For all of the quality care it delivers, the U.S. health care system is one of the most dysfunctional sectors of the U.S. economy. The government spends nearly 50 cents of every dollar spent on health care, most consumers are almost entirely insulated from the cost of their decisions, and employers decide what kind of health insurance their employees get.
But while the U.S. health care system begs for reform, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act only exacerbates all of the current problems, promising to devolve into a price-controlled system rationed and micromanaged by bureaucrats.
IPI believes there are much better options: reform the tax treatment of health insurance; remove the state and federal mandates and regulations that make coverage more expensive; pass medical liability reform; and promote policies that create value-conscious shoppers in the health care marketplace.
Does Government-Run Health Coverage Have Lower Administrative Costs?
Advocates for government-run health insurance have the difficult job of proving the government is more efficient than the private sector.
When Does the 'Affordable' in the Affordable Care Act Kick In?
It’s a good thing Democrats made health insurance “affordable” when they passed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in 2010. I’d hate to see how much health insurance would cost if it were expensive.
New Publication: How Health Insurance Failed America
In a new publication, IPI’s Dr. Merrill Matthews examines how politicians forced health insurers to abandon standard actuarial principles and have tried to turn health insurance into a social justice tool to achieve their vision of “fairness.”
How Health Insurance Failed America
Let consumers buy the kind of insurance coverage they want, not what politicians think they should have, and give insurers the freedom to offer those policies.
GOP Fumbled the Health Care Football, Now Dems Hope to Score
Bizarrely, Democratic legislation that helped them lose the House and later the Senate has become a a focus of their 2018 campaign ads.
Obama Comes Clean on His Support for Government Health Care
He's baaaaack! And Barack Obama is finally owning up to being the government-run health care advocate he claimed he wasn't when Obamacare was awaiting passage.
Five Takeaways from Mercatus's Medicare for All Cost Study
A new study estimates the cost of a single-payer health care system. It's expensive, but that's only part of the story.
Could Trump Administration Help Take Obamacare Down?
The Trump administration is siding with a court case that says the Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional.
Single-Payer Health Care Won't Pass Muster in California or Other States
The good news is that state-level Democrats can rattle the single-payer saber in the hope of attracting progressive voters, but they can't do much about it.
Why States Cannot Implement a Single-Payer Health Care System
California is once again pushing for a state-based, single-payer health care system. The problem is that it is practically impossible for a state to cover all of its citizens.
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