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Episode 7: What is the problem with government-run insurance?

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Mike Van Winkle interviews Michael F. Cannon of the Cato Institute about the problems with the proposed government-run insurance plan (generally called the “public option”). Can government really “compete” with the private sector? Can a public insurance plan ever be self-sustaining as many in Congress would have us believe? These questions and more.

Michael F. Cannon is director of health policy studies at the Cato Institute ^[1] and coauthor of Healthy Competition: What’s Holding Back Health Care and How to Free It ^[2].

Show Notes

Read Michael Cannon’s latest report “Fannie Med? Why a ‘Public Option’ is Hazardous to Your Health ^[3]“

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[1] Cato Institute: http://www.cato.org

[2] Healthy Competition: What’s Holding Back Health Care and How to Free It: http://www.catostore.org/index.asp?fa=ProductDetails&method=cats&scid=33&pid=1441272

[3] Fannie Med? Why a ‘Public Option’ is Hazardous to Your Health: http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=10382

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