Last quarter, spending on health care grew an astounding 9.9%. That’s the biggest percent change in healthcare spending since 1980.What’s the reason? Many people blame it on…

First a disclaimer. I have never taken a course in health economics. I have never taught a course in health economics. I have never even read a…

Uwe Reinhardt had a column the other day in which he argued that: Uwe Reinhardt had a column the other day in which he argued that:We are…

“No, there won’t be a doctor shortage,” wrote Zeke Emanuel and Scott Gottlieb in The New York Times the other day. “No, there won’t be a doctor…

What I’m about to show you is in my opinion an embarrassment to the economics profession and I wish more of my colleagues would express their strong…

Here is irony: the people who talk the most about the need for a social safety net (including the president himself!) are cheerleaders for a health reform…

For the past twenty years I have been trying to convince my colleagues in the health policy community that managed competition contains perverse economic incentives. These incentives…

On Monday I proposed a simple solution to the problems of the ObamaCare website: the John McCain health plan.Paul Krugman has a different solution: enroll everyone in…

Have you ever given money to the food stamp program? Do you know anyone who has? Have you ever given money to the food stamp program? Do…

“This only works if young people show up,” said Bill Clinton the other day. He was explaining ObamaCare.On the surface that’s an odd thing to say. Medicare…