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Government-Created Exchanges: Wildcard in Health-Care Debate

Posted By Sheldon Richman

“Despite all the disagreement in Washington, every proposal now before Congress to overhaul the nation’s health care system includes creation of an insurance ‘exchange’ — a marketplace that would operate something like a Travelocity Web site for insurance policies.” (New York Times ^[1], Tuesday)

Markets preceded government, so why would government be needed to create markets?

FEE Timely Classic
“The Market and Political Freedom” ^[2] by John Marangos

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[1] New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/06/business/06exchange.html?ref=todayspaper

[2] “The Market and Political Freedom”: http://www.thefreemanonline.org/featured/the-market-and-political-freedom/

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