Health Care Policy

By Peter Barry Chowka: The looming transformation of the medical system in the United States into a single-payer socialist nightmare is one of the most alarming developments facing us.

By Leslie Loftis: The U.S. medical community defines maternal mortality differently than the WHO, and keeps better records for the women in its care than other countries do.

From POLICYed: The most important driver of revolutions in price and quality comes from new companies entering a market.

By Jon N. Hall: If the Obamacare mandates are not repealed, it would be a serious betrayal of voters, and grounds for mounting primary challenges to incumbents.

By John Cochrane: Healthcare is not a spot market, which people think about once, at fifty-five, when they get a heart attack. It is a long-term relationship.

By Austin Schanzenbach: Let’s imagine a scenario where you no longer need to use insurance for health care.

By Monica Showalter: In the mother of all face-saving, the London hospital that had originally planned to kill off baby Charlie Gard, “for his own good,” has seen the light.

By James C. Capretta: The primary problem is that too many are insulated from the cost of care through third-party insurance payments covered by employer-provided plans and Medicare.

By Deroy Murdock: And it just might help the Senate GOP repeal Obamacare.

By Byron York: There is one fundamental obstacle to getting rid of Obamacare, and it is very simple: Once the government starts giving away, it can’t take back.

By Nicole Russell: Against his parents’ wishes, Britain is preventing an ill infant from getting care, and the legal and social environment in the United States isn’t far away.

By Daren Jonescu: If you find slavery or infanticide disturbing, you may be too squeamish to read further.

By Allahpundit: The key is the phrasing of the question.

By Robert B. Sklaroff: To avoid imminent collapse of the health care delivery infrastructure, employ the medical model and strategize accordingly.