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Why Is Health Care So Expensive

There is not a single answer, but health care economists assign much of the blame to the “original sin” of health care policy: the preferred tax treatment for employer-sponsored insurance (ESI) premiums. If you buy a non … See more

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The Costs Of Regulation And Centralization In Health Care

WEBHealth care is universally among the most regulated sectors. In most nations, heavy regulation of the supply of health care goods and services care is …

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New California Law Begins Process Of Creating State-Run …

WEBImagine waiting an hour and a half for an ambulance to take you to the emergency room, then waiting an additional 12 hours before being seen. Or waiting …

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The Path To Affordable Health Care

WEBLikewise, 60 percent of Medicaid money is spent on outpatient care. Even among the elderly, almost 40 percent of expenses are for outpatient care. Of the top one …

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Health Care vs. Health Insurance

WEBHealth insurance, properly understood, allows individuals to protect themselves, at reasonable expense, from unpredictable future health care costs. Insurer …

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Hoover Institution Publishes New Healthcare Reform Plan

WEBThe Choices for All Project will be launched during an event at Hoover’s Washington, DC, office on Thursday, July 27.. Hoover Institution (Stanford, CA) – The …

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The Costs Of Regulation And Centralization In Health Care

WEBEditor’s Note: This is an edited excerpt, comprising the Introduction and Conclusion, from a longer essay by Mr. Atlas. Titled ‘The Costs Of Regulation And …

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How to Cure Health Care

WEBA more radical reform would, first, end both Medicare and Medicaid, at least for new entrants, and replace them by providing every family in the United States with …

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Reshaping Global Health

WEBThe rapid expansion in global health was part of a broader conceptual movement that created core principles for the use of resources in a new era in …

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The Extremely Bad Economics Of Single-Payer Healthcare …

WEBFellows. Hoover scholars form the Institution’s core and create breakthrough ideas aligned with our mission and ideals. What sets Hoover apart from all other policy …

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The Choices for All Hoover Institution

WEBFellows. Hoover scholars form the Institution’s core and create breakthrough ideas aligned with our mission and ideals. What sets Hoover apart from all other policy organizations …

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Single-Payer Health Care

WEBSingle-payer health care is when the government acts as the only payer of health care costs in the economy. Rather than individuals purchasing insurance for …

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Health Technology and Climate Change

WEBAs you have heard from the other speakers today, there are numerous health risks associated with global climate change. The Union of Concerned Scientists has …

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Making Health Care Great Again

WEBThe Trump EO tries to mobilize the competitive forces that its critics disdain in order to accomplish the three key objectives of a sound health care system: …

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What Happened: Dr. Jay Bhattacharya On 19 Months Of COVID

WEBFellows. Hoover scholars form the Institution’s core and create breakthrough ideas aligned with our mission and ideals. What sets Hoover apart from all other policy …

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Medicare and the Free Market

WEBMy “doc fix” would have three good effects. First, doctors would be paid amounts that they have come to expect. Second, because Medicare beneficiaries would …

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ObamaCare vs. The Commerce Clause

WEBAs everyone knows, the dispute over the individual mandate under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (also known as ObamaCare) is due before …

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Emergency Powers During A Viral Pandemic

WEBFellows. Hoover scholars form the Institution’s core and create breakthrough ideas aligned with our mission and ideals. What sets Hoover apart from all other policy …

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Underage Drinking and the Drinking Age

WEBFive states and the District of Columbia regulated various degrees of alcohol consumption among those 18 and over. The remaining states had a patchwork of …

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