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.
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.
Vermont's Prescription for Failure
If Vermont's drug importation scheme implies it doesn't care about the health and safety of its citizens, then let's hope the FDA and Department of Justice do.
Health Experts Pin Rising Drug Costs on Complex Supply Chain, Pricing Schemes
As state and federal lawmakers across the country grapple with how best to address health care costs for patients, the Mackinac Center for Public Policy yesterday convened an event in Lansing to discuss the various solutions being weighed in Michigan.
Health Insurance Premium Increases Are Not Trump's Fault
Democrats are doing their best to blame the current president for a problem that is entirely of their own making: Under ObamaCare the individual health insurance market began to collapse long before Trump became a factor.
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