Health Care Policy

By Dr. Tom Coburn and Paul Howard: Republicans need to focus on the industry’s biggest problem: its lack of competition and transparency.

By Adam Brandon: It should surprise no one that the House Freedom Caucus opposed the bill as it was written.

By John R. Graham: Today, only 11 percent of health spending is controlled directly by patients, but solutions are at hand.

From Investor’s Business Daily: Ryan’s team diluted the free-market message they should have been selling, and lost sight of the point of repealing ObamaCare.

By Byron York: Congress cannot do big things fast. Don’t promise a history-making legislative achievement in a matter of weeks. It won’t happen.

By Robert Book and Paul Howard: It’s worth taking another look at how awfully misnamed the so-called “Affordable” Care Act has turned out to be.

By Drew Gonshorowski: While the American Health Care Act would have repealed some Obamacare regulations, the bill does not go far enough.

By Marc Siegel: Spending can be kept under control by letting patients know the real costs.

By Paul Ryan: Our bill guts the failing law and enacts conservative reform without pulling the rug out from under anyone.

By Michael Hamilton: Congress and most patients assume it is financially prudent to submit health insurance claims every time one receives medical care.

By Steve Karp, MD: The terms health insurance and medical care are often used interchangeably. They are, however, quite different concepts.