Healthcare

Rising healthcare costs, increasing numbers of uninsured Americans, and growing frustrations among patients and doctors are the inevitable result of distorted incentives and mechanisms in our current healthcare system. These problems will only grow worse without fundamental overhaul of the way we pay for healthcare. Read more about the Institute’s plan for healthcare reform entitled, Common Sense About Healthcare Reform.

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Healthcare’s ills
Don Sutherland, Research Fellow
USA Today -- July 27, 2001

Taxed Healthcare
Thomas C. Jackson, Senior Fellow
USA Today -- April 16, 2001

Taking a New Look at Catastrophic Coverage
Thomas C. Jackson, Senior Fellow
The New York Times -- January 21, 2001

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Institute Policy Perspective: One Divorce that Would be Worth It
by Don Sutherland, Research Fellow
May 2001

 As inevitable as the rise and fall of the tides or the passing of the seasons, year after year, the veritable "army" of Americans who lack health insurance coverage gains the attention of the news media and policymakers alike. Yet, as much attention as this issue attracts, its underlying cause receives little scrutiny. The inherent defect at the heart of the existing health care system is that employment is the foundation of health coverage. Read more