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.
The presidential candidate is still dodging tough questions.
The cost of single-payer would dwarf the price of Obamacare.
Biden is framing his new plan as a defense of Obamacare. It's not.
The presidential hopeful has flip-flopped on the issue several times.
He might not be polling well, but his proposal on health care draws on work from prominent libertarian economists.
By paying dramatically lower rates, the single-payer plan would lead to a contraction in health care services.
Hospitals gamed the system and costs didn’t come down.
The president's first big rally was a greatest hits show that dodged many of today's biggest issues.
The federal budget situation used to be an emergency. What happened?
Bernie Sanders' Democratic rivals may laugh at his socialist pretensions. But in important ways, he's winning.
If the past is any sort of guide to what comes next, his fears about a jobless economy (and his policy prescriptions to fix it) are completely misplaced.
Single-payer would eliminate private health insurance as we know it today.
The nation's largest health care program faces a shortfall in less than a decade.
Designing and implementing a government-run health plan would raise many difficult questions.
The Colorado Democrat opposes Medicare for All and universal free college.
A new Congressional Budget Office report shows the consequences of undoing Trump-era rules on less regulated health coverage.
Being a presidential candidate means never having to say sorry for heavy-handed proposals to limit choice and promise free stuff.
The former vice president has a long legacy of expanding federal power.
The democratic socialist from Vermont wants to radically expand coverage and benefits—while paying far less for health care services.
So we're probably only 15 years away from Congress deciding that's a big enough crisis to do something about it.
The 2020 Democratic presidential hopeful is running on a "Freedom Dividend" plan which promises a $1,000 per month UBI.
Medicare for America doesn't solve the problems of government-run health care. It just creates new ones.
Putting the government at the center of health care means putting politics at the center of doctor-patient relationships.
Meanwhile, both support single-payer, which would radically cut payments to health care providers.
House Democrats' new single-payer bill would legally prohibit today's private health insurance and determine financing for doctors and hospitals.
A new single-payer plan would be even more disruptive and expensive than Bernie Sanders' proposal.
A new report predicts Medicare spending will rise faster than private health care spending.
Medicare for All, free college, breaking up the banks, a $15 minimum wage-the Vermont socialist wants to do it all.
Q&A with economist Veronique de Rugy.
What comes next in the Virginia governor scandal, why "Medicare for All" ain't happening, and how Baby Boomers are a fatberg clogging America's cultural sewers
Transitioning to a fully government-run system would require eliminating private health insurance for nearly 180 million Americans.
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