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Books and Book Chapters

"The Tax Treatment of Health Care," Chapter 14, Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th Edition (2009).

"Health Care Regulation," Chapter 15, Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th Edition (2009).

Healthy Competition: What's Holding Back Health Care and How to Free It, by Michael F. Cannon and Michael D. Tanner (Cato Institute, 2005)

"Private Health Care," Chapter 27 of the Cato Handbook for Congress, 108 Congress.

Patient Power: The Free-Enterprise Alternative to Clinton's Health Plan, by John C. Goodman and Gerald L. Musgrave (1994).

Cato Studies

"Health Savings Accounts: Do the Critics Have a Point?," by Michael F. Cannon, Policy Analysis no. 569, May 30, 2006

"Medical Savings Accounts: Progress and Problems under HIPAA," by Victoria Craig Bunce, Policy Analysis no. 411, August 8, 2001

"The Establishment Strikes Back: Medical Savings Accounts and Adverse Selection," by Peter Ferrara, Briefing Paper no. 26, April 4, 1996

"The Wrong and Right Ways to Reform Medicare," by Doug Bandow and Michael D. Tanner, Policy Analysis no. 230, June 8, 1995

"Medical Savings Accounts: Answering the Critics," by Michael D. Tanner, Policy Analysis no. 228, May 25, 1995

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Articles and Newsletters

"Combining and Health Care Reform with Large HSAs," by Michael F. Cannon, Cato Tax and Budget Bulletin no.23, May, 2005.

Opinion and Commentary

"A Fed Takeover by Any Other Name...," by Michael D. Tanner, New York Post, November 8, 2009

"Time to Start Over," by Michael D. Tanner, USA Today, October 13, 2009

"Pay More, Get Less," by Michael D. Tanner, New York Post, September 17, 2009

"Like Your Health Plan? Read This," by Michael D. Tanner, Orange County Register, August 26, 2009

"What to Do About Pre-existing Conditions," by John H. Cochrane, The Wall Street Journal, August 14, 2009

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Events

"Will Cost Containment Derail Health Care Reform?," June 2, 2009 [Capitol Hill Briefing]

"Why Markets Are the Key to Quality, Coordinated Medical Care," February 20, 2009 [Capitol Hill Briefing]

"Health Care University," December 10, 2007 [Capitol Hill Briefing]

"Health Savings Accounts: Not Entirely Consumer Directed (Yet)," May 24, 2007 [Policy Forum]

"Can Health Savings Accounts Cover the Uninsured?," May 3, 2005 [Policy Forum]

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Speeches and Congressional Testimony

"Rising Health Care Costs: The New Role for Consumer Empowerment, Greater Cost Medical Savings Accounts, and Two-Tiered Defined Contribution Health Plans," by Tom Miller, Speech before Wisconsin Assembly Committee on Health, August 13, 2002.

Multimedia

"Ideas for Free-Market Health Care Reform" featuring Rep. Paul Ryan, June 19, 2009 [Flash Audio, 08:26]

Arnold Kling discusses health care reform on WCAX News April 24, 2009 [Flash Video, 02:15]

"The Tax Code and Large Health Savings Accounts" featuring Michael F. Cannon, March 17, 2008 [Flash Audio, 10:42]

"Improving Health Savings Accounts" featuring Michael F. Cannon, December 22, 2006 [Flash Audio, 05:17]

"A Critical Look at Health Savings Accounts" featuring Michael F. Cannon, June 1, 2006 [Flash Audio, 05:58]