By Michael F. Cannon
In this podcast, I discuss the flap between Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum over RomneyCare‘s effect on free riding. I also talk about how some fact checkers misfired when looking into …
Podcast: RomneyCare Free Riding and Fact Checking is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
By Michael F. Cannon
During last night’s GOP presidential debate, Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney had a polite disagreement over Romneycare’s impact on free-ridership in Massachusetts. The short version: Santorum was right. Romney and …
Romneycare & Free Riders is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
By Michael F. Cannon
Yuval Levin and Ramesh Ponnuru have a fantastic article on health care [subscription required] in the February 6 issue of National Review that, while not excusing RomneyCare, offers probably the best way that a compromised Mitt Romney could run against ObamaCare. If you don’t have a subscription, find a copy. ‘Romney vs. Obamacare: What the Presumptive Nominee [...]
‘Romney vs. Obamacare: What the Presumptive Nominee Should Say’ is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
By Michael F. Cannon
In today’s Wall Street Journal, I debate ObamaCare‘s individual mandate. Here’s the teaser: Should Everyone Be Required to Have Health Insurance? Yes, says Karen Davenport of George Washington University, because it’s the key to making health care more affordable and accessible. No, says Michael F. Cannon from the Cato Institute, because it will make health [...]
WSJ Debate: Should the Government Require You to Purchase Health Insurance? is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
By Michael F. Cannon
A bunch of rural hospitals are upset about a provision of Obamacare that benefits Massachusetts above all other states. Forgive the bureaucratese, but you really have to read the Medicare Price Control Payment Advisory Commission’s description to appreciate the situation: Among the proposed wage index reclassifications or exceptions granted to hospitals for FY2012, the rural floor exception [...]
Obamacare’s Sweetheart Deal for Massachusetts is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
By Michael F. Cannon
One of the ways Massachusetts officials have tried to temper RomneyCare’s cost overruns was by denying participation to legal immigrants. Last week, the Commonwealth’s highest court ruled that restriction violates the Massachusetts Constitution: Massachusetts cannot bar legal immigrants from a state health care program, according to a ruling issued Thursday by the state’s highest court… The [...]
RomneyCare Just Got $150 Million More Expensive is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
By Michael F. Cannon
To Mitt Romney, $10,000 is no big deal. No Wonder Romney Didn’t Mind Forcing People to Purchase Health Insurance is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
No Wonder Romney Didn’t Mind Forcing People to Purchase Health Insurance is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
