Michael F. Cannon

To contain Medicare spending, Congress must break the grip the health care industry has on Medicare.

The changes that House Republicans have proposed fall far short of what Congress must do to make health care better, more affordable, and more secure.

This “tax exclusion” for employer-sponsored health insurance is the original sin of US health policy.

The government has been taking away people’s rights to make their own health decisions for 90 years without ever studying whether its interventions are benefiting patients.

Kennedy says he is not anti-vaccine but merely “asking uncomfortable questions.”

Increase HSA contribution limits so nearly all workers could deposit 100 percent of what their employer pays toward health benefits tax‐​free into an HSA.

Conti, Frank, and Cutler shatter the common myths that the United States has “largely unregulated prices” for medical care or is “one of the only developed countries where health care is left mostly to the free market.”

When government asserts control over your health care, it creates opportunities for low‐​quality providers to lobby for subsidies and regulations that protect them from competition from high‐​quality producers.

Biden’s proposal would eliminate consumer protections, throw sick patients out of their health insurance, and leave them to face sky-high medical bills without insurance for up to one year.

There’s no Democratic or Republican way to promote quality. There is only what works, and that’s letting consumers reward quality by making their own health decisions.

Sanders gets an “A” for passion, but an “F” in compassion. 

The fact that people would even think to equate Merck losing government business to coercion shows just how much government dominates health care in the United States.

This isn’t market failure. It is the result of government regulation.

Thanks to government, insulin is hard to get.

Government is already driving insulin prices sky‐​high. Further intervention would make matters worse.

If lawmakers pass a law recognizing insurance licenses from U.S. territories, Florida consumers and employers could purchase individual or group plans from insurers in Puerto Rico or any other U.S. territory.