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Replacing Obamacare: The Cato Institute on Health Care Reform
This new eBook assembles the best of the Cato Institute’s work on Obamacare, and on how free markets are the only way to make health care better, more affordable, and more secure. These articles, written by over a dozen national experts, explain why repealing Obamacare—and pursuing solid, proven solutions— is real health care reform.
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970 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 25, 2012
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April 4, 2014
This book is a collection of scholarly reports that critiques the Affordable Care Act's lofty premises, which, in time, will prove to be as unattainable as a host of other progressive projects, such as "free" superb universal public education and a worry-free retirement guaranteed by the good guys in Washington. The book is not cohesive, is repetitive, and doesn't really spell out in detail what will replace Obamacare. However Cannon and Cato are always worth reading.
My guess is that the AAA will collapse under its own weight, to be replaced by a single payer system that will promise cheap medical care to the masses but in fact cost society a lot more than it's advocates' predict--just like Medicare did. Most likely a more expensive private alternative will also evolve, but will be affordable to relatively few wealthy citizens.
There are, of course, potential market alternatives that might actually bring high quality affordable care to most Americans. The kind of reform that would be needed for that possibility will never come out of the offices of central planners in Washington, where pipe-dreams are ultimately fashioned by lobbyists of every persuasion. It could come out of the States where entry into the medical field has long been restricted by licensing regulations that do more to promulgate monopoly than safety. True reform will not be possible until the average citizen becomes convinced that liberty is worth the risk and the current vogue promoting "equality" is seen for what it really is--the rallying cry of demagogues hustling up votes and public funds.
My guess is that the AAA will collapse under its own weight, to be replaced by a single payer system that will promise cheap medical care to the masses but in fact cost society a lot more than it's advocates' predict--just like Medicare did. Most likely a more expensive private alternative will also evolve, but will be affordable to relatively few wealthy citizens.
There are, of course, potential market alternatives that might actually bring high quality affordable care to most Americans. The kind of reform that would be needed for that possibility will never come out of the offices of central planners in Washington, where pipe-dreams are ultimately fashioned by lobbyists of every persuasion. It could come out of the States where entry into the medical field has long been restricted by licensing regulations that do more to promulgate monopoly than safety. True reform will not be possible until the average citizen becomes convinced that liberty is worth the risk and the current vogue promoting "equality" is seen for what it really is--the rallying cry of demagogues hustling up votes and public funds.
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