Health Care Policy

By Oren Cass: The arguments of the law’s defenders don’t stand up to scrutiny.

By Yevgeniy Feyman: The Trump Administration has promised to deliver to the American people a healthcare plan that is “much less expensive and far better” than Obamacare.

By Hal Scherz: This system disconnects patients and doctors from the true costs of care.

By Mark Humphrey: Republicans do not want to repeal the regulations that make healthcare expensive and ineffective.

By Christine Rousselle: It looks as though Canadians have some of the best healthcare in the world–provided they live long enough to actually see a doctor.

By Peter Suderman: 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.

By Bilious Maximus, M.D.: With one simple executive order, President Trump could reduce the healthcare costs of the uninsured by 90%.

By Ryan Bourne: U.S. survival rates are better than the UK’s for breast cancer, leukemia, and lung cancer.

By John Cochrane: The government no longer massively screws up the health insurance and health care arrangements of the majority of Americans who can afford houses, cars, smartphones…

Edmund Haislmaier, Robert Moffit and Alyene Senger: Congress must focus on the fundamentals.

By Paul Howard: Medicaid is a vital component of our nation’s safety net for low income Americans.

By Katherine Restrepo: Americans are not only waiting to see what the final Republican health care alternative looks like, but also when and how it will impact their lives.