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.
Biden's Effort to Increase the Public's Access to Counterfeit Drugs
Biden wants to increase your access to deadly counterfeit drugs even as the DEA is trying to reduce that access.
Vaccines Are the Future of Health Care
Future vaccines may be our best preventive medicine option for long-feared diseases. They may even become the preferred treatment option. Let’s hope they won’t be as politicized as the COVID-19 vaccines have, become because the least effective vaccine is the one a person refuses to take.
Biden's Domestic Policy Failures Are Mounting, Too
It’s not just the withdrawal from Afghanistan. Many of President Biden’s domestic policy efforts have become a mismanaged mess.
Yet Another Misuse of Vaccine Data
There are a lot of data associated with vaccines. But even good data can be misleading and misused if those handling it are not careful.
Joe Biden: Republicans' Secret Weapon for Retaking Congress
President Biden’s job performance is making him the most serious political threat to Democrats’ election chances in 2022. It’s almost as if Biden is a GOP secret weapon, ensuring that Republicans retake control of the House and Senate.
Seniors on Medicare Are the Last People Who Should Have to Pay for Basic Vaccines
The COVID-19 vaccine is free, but many seniors still have to pay for many basic vaccines.
Can Employers Require Employees to Be Vaccinated?
Employers are generally allowed to require employees to be vaccinated, part of the government's limited (though increasing) interference in the workplace.
Sham 'Pay-Fors' Are Another Washington Trick
Once again Washington is using sham accounting practices to claim that a massive new spending bill will be "paid for."
Biden's Latest Effort to Undermine Vaccine Trust
Biden is facing significant vaccine resistance, which will only be exacerbated by his recent prescription drug importation executive order.
Where Was the Media's Pre-pandemic Concern About Vaccine Politicization?
There are numerous stories about conservatives and Fox News politicizing the national vaccination effort. But the media weren't nearly so concerned about that politicization last fall when Democrats were the vaccine skeptics.
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