Category:Healthcare
“There Will Be Blood” — The Ethics of Compensation for Bodily Fluids
January 11, 2018 | Video
Is human blood a “public resource”? Prof. Peter Jaworski argues that your bodily fluids belong to you, and governments should let you sell them.
The dirty word that gives us our freedom
October 18, 2017 | Post
Competition is often considered a dirty word, with many critics of free market ideas emphasizing the cutthroat competition of Wall Street as an example of how competition brings out the worst in people, encourages us to cut corners, and undermines our altruistic tendencies.
Reddit AMA with Professor Ilya Somin of George Mason University
September 12, 2017 | Post
Ilya Somin is Professor of Law at George Mason University. His research focuses on constitutional law, property law, and the study of popular political participation.
Will voters punish Republicans for not changing health care?
September 8, 2017 | Post
President Donald Trump claimed Senators who voted against Obamacare’s replacement, the AHCA, had “let down Americans.”
How this screwy IRS policy kickstarted the American health care crisis
September 6, 2017 | Post
As a believer in small government, I usually favor anything that reduces taxes. But this tax break has wreaked havoc on American health care.
Expert Answers on the Drug War: Highlights from Prof. Jeff Miron's AMA
August 15, 2017 | Post
Last week, Professor Jeffrey Miron joined us on Reddit for an “Ask Me Anything” conversation as part of the Learn Liberty Reddit AMA Series. The conversation focused on Dr. Miron’s 30+ years of study on the effects of drug criminalization. Check out some of the highlights below. GPSBach While there seems to be an emerging consensus on […]
Innovation in healthcare could be dangerous, but the alternative is worse.
July 26, 2017 | Post
The relevant alternative to a cheap healthcare provider for a lot of people isn’t a medical doctor — it’s Google.
How thinking harder will let you eat more bacon
July 19, 2017 | Post
Let’s debunk the confusion around the “dangerous” carcinogens in processed meat.
How the FDA hides its true costs — dollars lost and progress delayed
June 14, 2017 | Post
Want to sell a new medicine? You need to pay $2 million — at least — to the FDA
What to expect when you’re expecting: Lots of weird regulations and obscure laws
June 13, 2017 | Post
Government rules inflict unnecessary and invasive interventions on women giving birth.
What About Health Insurance for the Poor?
May 29, 2017 | Video
Bryan Caplan says we could get rid of 95% of government health care intervention, and STILL have subsidized health insurance for the poorest. Watch the full interview
The health care shell game: Why not leave health care policy to the states?
April 28, 2017 | Post
Recent arguments against cutting federal health care spending — and letting states handle insurance regulation — reveal just how unaffordable the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) is.
Highlights from our Reddit AMA with Professor Lauren Hall
April 5, 2017 | Post
If you missed the Reddit AMA with Professor Lauren Hall last week, fear not! We’ve taken the liberty of compiling some of the highlights for your viewing pleasure. You can check out the whole thing here. Dr. Hall is associate professor of political science at Rochester Institute of Technology. She is the author of Family and […]
Are Americans getting too much healthcare?
April 2, 2017 | Post
During policy debates on healthcare most people assume that more healthcare leads to better outcomes. What if that assumption is false?
Healthcare will never be affordable without action on prices
March 25, 2017 | Post
Republican reformers have repeatedly promised affordable healthcare for all Americans — doubly affordable, in fact. They promise sufficient subsidies to put premiums and out-of-pocket costs within reach of low- and middle-income consumers. At the same time, they promise that the plan will be affordable to the federal budget, even given the constraints their most conservative […]
Entitlement reform key to fixing America’s fiscal future
March 18, 2017 | Post
Without substantive entitlement reform, it will be exceedingly difficult to address the country’s long-term fiscal problems, and it will only get harder if needed changes are delayed.