Universal Health Care

Government involvement in the health care sector is harmful to patients and is a large and growing encroachment on individual liberty. The solution is to restore individual liberty by expanding the number of health care decisions made by individuals and reducing the number of decisions made by government.

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Commentary

Gov. Corbett Should Not Change Decision Rejecting Medicaid Expansion

By Michael F. Cannon. The Morning Call. June 1, 2013.

The Obstacle Is That Americans Don’t Want It

By Michael F. Cannon. The New York Times (Online). May 29, 2013.

Our Indispensable Government

By Michael D. Tanner. National Review (Online). May 22, 2013.

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Cato Studies

50 Vetoes: How States Can Stop the Obama Health Care Law

By Michael F. Cannon. White Paper. March 21, 2013.

The Independent Payment Advisory Board: PPACA’s Anti-Constitutional and Authoritarian Super-Legislature

By Diane Cohen and Michael F. Cannon. Policy Analysis No. 700. June 14, 2012.

The Case against President Obama’s Health Care Reform: A Primer for Nonlawyers

By Robert A. Levy. White Paper. April 25, 2011.

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Articles

Taxation Without Representation: The Illegal IRS Rule to Expand Tax Credits under the PPACA

Jonathan H. Adler and Michael F. Cannon. Health Matrix. Vol. 23. No. 1. 2013.

The Effect of Federal Health Care ‘Reform’ on Kansas General Fund Medicaid Expenditures

Jagadeesh Gokhale and Angela C. Erickson. Kansas Policy Institute. June 2011.

Public Filings

The PPACA’s Health Insurance Exchanges and Medicaid Expansion

By Michael F. Cannon. Testimony. January 22, 2013.

Wheaton College v. Sebelius and Belmont Abbey College v. Sebelius

By Roger Pilon, Ilya Shapiro and Trevor Burrus. Legal Briefs. October 15, 2012.

The Illegal IRS Rule to Increase Taxes & Spending under ObamaCare

By Michael F. Cannon and Jonathan H. Adler. Testimony. August 2, 2012.

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Reviews & Journals

The Real Impact of the New Health Care Law

Michael D. Tanner. Cato's Letter. Fall 2010.

Health Care Reform: The Long-Term Perspective

Rep. Paul Ryan. Cato's Letter. Fall 2009.

Five Myths of Socialized Medicine

John Goodman. Cato's Letter. Winter 2005.

Events

Halbig v. Sebelius: ‘All of ObamaCare Hangs on the Outcome’

Featuring Michael F. Cannon. June 17, 2013. Policy Forum.

The End Is Near and It’s Going to Be Awesome: How Going Broke Will Leave America Richer, Happier, and More Secure

Featuring Kevin Williamson and Michael D. Tanner. May 23, 2013. Book Forum.

At the Brink: Will Obama Push Us Over the Edge?

Featuring John R. Lott, Jr. and David Boaz. April 19, 2013. Book Forum.

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