Health Care Policy

By Doug Badger: They’re not ‘losing’ insurance; they just won’t be forced to get policies they don’t want.

A video from Prager University: The Affordable Care Act was supposed to lower healthcare costs, but it has done just the opposite. Why? Because it ignored the realities of how markets work.

By Max Greenwood: Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) slammed Senate Republicans’ healthcare overhaul bill on Friday, saying that it’s grounded in “propping up” insurance companies.

By Grace-Marie Turner: Any legislation that clears Congress under the repeal and replace banner needs to do four things…

By Arthur Laffer: The president could use his deal-making skills to negotiate voluntary pricing restraints for the industry.

By Christopher Jacobs: Obamacare provides states with a greater incentive to expand Medicaid to able-bodied adults than to cover services for individuals with disabilities.

By Katherine Restrepo: Health insurance benefit mandates benefit few but increase costs for all.

By Michael Hamilton and Chad Savage: The ripple effect of price controls causes Americans to spend on health care an amount equal to the gross domestic product of Germany.

By Sen. John Barrasso: Obamacare has failed to deliver the health care reform Americans deserve.

By .J. Randolph: Here’s how we could lower the price of health care 30% by tomorrow: genuine competition and price transparency.

By Kevin Dayaratna and Sarina Singh: There is an increasing shortage of medical professionals.

By Rick Moran: The blame for so many doctors leaving the profession can be placed on Congress and the regulatory burden placed on physicians by Obamacare.

By Stephen Moore: It’s finally official. Obamacare is a public policy flop of epic proportions.