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I would submit that we do not have a health care problem in this country, but we do most definitely have a government problem in this country.
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Getting Serious About Health Care Reform
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Enough dithering! President Barack Obama says it's time to act on health care. I agree. But act how? All the so-called reformers want to do is tinker with insurance regulations. But how effective would that be, considering that the insurance companies themselves support the changes?
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Are Medical Markets an Inherent Failure?
AUGUST 05, 2009 by WILLIAM ANDERSON
From an economic point of view, a scarce good is a scarce good, whether it is medical care or sirloin steak. The problem is that government has piled intervention on top of intervention, and driving up the costs and making care less available in the process.
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Do We Need State Control of Medical Care?
Government-run health care cannot eliminate scarcity
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Most people cannot fathom decoupling government control and medical care, as though cost-raising controls actually improve medical service. Yet if we wish to have innovative and affordable medical care, that is precisely what must be done.
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The Real Cost of Health Care
Why Health Care Reform Does Not Always Lower Costs
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When government forces people in the medical fields to expend resources in areas away from medical care, it makes care less available and more costly.
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Medical Misunderstanding
The Bad Economics of Health Care Reform
MAY 22, 2009 by SHELDON RICHMAN
Economic illiteracy will be hazardous to your health.