This whole issue of “surprise bills” is a symptom of a more pernicious economic disease which has been driving prices in healthcare for decades; that being, a lack on discoverable, actionable meaningful prices for bundled medical services. Moreover, the lack …
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Watch “John Stossel – Influence of Milton Friedman” on YouTube
Milton Friedman’s core message was that personal freedom and economic freedom go hand in hand. Pursuing life, liberty & happiness must be accomplished by individuals, and can’t be granted to us by bureaucrats or gov’t programs. Milton Friedman understood this …
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Bernie Sanders Gets a Lesson in What a $15 Minimum Wage Would Mean – Reason.com
“…it’s telling to see how Sanders’ campaign responded to the allegation that the Vermont socialist is not putting his money where his mouth is. In a statement, Shakir stressed that Sanders’ campaign “offers wages and benefits competitive with other campaigns, …
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FORBES | Employers Could Slash Their Health Costs Overnight. So, Why Don’t They?
“I am often asked if the free market can work in health care. My quick reply is: That is the only thing that works. At least, it is the only thing that works well. Show me a health care market …
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Bad Ideas Are Spreading Like the Plague – Reason.com
At the very moment we succeeded in banishing a deadly affliction from our country, in other words, people began eschewing the measures that made this medical miracle possible. Socialism, too, is having an American renaissance. As with measles, if it’s …
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Free Market Friday: Transparency the key to reducing health care costs – The Journal Record
“One can spend hours on the phone tracking down the billing department only to hear from a lamenting administrator that they can’t share the negotiated price until after the procedure is performed. Then, weeks after the episode of care is …
Sorry, Bernie Sanders, but Disney Doesn’t Have To Apologize for Making $1.3 Billion with Avengers: Endgame – Reason.com
“More importantly, if you care about improving the quality of life and living standards over time, the essential question is always about creating broad-based, sustainable economic growth. What are the conditions that are most likely to help the economy get …
