I’ve argued previously that the real culprit behind clamping down on soaring healthcare costs is the lack of pricing transparency. The only industry more opaquely priced than healthcare is the mattress industry. Josh Barro thinks that we should require transparent pricing from hospitals in order to create competition where none currently exists. Switching to a [...]
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I believe in keeping regulation in the economy to a minimum, and avoiding regulations that stifle innovation and competition. Safety and environmental regulations can and do serve a valuable purpose but far too often regulations can serve to simply crowd out competition, which can disproportionately hurt smaller competitors. A reader writes: Went to a wedding [...]
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Okay, walk over here for a second. This is Door Number One. Behind Door Number One I take a few swings at the Dalai Lama (being the gentleman he is, he doesn’t swing back.) The reason I swing at him is some some stuff he says about not spending your whole life working and sacrificing [...]
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by Erik Kain on September 23, 2011
The history of America’s attempt to bring about some semblance of universal healthcare is fraught with controversy and contradiction. Matt Yglesias posts this Kaiser Family Foundation poll on the recent healthcare legislation which shows that the bill’s parts are much more popular than the whole: As Matt points out, “mandate is super-unpopular among Republican voters, [...]
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by Erik Kain on September 14, 2011
First, look at these job loss numbers: Now look at the uninsured rates in 2009 and 2010. The Affordable Care Act’s early provisions went into effect in 2010: More people are uninsured in 2010 than in 2009, but the 18-24 group is the exception to this rule. Kevin Drum argues that this is the result [...]
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E.D. Kain is a blogger and freelance writer. Currently he serves as Editor-in-Chief of The League of Ordinary Gentlemen and writes a policy blog at Forbes. He can be found occasionally composing 140 character cultural analysis on Twitter. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic, The National Review, The Washington Examiner, and the now-defunct True/Slant.
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