our country," says Dr. Lee Gross.
Senators and state officials are proposing ways to sweep aside nonsensical regulations that place geographic limits on telehealth.
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death elevates a familiar health care policy dynamic to the foreground of the election.
Gerald Friedman of the University of Massachusetts says yes, while the Pacific Research Institute's Sally Pipes says no.
Gerald Friedman of the University of Massachusetts says yes, while the Pacific Research Institute's Sally Pipes says no.
The GOP’s decadeslong refusal to offer a compelling health care alternative has given Democrats the political upper hand.
Politicians of both major parties are using COVID-19 to advance their pre-existing policy agendas.
The Massachusetts senator failed to expand her appeal beyond a core group of highly educated upper-middle-class voters.
Medicare for All would cost far, far more than he says.
The president promised to protect Medicare and Social Security, America's biggest entitlement programs.
Historian Amity Shlaes talks about the last time a president massively expanded the federal government to help people.
Warren claims total costs for middle-class families would go down under her plan, but there are reasons to doubt this.
Amity Shlaes's new history of the late 1960s explains the failure of the last time the federal government tried to fix all that was wrong with America.
Taiwan’s system is less generous than the Sanders plan—yet it still struggles with cost control and access to care.
And what predictions will we shank in 2020 and beyond?
A range of libertarian-world approaches to the impending trial of Donald Trump
She's not a libertarian, but Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard is shaking up the race for the Democratic nomination.
Last night's debate started with attacks on Trump, but turned into a referendum on Elizabeth Warren.
By planning to pass single-payer in year three of her presidency, she’s acknowledging it will never happen at all.
The presidential candidate wanted a proposal that was airtight and easy to explain. Her plan is neither.
The Democratic candidates are making promises they can’t deliver.
She hasn't come up with a plan to pay for single-payer. She's come up with a plan to let her claim she has a plan.
Senator can't even accurately represent a plan whose numbers don't remotely add up
Warren says it’s not a tax. But what else would you call a requirement that employers send money to the federal government to finance a public program?
The Reason Roundtable analyzes an establishment smear against a foreign policy heretic, and laments the bipartisan panic against online speech.
Health care policy has dominated the early 2020 debates, and Obamacare has few defenders left.
Her refusal to answer a question about taxes isn’t just dodgy; it’s designed to mislead.
Tonight's Democratic debate is the Massachusetts senator's moment to shine, if she can withstand attacks from her rivals.
Stossel's full interview with Tulsi Gabbard covering war, drugs, free healthcare, free college, the minimum wage, and more.
An argument against Bernie Sanders' health care plan in The New York Times.
In the latest primary showdown, Democrats talked health care and trade but left debt and deficits behind.
The public option comes with plenty of pitfalls.
It’s not just obstructionist Republicans who won't buy into Medicare for All—it’s Democrats themselves.
Health insurance doesn't just protect people from financial ruin. It insulates them from individual decisions about price and service quality.
The details are reeeaaaaaally sketchy, but here's what we know now.
The California senator's history of flip-flops reveal the emptiness of her campaign—and looming problems for her party.
The idea that "deficits don't matter" has been growing among Trump-supporting Republicans. Democrats are preparing to take full advantage.
A decade after Obamacare, the Democratic Party has embraced health care radicalism.
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