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#MedicareForAll @AOC @BernieSanders @SenWarren

31 Jan 2020 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of regulation, health economics, income redistribution, industrial organisation, politics - USA, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags: 2020 presidential election, Canada, health insurance, offsetting behaviour, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences

The Failure of LBJ’s Great Society and What It Means for the 21st Century

24 Jan 2020 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, discrimination, economic history, economics of information, economics of regulation, gender, history of economic thought, human capital, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, minimum wage, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, rentseeking, welfare reform Tags: health insurance, social insurance

Why are @BernieSanders @AOC @SenSanders such fans of the NHS?

24 Jan 2020 Leave a comment

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Alternatives to Obamacare?

22 Jan 2020 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, history of economic thought, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: health insurance, social insurance

Must-Watch Video From Reason TV on How Free Markets – not Obamacare – Can Solve the Healthcare Mess

16 Dec 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in health economics, industrial organisation, Public Choice, public economics Tags: health insurance

International Liberty

When I travel, particularly overseas, I run into a lot of people who are totally confused about the American healthcare system.

For all intents and purposes, they think the United States relies on the free market and that government (at least in the pre-Obamacare era) was largely absent.

So they are baffled when I tell them that nearly one-half of all health expenditures in America are directly financed by taxpayers and that the supposedly private part of our healthcare system is massively distorted by government interference and intervention.

When explaining how government has screwed up private health insurance, I talk about third-party payer and how genuinely private insurance works for home ownership and automobiles. And I cite examples of genuine free markets for cosmetic surgery and even (regardless of your views) abortion.

But from now on, I think I will simply tell people to watch this superb video…

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Healthy ageing stops in your 80s

24 Jun 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in health economics Tags: economics of ageing, health insurance

#Agepensionmyth 2: 65 to 69 year olds can't work. Fact: disability rates only slightly higher than 60-64 year olds pic.twitter.com/0KwATRvr6V

— John Daley (@JohnDaley_) March 4, 2014

Asymmetric Information and Health Insurance

24 May 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, economics of information, entrepreneurship, health economics Tags: adverse selection, health insurance, moral hazard

Why drugs cost more in America

16 May 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in health economics, politics - USA Tags: health insurance

Why does @SenSanders think the NHS is so great

11 May 2019 Leave a comment

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The Lockerbie bomber and the NHS

09 Apr 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in defence economics, economics of crime, health economics, law and economics Tags: British politics, drug lags, health insurance, war against terror

Debunkers VS Medicare for All

23 Feb 2019 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in health economics, politics - USA Tags: health insurance

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