What Does It Mean to Have a 'Right' to Health Care?
If universal access to medical care is the goal, the government is the goalie. It should get out of the way.
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Paul Ryan's Dubious Claim That the GOP Health Care Bill Would Reduce Insurance Prices
The House Speaker omits key information when he says the CBO confirms that the AHCA would make coverage more affordable.
Can the Free Market Fix Health Care? Listen to Michael Cannon vs. Jonathan Cohn at the Soho Forum (Reason Podcast)
A live debate at the Soho Forum in New York City.
The White House Analyzed the House GOP Health Care Bill—and Found an Even Bigger Coverage Reduction Than CBO
The Trump administration has argued that the CBO estimates are not believable, but their own estimates showed a greater coverage decline.
CBO's Report on the GOP Obamacare Repeal Bill Offers More Proof That Neither Party Offers Health Care Choices People Want
The GOP's plan to repeal the health law's mandate would lead to 14 million fewer people being covered next year, according to the budget office.
A Chainsaw Man Explains How to Fix Obamacare
Healthcare reform can be deceptively simple.
President Trump: Pharmaceutical Price Controls Are a Bad Idea
Americans would save some money now, but at the long-run cost of sicker and shorter lives
Trump and Medicare Drug Price Controls: New at Reason
The unintended consequences to Americans' lives and health would be substantial and bad
Welcome to the Obamacare Repeal Expanded Universe
Republicans have a risky multi-stage process in mind to take down the health law.
House Republicans' Obamacare Replacement Plan Is a Disaster. Here's Why.
It's health care that matters, not health care insurance.
Obamacare Repeal Bill Gets Chilly Reception From GOP Governors, Despite Including Key Medicaid Changes They Wanted
The Obamacare repeal bill landed with a thud, but the idea of pushing more Medicaid decision-making to the state level is likely to stick.
The One Number That Shows Why Any Health Care Reform Effort Will Fail
People don't really want insurance.
How the GOP Learns to Stop Worrying and Love a Democratic Program
It didn't begin with Obamacare Lite.
Now That He's Found It, Rand Paul Really Doesn't Like GOP's Obamacare Repeal Bill
Rand: "This is Obamacare light. It will not pass."
The GOP's Obamacare Repeal Bill Is Here. Is This Just Obamacare Lite?
The House bill trades one set of tax credits for another.
Gov. Terry Branstad Pushed Certificate of Need Reform; Iowa Hospitals Killed It
State Rep says hospitals are "holding entrepreneurial physicians and clinics hostage" with CON laws. That's exactly right.
Donald Trump Is Amazed to Discover That Health Policy Is Complicated
That's why the GOP's Obamacare repeal effort is flailing.
Dental Association Pushes Nonsensical Argument Against Dental Therapists
Mid-level dental providers can fill cavities and provide other basic dental services, allowing full-fledged dentists to focus on patients with serious problems.
NRA-Backed Law Violates the First Amendment in the Name of Protecting the Second
The right to armed self-defense is not a license to muzzle nosy doctors.
Reforming Our Awful Medicaid Program Requires Massive Doses of Political Courage
Republicans don't know how to roll back Obamacare's massive expansion of this lousy program.
Deregulation of Local Foods Is a Winning Idea That's Spreading
New bills in Montana and California would make it easier for small food entrepreneurs to thrive and for consumers to have more choices.
How Two Florida Hospitals Used the Power of the State to Stop Another From Being Built
New report from Watchdog reveals how Florida's Certificate of Necessity laws limit competition and access to care.
Study Confirms Health Advantages of Vaping
Why do U.S. officials insist on obscuring them?
Major Blow to Obamacare Mandate: IRS Won't Reject Tax Returns That Don't Answer Health Insurance Question
The tax agency has stopped requiring individual filers to indicate whether they maintained health coverage or paid the mandate penalty as required under the law
Medicaid is Broken. Long Live Medicaid
GOP efforts to repeal Obamacare will run into a buzz-saw of political opposition
Virginia's Hospital Licensing Reform Effort 'Dead For This Year'
Certificate of Public Need laws mean Virginia residents have fewer options and pay more for health care. Hospitals successfully lobbied against reform again.
Uncertainty Alone Could Kill Obamacare
Federal exchange enrollment is down, and insurers are threatening to pull out, as Republicans debate how to address the law.
Canadian Effort to Bring Patients Banned from U.S. Faces Restrictions on Sick People Entering Canada
Canada can reject you based not just on how sick you are but how much the illness will cost the state.
Problems Persist with V.A. as Nominee Faces Senate Hearing
The department asked 440,410 vets for the wrong information. Now their health care claims might be purged from the system.
More Than 10 Percent of Federal Medicaid Payments Last Year Were Improper
Government watchdog finds yet another increase in wasteful Medicaid spending.
The GOP Effort to Repeal and Replace Obamacare Isn't Going Very Well
New polls show the health law's popularity rising as Republicans struggle to come up with a plan.
"What Happens When Doctors Only Take Cash"? Everybody, Especially Patients, Wins
The Oklahoma City Surgery Center is a model for how medical care can be better, faster, cheaper.
North Carolina Hospital Wants State to Block Competition From Two New Surgical Centers
Another illustration of how hospitals use Certificate of Need laws to limit competition, and why those laws are bad for patients.
Virginia's Legislature Advances Bills to Reform Anti-Competitive Certificate of Public Need Laws
Virginia's failed experiment in central planning for healthcare facilities is bad for patients and should be overhauled.
Sen. Rand Paul Introduces Replacement for Obamacare
Paul's bill equalizes tax deductibility on insurance whether obtained through employer or not, makes creating private group insurance easier, relies on Health Savings Accounts.
How Virginia's Hospital Licensing Laws Led to an Infant's Death
The deadly consequences of an obscure medical licensing law.
The Problem With Block Grants
The block grant provides an opportunity for government spending unconnected to the act of revenue-raising.
Trump Brings Back Ban on Funds for Groups That Promote Abortion, While Congress Reconsiders Global Anti-Prostitution Pledge
Here we go again, and again, and again...
Trump May Use Obama's Executive Branch Power Grabs to Destroy Obamacare
Trump's new executive order signals his willingness to use the expansive executive branch powers built by the previous administration.
Federalism in the Age of Trump
On education, health care, and infrastructure, the Trump administration and Republican Congress should free the states to do more.
Good News: Research Confirms Way to Boost Healthy Longevity
Bad news: Most of us have got to eat less to live longer
What We Don't Know About Marijuana's Risks and Benefits
It fills a new book from the National Academy of Sciences.
911 Emergency Response System Significantly Reduced U.S. Murder Rate, Says Study
More than a 34 percent to 56 percent decrease in homicides attributed to the 911 systems
FDA Says Explaining the Main Advantages of E-Cigarettes Would Confuse Consumers
According to federal regulators, companies that talk about reducing health risks by switching from smoking to vaping are breaking the law.
