Health

Policy

Does High-Tech Medicine Mean Higher Health Care Costs?

A new report finds that medical innovation boosts life expectancy, but doesn't cost more

Ronald Bailey | 9.29.2009 4:30 PM

Policy

Sweet Lies About Kids and Smoking

The FDA's new ban on flavored cigarettes won't prevent teen smoking

Steve Chapman | 9.28.2009 7:00 AM

Policy

Mayor Bloomberg's Salty Tooth

Jacob Sullum | 9.24.2009 11:13 AM

Politics

Los Angeles Pot Dispensary Collective Sues the City

Brian Doherty | 9.23.2009 3:30 PM

Policy

Sometimes a Cigar Is a Cigarette

Jacob Sullum | 9.23.2009 11:41 AM

Politics

Coverage Story

Does the cost of uncompensated care justify forcing people to buy health insurance?

Jacob Sullum | 9.23.2009 7:00 AM

Policy

Camel Snus in the Tent

Jacob Sullum | 9.22.2009 6:30 PM

Politics

Reason.tv: When Cops Play Doctor—How the drug war punishes pain patients

Reason Staff | 9.22.2009 7:00 AM

Policy

The Consumer Is Not the Customer

Both parties promise to preserve one of the health care system's central problems.

Jacob Sullum | 9.16.2009 7:00 AM

Policy

The Candid Paternalism Underlying New York's Outdoor Smoking Ban

Jacob Sullum | 9.15.2009 10:46 AM

Politics

DEA Assists Medical Marijuana Raids in San Diego

Jacob Sullum | 9.11.2009 2:43 PM

Politics

"Best map you'll see on any newspaper website today"

Matt Welch | 9.10.2009 5:53 PM

Policy

Again, With Feeling: Thinner Is Not Cheaper

Jacob Sullum | 9.10.2009 12:26 PM

Policy

A Different Sort of Health Care System

Jesse Walker | 9.4.2009 4:46 PM

Policy

Drink Yourself Fit

Jacob Sullum | 9.1.2009 3:09 PM

Policy

New York City Decrees That Coffee and Tobacco Do Not Mix

Jacob Sullum | 8.31.2009 3:37 PM

Politics

L.A. Times on "Marijuana's new high life"

Matt Welch | 8.31.2009 8:31 AM

Politics

DEA Arrests Medical Marijuana Grower in California

Jacob Sullum | 8.28.2009 3:13 PM

Policy

The Evil-Mongering of the American Medical Association

Obama's cozy relationship with Big Medicine will hurt patients

Shikha Dalmia | 8.27.2009 4:30 PM

Policy

Reason Writers Around Town: Shikha Dalmia on the Real "Evil-Mongers" in the Health Care Debate

Shikha Dalmia | 8.26.2009 2:21 PM

Policy

Help! I've Reached the Obesity Tipping Point, and I Can't Get Up!

Jacob Sullum | 8.25.2009 7:28 PM

Policy

Medicare and Life Expectancy

Brian Doherty | 8.21.2009 5:53 PM

Policy

This Just In: Heroin Addicts Like Heroin

Jacob Sullum | 8.21.2009 11:30 AM

Policy

Drug Czar Blames His Marijuana Lie on Heat Stroke

Jacob Sullum | 8.20.2009 5:54 PM

Politics

New Public Option, Same As the Old Public Option?

Are health insurance co-ops a good idea?

Ronald Bailey | 8.18.2009 3:00 PM

Policy

One Man's Dinner Party Is Another Man's Binge, Especially If the Other Man Has a Degree in Public Health

Jacob Sullum | 8.17.2009 1:41 PM

Politics

Cops Say Legalize Drugs; Here's Why

Jacob Sullum | 8.17.2009 12:16 PM

Policy

People Will Be So Stoned That They Won't Care About the Death Boards

Jacob Sullum | 8.14.2009 12:44 PM

Policy

What If All Smokers Used Smokeless Tobacco Instead?

Jacob Sullum | 8.13.2009 4:40 PM

Politics

Medical Marijuana Raids in L.A.

Jacob Sullum | 8.13.2009 11:28 AM

Policy

E-Cigarettes Look More Effective Than Nicotine Gum or Patches

Jacob Sullum | 8.10.2009 1:08 PM

Policy

Is the Drug Czar Legally Required to Lie?

Jacob Sullum | 8.6.2009 12:30 PM

Policy

Fat Load

A slimmer America won't save taxpayers money.

Jacob Sullum | 8.5.2009 7:00 AM

Politics

What's Sauce for Pizza Hut Is Sauce for Famous Original Ray's

Jacob Sullum | 8.4.2009 3:27 PM

Policy

State-by-State E-Cigarette Bans?

Jacob Sullum | 8.3.2009 1:43 PM

Politics

On Friday the Priest Got His Goat

Jacob Sullum | 7.31.2009 6:11 PM

Policy

Nap Demographics Weirdly Fascinating

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 7.30.2009 3:36 PM

Policy

If Obesity Saves Taxpayers Money, Should It Be Encouraged?

Jacob Sullum | 7.27.2009 12:16 PM

Policy

Drug Czar Displays His Ignorance, Brags About His Limited Vocabulary

Jacob Sullum | 7.23.2009 3:18 PM

Policy

When Carcinogens Are FDA-Approved, You Needn't Worry About Them

Jacob Sullum | 7.22.2009 7:55 PM

Policy

Obesity Levels Off; Complacency Threatens to Reach Alarming Levels

Jacob Sullum | 7.22.2009 11:45 AM

Policy

Attn, DC Reasonoids: Nick Gillespie Talking About Organ-Donation Policy, Wed. July 22 at 2PM: THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED!

Reason Staff | 7.22.2009 9:25 AM

Politics

Paying a Premium for Insurance

The House health care bill delivers the "inefficiencies" the president promised.

Jacob Sullum | 7.22.2009 7:00 AM

Policy

Bob Barr Celebrates Death of "So-Called Barr Amendment"

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 7.20.2009 5:58 PM

Policy

Is Anti-Pot Hysteria Waning at the Times?

Jacob Sullum | 7.20.2009 4:24 PM

Politics

California's Bill to Legalize and Tax Pot: Not All It Ought To Be

Brian Doherty | 7.15.2009 9:58 PM

Policy

Virginia Postrel on How to End The Kidney-Transplant Waiting List

Nick Gillespie | 7.10.2009 12:55 PM

Policy

Suddenly I Don't Feel Like a Chili Dog Anymore

Jacob Sullum | 7.8.2009 11:43 AM