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Opinion and Commentary
"Truly a Turkey," New York Post, November 20, 2009
"Health Care: A Trillion(s)-Dollar Bill," Richmond Times-Dispatch, November 15, 2009
"A Fed Takeover by Any Other Name...," New York Post, November 8, 2009
"The Cost of Health Care Reform," TownHall.com, November 7, 2009
"Republicans Should Quit with 'Mediscare'," Orange County Register, November 4, 2009
"Health Reform: Dems' Deep Divisions," New York Post, October 31, 2009
"Welcome to the Health Care Free Lunch Cafe," TownHall.com, October 28, 2009
"Cognitive Dissonance on Health Care Reform," TownHall.com, October 20, 2009
"The Inevitable Medicare Cuts," Cleveland Plain Dealer, October 14, 2009
"Time to Start Over," USA Today, October 13, 2009
"Despite New Deficit-Cutting Claim, Baucus Bill Is Just Tax-and-Spend," Investor's Business Daily, October 8, 2009
"How Congress Is Cooking the Books," New York Post, September 30, 2009
"Sorry, O: It Is a Tax," New York Post, September 24, 2009
"Pay More, Get Less," New York Post, September 17, 2009
"Grading the Baucus Health Plan," The New York Times, September 16, 2009
"All Sizzle, No Substance," New York Post, September 10, 2009
"Like Your Health Plan? Read This," Orange County Register, August 26, 2009
"Obamacare's Bait & Switch," New York Post, August 20, 2009
"Who Are the Uninsured?," Philadelphia Inquirer, August 20, 2009
"What Health Care "Reform" Would Mean For Montana," Cato.org, August 14, 2009
"Obama Kills Health Competition," New York Post, August 13, 2009
"Senate Deal: Change a Few Names," New York Post, July 30, 2009
"Not Enough Healthcare to Go Around," U.S. News & World Report, July 29, 2009
"Obamacare Follies: A Perilous Rush," New York Post, July 27, 2009
"Bad Reform Is Worse Than No Reform," Cato.org, July 24, 2009
"Perils of Obamacare: The Three Big Lies," New York Post, July 20, 2009
"A Government Plan Is Still Socialized Medicine," by Michael D. Tanner and Michael Ciamarra, Birmingham News, July 19, 2009
"Health-Reform Malpractice," New York Post, July 16, 2009
"Obama's Tax Flip-Flop on Health Benefits," Investor's Business Daily, July 10, 2009
"Plan Undercuts Competition," USA Today, July 6, 2009
"Obama Doesn't Have the Only Prescription for Healthcare Reform," Los Angeles Times, July 5, 2009
"The Dangers of a "Public Plan"," St. Louis Post-Dispatch, July 1, 2009
"No, Really, It's Not Government-Run!," TownHall.com, June 22, 2009
"Intensive Obamacare," National Review (Online), June 17, 2009
"Paying for Obamacare," TownHall.com, June 11, 2009
"How Not to Reform Health Care," National Review (Online), June 9, 2009
"Reform Must Empower the Consumers," Roll Call, June 8, 2009
"The Obamacare to Come," National Review (Online), May 21, 2009
"Talking Health Care Reform," Arizona Republic, May 21, 2009
"Cancer and the Government," Cato.org, May 11, 2009
"Wrong on Health Care," Baltimore Sun, February 26, 2009
"Universal Health Care Not Best Option," The Bulletin, February 23, 2009
"On the Dole Again," New York Post, February 13, 2009
"Socialized Medicine on the Installment Plan," Cato.org, February 11, 2009
"The Wrong Health-Care Fixes," New York Post, January 22, 2009
"Much to Lose in Fixing System," Houston Chronicle, January 10, 2009
"Baucus's Bad Bill," Cato.org, November 19, 2008
"A Repudiation, But of What?," Star Telegram, November 10, 2008
"The Voters' Message to Republicans," Cato.org, November 7, 2008
"Will GOP Learn from This?," Orange County Register, November 4, 2008
"Questions and Answers About Obama's Health Plan," McClatchy News Service, October 22, 2008
"Take Advantage of Private Accounts' High Return Rate," Indianapolis Star, August 31, 2008
"Pro-Obama Youth Should Be Careful What They Wish For," New York Daily News, August 28, 2008
"The Big Squeeze," Washington Times, July 25, 2008
"Voters Send Mixed Messages on Health Care," Orange County Register, June 13, 2008
"Paul Ryan's Roadmap for the GOP," McClatchy News Service, June 11, 2008
"McCain's Health Care Plan: Radical and Right," Orange County Register, May 6, 2008
"A Mandate for Health-Care Disaster in D.C.," Washington Post, April 20, 2008
"McCain's Plan Bests Obama's," The Hill, April 15, 2008
"The Cost's the Thing," National Review, March 12, 2008
"Social Security's Problems Haven't Gone Away," Cato.org, March 11, 2008
"Barack by the Issues," Sacramento Bee, February 21, 2008
"Channeling the Wrong Kennedy," Orange County Register, February 6, 2008
"Whatever Became of RomneyCare?," Salt Lake Tribune, January 29, 2008
"Romneycare Gets the Flu," New York Post, December 11, 2007
"Huckabee: The Biggest Big-Government Conservative," Fox News (Online), December 11, 2007
"Ron Paul: He Won't Win the Presidency, But...," Tallahassee Democrat, December 5, 2007
"Obama's Social Skills," National Review (Online), November 28, 2007
"What if Economic Conservatives Stay Home on Election Day?," Fox News (Online), November 20, 2007
"Heck of a Job, Doctor Brownie," American Spectator (Online), November 19, 2007
"Rudy Knows Cancer," National Review (Online), November 5, 2007
"High Social Costs," National Review (Online), October 9, 2007
"HillaryCare II: Just as bad as HillaryCare I," by Michael D. Tanner and Michael F. Cannon, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, October 6, 2007
"Not 'For the Children'," McClatchy News Service, October 5, 2007
"Health Care Debate’s Real Issue is Who Decides," Examiner.com, October 4, 2007
"At Last a Small-Government Conservative?," American Spectator, September 12, 2007
"Cancer Society's Deadly Medicine," New York Post, September 10, 2007
"Nobody Said It Was Easy," Cato.org, August 8, 2007
"Ailing Party," National Review, June 29, 2007
""Sicko" Health Care Reform," Copley News Service, June 29, 2007
"Michael Moore Goes Sicko on Health Care Reform," Examiner.com, June 18, 2007
"Can't We Dump This Nanny Job?," Chicago Tribune, June 12, 2007
"Big Business for Socialized Medicine," American Spectator, June 11, 2007
"Moore's Sick Rx," New York Post, June 3, 2007
"Obama's Health-Care Plan: Wrong RX," National Review (Online), May 30, 2007
"Universal Healthcare's Dirty Little Secrets," by Michael D. Tanner and Michael F. Cannon, Los Angeles Times, April 5, 2007
"You Say You Want VA-Style Health Care?," OCRegister.com, March 16, 2007
"Schwarzenegger Gets it Wrong on Universal Coverage," San Francisco Chronicle, January 11, 2007
"Going Totally Berserk Over Totalization," Examiner.com, January 10, 2007
"Social Security Reform Is Not Just About Solvency," DC Examiner, November 27, 2006
"The Return of Hillarycare?," Cato.org, November 20, 2006
"Don't Let Candidates Duck Social Security," Cato.org, October 30, 2006
"Dishonest Social Security Ads," Washington Times, September 17, 2006
"The Great Wait," National Review (Online), September 13, 2006
"More Welfare, More Poverty," Cato.org, September 12, 2006
"The Critics Were Wrong: Welfare Reform Turns 10," San Francisco Chronicle, August 21, 2006
"What Is Their Plan for Social Security?," Cato.org, July 27, 2006
"Does the Senate Vote on Stem Cell Research Matter?," San Francisco Chronicle, July 19, 2006
"The High Cost of Obstruction," Cato.org, May 9, 2006
"Conquering Cancer with Private Medicine," National Post, March 16, 2006
"The Mythology of Health Care Reform," Fox News (Online), March 3, 2006
"One Wasted Year = $660 Billion," New York Sun, November 21, 2005
"Welfare Lessons from France," Washington Times, November 15, 2005
"Katrina's Medicaid Boondoggle," by Michael D. Tanner and Michael F. Cannon, Cato.org, October 21, 2005
"In Praise of U.S. Health Care," Washington Times, October 1, 2005
"Government failure, private success," Christian Science Monitor, September 20, 2005
"No Longer out of Sight," Washington Times, September 9, 2005
"A Real Lockbox for Social Security," Cato.org, July 1, 2005
"DeMint’s Call," Washington Times, June 23, 2005
"Social Security's Sham Guarantee," Cato.org, May 29, 2005
"A Real Social Security Guarantee," Cato.org, March 25, 2005
"Senator Reid Has No Social Security Plan," Fox News (Online), March 17, 2005
"Signs of Crisis Are Clear," USA Today, February 1, 2005
"Tackling the Third Rail," Cato.org, January 24, 2005
"The Point Is Ownership," Cato.org, January 20, 2005
"Social Security: Follow the Math," Cato.org, January 14, 2005
"Social Security's Tough Transition," New York Post, December 14, 2004
"Social Security: The Red and the Blue," Northern Virginia Journal, November 24, 2004
"Social Security: The Red and the Blue," Northern Virginia Journal, November 24, 2004
"Election Shows the Third Rail Is Dead," New York Post, November 6, 2004
"Turning Off the 'Third Rail'," New York Post, November 6, 2004
"Kerry Has No Social Security Plan," Cato.org, October 26, 2004
"How Would You Fix Social Security, Senator Kerry?," Cato.org, September 3, 2004
"Okay, Inez, How Would You Save Social Security?," Cato.org, August 17, 2004
"How Would You Fix Social Security, Senator Kerry?," Cato.org, August 9, 2004
"Don't Politicize Stem Cell Research," Investor's Business Daily, July 29, 2004
"More Bad News for Social Security," Cato.org, June 27, 2004
"Social Security Time Bomb, and the Candidates Aren't Talking," Cato.org, April 29, 2004
"We Can't Ignore Social Security Reform Any Longer," Cato.org, March 20, 2004
""Totalization" No Threat to Social Security," Cato.org, February 26, 2004
"Dems Mum on Social Security Reform," Cato.org, January 26, 2004
"Where’s the Policy? Pinning primary candidates down on Social Security," National Review (Online), January 14, 2004
"Where’s the Policy? Pinning primary candidates down on Social Security," National Review (Online), January 14, 2004
"Ask Dems About Social Security," Cato.org, November 24, 2003
"A Winning Issue for Candidates in 2004," Cato.org, November 12, 2003
"Ask Dems about Social Security at Phoenix Debate," Cato.org, October 11, 2003
"Head Start Should Take a Lesson from Welfare Reform," by Michael D. Tanner and Jenifer Zeigler, Cato.org, October 6, 2003
"Ask Dems about Social Security," Cato.org, September 29, 2003
"Wedded to Poverty," The New York Times, July 29, 2003
"Brand-New Entitlement," Philadelphia Inquirer, June 29, 2003
"Medicare Drug Debacle," Cato.org, June 27, 2003
"Back to the Domestic Agenda: Don't Forget Social Security," Cato.org, April 30, 2003
"Senator Moynihan's Last Legacy," Cato.org, March 28, 2003
"Closing the Wealth Gap: Allow Social Security Investment," Cato.org, February 7, 2003
"Social Security and the 2002 Election," Cato.org, November 7, 2002
"Public Still Behind Social Security Investment," Cato.org, July 30, 2002
"The Little Commission That Could," Cato.org, December 10, 2001
"Social Security Reform? Yes, Social Security Reform," Cato.org, November 6, 2001
"Disparate Impact: Social Security and African-Americans," Cato.org, July 25, 2001
"Armey Warns of Social Security Crisis...," Cato.org, July 24, 2001
"A Big Win for Social Security Reform," Cato.org, July 23, 2001
"Clinton Wanted Social Security Privatized," Cato.org, July 13, 2001
"Breaking New Ground on Social Security," Cato.org, May 3, 2001
"Social Security Privatization in a Bear Market," by Andrew Biggs and Michael D. Tanner, Cato.org, March 28, 2001
"The African American Stake in Social Security Reform," Cato.org, February 5, 2001
"Faith-Based Charities on the Federal Dole?," Cato.org, January 31, 2001
"Go for the Big One, Mr. Bush," Cato.org, December 20, 2000
"Election Lessons For Social Security," Cato.org, November 17, 2000
"Social Security Is A Winning Issue," Cato.org, September 20, 2000
"On Social Security, Will the Real Al Gore Please Stand Up?," Cato.org, August 14, 2000
"Al Gore's Non-Plan for Social Security," Washington Times, July 6, 2000
"Al Gore's Risky Scheme," Cato.org, May 24, 2000
"The Best Way to "Save Social Security"," Cato.org, April 28, 2000
"Gore on Social Security: No Controlling Economic Authority," Cato.org, April 3, 2000
"The Candidates and Social Security," Cato.org, December 20, 1999
"Pointless Debate over Social Security Trust Fund," Cato.org, October 16, 1999
"Listen to This, Mr. Archer," Cato.org, September 17, 1999
"The Wrong Health Care Debate," Cato.org, August 11, 1999
"What the Trustees Report Didn't Tell You," Cato.org, April 8, 1999
"President Clinton's Very Bad Idea," Cato.org, January 27, 1999
"Is There a Right to Social Security?," Cato.org, November 25, 1998
"Social Security Privatization: A Winning Issue," Cato.org, November 18, 1998
"Social Security: The Real Risk," Cato.org, September 10, 1998
"No Longer the Third Rail," Cato.org, August 28, 1998
"Never Discuss Politics, Religion, or Social Security," Cato.org, July 8, 1998
"Social Security: Partial Privatization Is Not Enough," Cato.org, May 26, 1998
"In Us We Trust: Take The System Private," Cato.org, March 23, 1998
"Tinkering Won't Save Social Security: The Only Sensible Solution is to allow Private Investment," Cato.org, March 18, 1998
"Speeding Towards a Medicare Disaster," Cato.org, January 15, 1998
"Insurance Mandates Are No Free Lunch," USA Today, November 11, 1997
"Do We Really Need a Surgeon General?," Cato.org, October 7, 1997
"The Social Security System: Time for Retirement," Cato.org, August 26, 1997
"Ending Welfare Reform as We Know It," Cato.org, August 20, 1997
"Social Security Reform: The Clock is Ticking," Cato.org, August 13, 1997
"Civil Society to the Rescue," Cato.org, July 1, 1997
"Dodging a Bullet on Kidcare," Cato.org, May 30, 1997
"The Medicare Malpractice of the Budget Deal," Cato.org, May 19, 1997
"Republicans Retreat On National Health Care," Washington Times, April 17, 1997
"Mammography Political Science," by Michael Gough and Michael D. Tanner, Cato.org, April 14, 1997
"Beware Kidcare," by Michael D. Tanner and Naomi Lopez, Washington Times, February 11, 1997
"A New Social Security Debate," Cato.org, January 9, 1997
"Social Security is Sicker Than Some Politicians Believe," Cato.org, January 3, 1997
"Blank Check for Mental Health," Cato.org, December 31, 1996
"Social Security: Solvency Isn't the Only Issue," Cato.org, December 27, 1996
"Why the Campaign Against MSAs?," Cato.org, December 20, 1996
"The Right Way to Reform Medicare," Cato.org, December 19, 1996
"Tom Daschle's Very Bad Idea," Chicago Tribune, December 17, 1996
"The Other Trust Fund Report," Cato.org, December 5, 1996
"Welfare Fraud," by Naomi Lopez and Michael D. Tanner, Cato.org, December 3, 1996
"Leave Home Care Alone," USA Today, November 21, 1996
"Beware of Medicare Commission," Cato.org, October 16, 1996
"Social Security Privatization And Economic Growth," Cato.org, September 27, 1996
"A Hard Lesson About Socialized Medicine," Cato.org, September 23, 1996
"No Welfare Reform For The District," by Naomi Lopez and Michael D. Tanner, Cato.org, September 16, 1996
"Back to Clintoncare?," Cato.org, September 6, 1996
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