The Failure of LBJ's Great Society and What It Means for the 21st Century
Historian Amity Shlaes talks about the last time a president massively expanded the federal government to help people.
Medicaid
Why LBJ's Great Society Flopped—and What It Means for the 2020 Election
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.
The Trump Administration Should Stand for Cancer Patients' Freedom to Choose
Restricting a cancer treatment to only hospitals will harm patients.
Forget Paying for Medicare for All—We Can't Pay for the Medicare We Have
A new report predicts Medicare spending will rise faster than private health care spending.
Brett Kavanaugh Joins With Liberal Justices; SCOTUS Won't Hear Planned Parenthood Defunding Cases
"If Kavanaugh was going to deal a major blow to health care rights during his first session on the court, this would have been the case to do it."
A Surprisingly Normal Election
The biggest shock from yesterday's midterms was that everything went more or less as expected.
Subsidies and Price Controls Aren't the Answer to Skyrocketing Prescription Drug Prices
Prescription drugs are getting more and more expensive thanks to the needlessly complex interplay of intellectual property, public funding, and FDA regulation.
Is Chelsea Manning the First Real 21st Century Politician?: Podcast
Like millions of Americans but with more emojis, the convicted/commuted leaker and would-be Senator has views that don't fit neatly into our two-party mold.
Would the Poor Be Better Off Without Welfare? A Debate Next Week in New York City.
Neera Tanden from the Center for American Progress vs. Tarren Bragdon from the Foundation for Government Accountability at the Soho Forum.
Did Arizona Fund Medicaid Expansion With an Unconstitutional Tax? Supreme Court Will Decide.
The tax was passed in 2013, but did not receive a two-thirds majority from both chambers of the state legislature.
The Single Payer Threat Is Real
Republicans should start taking liberal health care efforts seriously.
Sorry, Liberals: Protecting the Medicaid Status Quo Won't Save Patients
The program desperately needs radical surgery
Will Reforming Medicaid Kill People?
Liberal attachment to the worst insurance program in the civilized world is mind-boggling.
John Kasich's Misguided Moralism for Medicaid Expansion
Ohio could freeze expansion enrollments next year, ignoring the governor's pleas.
The Illusory Savings From Cutting Medicaid
Congressional Republicans promise to achieve greater frugality in Medicaid without inflicting more hardship. It's not gonna happen.
Oregon Passes Hefty Insurance Tax to Prop Up Its Scandalous Medicaid System
The state is spending $37 million a month on recipients potentially not eligible for the program.
Nevada Governor's Veto Won't Be The End of Medicaid-for-all Proposals
They haven't found any that work yet, but Democrats continue running political experiments with expanding government's role in health care.
Trump's Medicaid 'Cuts' Actually Increase Federal Spending
Under Trump's budget, Medicaid spending would reach the highest level in U.S. history.
The Awful Health Policy and Cynical Politics of Trump's Budget Plan
The president wants to cut Medicaid but leave Medicare untouched, rewarding supporters at the expense of America's long-term finances.
Why Is Planned Parenthood So Popular? Because Government Thwarts Alternatives
Look beyond Medicaid to really cut dependence on Planned Parenthood while still ensuring that low-income women have access to medical care.
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.
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.
Medicaid is Broken. Long Live Medicaid
GOP efforts to repeal Obamacare will run into a buzz-saw of political opposition
More Than 10 Percent of Federal Medicaid Payments Last Year Were Improper
Government watchdog finds yet another increase in wasteful Medicaid spending.
The Problem With Block Grants
The block grant provides an opportunity for government spending unconnected to the act of revenue-raising.
Trump Picks Tom Price For HHS Secretary. Does This Really Mean He Wants to Repeal Obamacare?
Ultimately, legislation to repeal and replace the health care law will have to be driven by Congress.
Medical Marijuana Reduces Prescription Drug Use, Says New Research
In 2013 it saved Medicare Part D more than $165 million.
John Kasich Deplores Political Gibberish in Presidential Campaign—Then Relies on It to Sell His Own Record on Obamacare
The Ohio governor has repeatedly made misleading statements about his expansion of Medicaid under the president's health law.
Federal Judge Blocks Alabama From Defunding Planned Parenthood
If Republicans want to strip Planned Parenthood of state Medicaid funding, they'll have to change federal law first.
How Much Charity Care Do Hospitals Really Provide?
If the public is being asked to pay more for charity care, and it is, then it's reasonable to ask exactly what it's getting for its money.
Generational Swindle: How DC is Screwing over Millennials
Jared Meyer on "Disinherited: How Washington Is Betraying America's Young"
EACH Woman Act Would Allow Federal Medicaid Plans to Cover Abortion
New bill would kill the Hyde Amendment and also stop states from banning private insurance coverage of abortion.
Outside Liberal La La Land, Obamacare is Sputtering
It's not easy to make medical socialism work
Florida Gov. Rick Scott Says He'll Sue the Obama Administration Over Obamacare Medicaid Expansion Threat
Scott says the Obama admin's threat to cut off health care funding if the state doesn't expand Medicaid is coercive.
Bad Payments Rise in High Risk Federal Programs
Error-ridden programs paid out $125 billion in improper payments last year.
Hiking Medicaid Reimbursement Improved Access to Doctors. What Happens Now That Payments Have Plunged?
It was a classic bait and switch on the American public
Mike Pence's 'Market-Based' Plan to Reform Medicaid Is Actually a Deal Between Hospital Lobbyists and the Administration to Expand Obamacare
The Republican governor's supposedly free market plan is a big industry giveaway.
Massive Scale of Improper Payments Show Govt is Too Big NOT to Fail
Medicare may be making mistakes 20% of the time, school lunch programs 15%, and the Earned Income Tax Credit 25%.
