Health

Politics

Obamacare's Unenforceable Linchpin

The mandate to buy health insurance becomes an easily avoided tax.

Jacob Sullum | 7.18.2012 7:00 AM

Politics

FBI: Zimmerman Not Racist, Occupy Riot in L.A., Anybody Serious About the Deficit?: P.M. Links

Scott Shackford | 7.13.2012 4:30 PM

Policy

Dem Governor on ObamaCare's Medicaid Expansion: "Unlike the federal government, Montana can't just print money."

Peter Suderman | 7.13.2012 11:44 AM

Politics

House Obamacare Repeal Passes

Tim Cavanaugh | 7.11.2012 4:09 PM

Policy

ObamaCare's Medicaid Expansion and the Myth of 'Free' Federal Money

Peter Suderman | 7.11.2012 2:47 PM

Politics

Deadly Hug Shooting Under Review, Obama Also Outsources, Doctors on Lance Armstrong's Team Banned: P.M. Links

Scott Shackford | 7.10.2012 4:30 PM

Politics

Why Would Anyone Pay the Penalty for Being Uninsured?

Jacob Sullum | 7.10.2012 8:49 AM

Policy

States May Rely on the Supreme Court's ObamaCare Ruling to Start Cutting Medicaid Eligibility Immediately

Peter Suderman | 7.9.2012 10:04 AM

Politics

Police Stand on Volunteer's Neck, Destroy Surveillance Cameras During Dispensary Raid

Melanie Kruvelis | 7.5.2012 2:55 PM

Policy

Jacob Sullum on Strengthening Bloomberg's Beverage Ban

Reason Staff | 7.5.2012 1:30 AM

Politics

Roberts' Rules of Meddling

Calling a regulation a tax does not make it any less intrusive.

Jacob Sullum | 7.4.2012 7:00 AM

Policy

The DEA's Classification of Pot: Destroyed but Still Standing

Jacob Sullum | 7.3.2012 3:44 PM

Politics

ThinkProgress Thinks Justice Thomas Might Be a Bit Leaky

Scott Shackford | 7.3.2012 2:31 PM

Politics

Was Replacing a Boundless Commerce Clause With a Boundless Tax Power a Stroke of Genius?

Jacob Sullum | 7.2.2012 9:33 AM

Policy

3 Big Takeaways From Obamacare Decision

Nick Gillespie and Jim Epstein | 6.30.2012 10:15 AM

Politics

5 Most Unlibertarian Supreme Court Rulings Still Standing

Individual mandate doesn't even make the list!

Damon Root, Mike Riggs, Peter Suderman, and Tim Cavanaugh | 6.29.2012 5:10 PM

Politics

SCOTUS ObamaCare Ruling Still Screwing Up News Schedule

Tim Cavanaugh | 6.29.2012 10:59 AM

Politics

3 Essential Takeaways From the Obamacare Decision: Gov't is Still Unlimited, Romney's Still Lame, & Health Costs Still Set to Rise.

Nick Gillespie | 6.29.2012 9:42 AM

Politics

Random Reflections On the ObamaCare Ruling

Shikha Dalmia | 6.29.2012 7:37 AM

Politics

We Are Not Locking You Up for Disobedience; We Are Locking You Up for Failing to Pay the Tax on Disobedience

Jacob Sullum | 6.29.2012 3:39 AM

Politics

Ira Stoll on SCOTUS ObamaCare Ruling: emphatic rejection of former constitutional law professor's constitutional acumen

Tim Cavanaugh | 6.28.2012 5:28 PM

Politics

Why the GOP Will Wish It Could Lead with Ron Paul After This ObamaCare Ruling

Brian Doherty | 6.28.2012 5:11 PM

Politics

Could Medicaid Ruling Lead to Challenges to Other "Voluntary" Federal Funding Regulations?

Scott Shackford | 6.28.2012 4:49 PM

Policy

The Biggest Change in the Supreme Court's Health Care Ruling? Allowing States to Opt Out of ObamaCare's Medicaid Expansion

Peter Suderman | 6.28.2012 4:06 PM

Politics

SCOTUS On "Police Power," or, How Romney Can Spin RomneyCare v. ObamaCare

Tim Cavanaugh | 6.28.2012 3:27 PM

Politics

Health Care Law Still on Trial in the Court of Public Opinion

Emily Ekins | 6.28.2012 3:00 PM

Politics

California Endowment Loves SCOTUS Obamacare Ruling

Tim Cavanaugh | 6.28.2012 2:28 PM

Politics

Biggest Winners Under ObamaCare: For-Prophets?

Melanie Kruvelis | 6.28.2012 2:11 PM

Politics

Watch ObamaCare Decision Response Videos

Scott Shackford | 6.28.2012 1:29 PM

Politics

Is ObamaCare's 'Shared Responsibility Payment' a Tax or a Penalty? Yes, SCOTUS Says.

Jacob Sullum | 6.28.2012 11:55 AM

Politics

Most of the Justices Reject the Commerce Clause Defense of the Mandate

Jacob Sullum | 6.28.2012 11:11 AM

Politics

SCOTUS Reportedly Upholds Mandate As an Exercise of the Tax Power

Jacob Sullum | 6.28.2012 10:07 AM

Politics

Obamacarians' Pregame Rationalizations: Doesn't Matter; Good for O; All Scalia's Fault, and More!

Tim Cavanaugh | 6.27.2012 6:07 PM

Civil Liberties

Pot School's Out

Medical marijuana

Brian Doherty | 6.24.2012 8:58 AM

Politics

Three Reasons to End Obamacare Before It Begins!

Nick Gillespie and Meredith Bragg | 6.23.2012 3:30 PM

Politics

Must-Watch ReasonTV on The Supreme Court & Obamacare

Nick Gillespie | 6.21.2012 9:22 AM

Politics

How Will the Supreme Court Rule on Obamacare?

Andrew Sullivan, Richard Epstein, and others place their final bets.

Tim Cavanaugh | 6.21.2012 7:30 AM

Policy

CDC-Sponsored Study Finds No Neurological Damage From Light to Moderate Drinking During Pregnancy

Jacob Sullum | 6.21.2012 3:11 AM

Policy

The Parallel Origin Stories of Premium Support and the Individual Mandate

Peter Suderman | 6.20.2012 11:21 AM

Politics

The Benefit of Bloomberg's Big Beverage Ban

The mayor's soda scheme won't make anyone thinner, but it sets a paternalistic precedent.

Jacob Sullum | 6.20.2012 7:00 AM

Policy

Democrats and Republicans Unite to Protect the Right to Browse Cigars

Jacob Sullum | 6.20.2012 2:24 AM

Policy

Pot Dispensary Owner Faces Life Sentence for Being Too Profitable

Zach Weissmueller | 6.18.2012 8:06 PM

Politics

Paleo Diet People Alert: Grains Blamed for the Rise of the State

Brian Doherty | 6.18.2012 1:03 PM

Politics

ObamaCare Survival Guide: What You Need to Know in Preparation for the Supreme Court's Impending Health Care Decision

Damon Root | 6.18.2012 9:00 AM

Policy

Michigan Anti-Abortion Law Sparks Sex Boycott, Vagina Fear

Melanie Kruvelis | 6.15.2012 4:51 PM

Politics

Wonky Justice

The dubious policy assumptions behind ObamaCare's legal defense

Peter Suderman | 6.15.2012 1:30 PM

Policy

Medicaid's $102 Million Anti-Fraud Program Catches $20 Million in Fraud

Peter Suderman | 6.15.2012 12:40 PM

Policy

WaPo's Milbank to Obama: Skip the Falsehoods and Give Us a Plan

Peter Suderman | 6.15.2012 10:56 AM