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Books and Book Chapters

"Medicare," Chapter 12, Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th Edition (2009).

"Medicaid and SCHIP," Chapter 13, Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th Edition (2009).

"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).

Medicare Meets Mephistopheles, by David Hyman (September 2006).

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Cato Studies

"Yes, Mr. President: A Free Market Can Fix Health Care," by Michael F. Cannon, Policy Analysis no. 650, October 21, 2009

"Halfway to Where? Answering the Key Questions of Health Care Reform," by Michael D. Tanner, Policy Analysis no. 643, September 9, 2009

"Massachusetts Miracle or Massachusetts Miserable: What the Failure of the "Massachusetts Model" Tells Us about Health Care Reform," by Michael D. Tanner, Briefing Paper no. 112, June 9, 2009

"Obamacare to Come: Seven Bad Ideas for Health Care Reform," by Michael D. Tanner, Policy Analysis no. 638, May 21, 2009

"Does the Doctor Need a Boss?," by Arnold Kling and Michael F. Cannon, Briefing Paper no. 111, January 13, 2009

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Articles and Newsletters

"Will Federal Health Legislation Cause the Deficit to Soar?," by Daniel J. Mitchell, Tax & Budget Bulletin no. 58, November 2009. (PDF, 62Kb., 2 pp)

"Bill Gates Doesn't Need Any Help from Younger Workers," by Michael Cannon, in Should Medicare Be Means-Tested? A Symposium, Center of the American Experiment, May 2007, pp. 11-12.

"Pay-for-Performance: Is Medicare a Good Candidate?," by Michael F. Cannon, 7 Yale J. Health P. Law & Ethics (forthcoming 2007).

Tom Miller writes on Medicare privatization for the Reason Public Policy Institute's 16th Annual Report on Privatization (pdf), April 2002.

Opinion and Commentary

"The $1.5 Trillion Fraud," by Michael F. Cannon, National Review (Online), November 6, 2009

"Republicans Should Quit with 'Mediscare'," by Michael D. Tanner, Orange County Register, November 4, 2009

"Cognitive Dissonance on Health Care Reform," by Michael D. Tanner, TownHall.com, October 20, 2009

"Social Security's Coming Crash: The Certain End of Entitlement," by Doug Bandow, Chronicles, October 20, 2009

"The Inevitable Medicare Cuts," by Michael D. Tanner, Cleveland Plain Dealer, October 14, 2009

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Events

"How Government "Competes": Grab Arm, Twist," October 13, 2009 [Capitol Hill Briefing]

"Cato Institute Conference on Health Care Reform," June 17, 2009 [Conference]

"Should Government Deliver Comparative-Effectiveness Research � or Can It?," March 3, 2009 [Policy Forum]

"Whatever Happened to Medicare Reform?," May 15, 2008 [Policy Forum]

"Medicaid's Soaring Costs: Time to Step on the Brakes," July 19, 2007 [Capitol Hill Briefing]

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Speeches and Congressional Testimony

"Senate Special Committee on Aging," by Michael D. Tanner, Testimony, September 30, 2009.

"Speech by Tom Miller, What's Right and Wrong About the Senate Medicare Bill?," Cato Congressional Speech, June 20, 2003.

"Powerpoint presentation by Tom Miller, What's Right and Wrong About the Senate Medicare Bill?," Cato Congressional Speech, June 20, 2003.

"Speech by Tom Miller, Drug Access for Medicare Beneficiaries," May 21, 2003.

"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.

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Multimedia

Michael F. Cannon discusses health care on FBN's Bulls & Bears October 26, 2009 [Flash Video, 03:38]

"Failed Promises in Health Care Reform" featuring David Goldhill, October 21, 2009 [Flash Audio, 12:20]

"American Health Care Kills" featuring David Goldhill, October 20, 2009 [Flash Audio, 11:14]

"Coerced into Medicare" featuring Kent Masterson Brown, October 19, 2009 [Flash Audio, 14:25]

"Do You Smell the Books Congress is Cookin'?" featuring Michael D. Tanner, October 8, 2009 [Flash Audio, 06:03]

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