October 30, 2018 3:06PM # C‑SPAN: Health Care and Campaign 2018 By [Michael F. Cannon](https://www.cato.org/people/michael-f-cannon) --- SHARE This weekend, I [appeared](https://www.c-span.org/video/?453610-3/washington-journal-michael-cannon-frederick-isasi-discuss-health-care-campaign-2018) on C‑SPAN’s *Washington Journal* alongside Families USA’s Frederick Isasi to discuss “the role of health care in the 2018 mid-term elections.” Specific topics were covered include Cato’s latest health care book, [*Overcharged: Why Americans Pay Too Much For Health Care*](https://www.amazon.com/Overcharged-Americans-Much-Health-Care/dp/1944424768/); the recent [vote](https://www.wsj.com/articles/first-do-no-harm-to-obamacare-1539298783) by Senate Democrats that would have thrown patients with preexisting conditions out of their health plans and left them with no coverage; how ObamaCare’s preexisting-conditions provisions are [unpopular](https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20180103.261091/full/) and [reduce quality](https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-obamacare-punishes-the-sick-1488327340); how markets make access [more secure](https://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/wp-content/uploads/2008_pauly-lieberthal_28yo_males1.jpg) for the sick [than employer-sponsored plans](https://www.cato.org/blog/short-term-plans-reducing-uninsured-protecting-conscience-rights-improving-obamacares-risk); the benefits and costs of [short-term plans](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/obamacare-is-now-optional); the [Veterans Health Administration](https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/16/opinion/the-other-veterans-scandal.html); the single-payer two-step; and how ObamaCare supporters want to take away your freedom to choose your health benefits. Prepare yourself for the greatest 55 minutes and 30 seconds of your life. ##### Related Tags [Health Care](https://www.cato.org/health-care) [![Creative Commons License](/build/cato_2020/images/creative-commons.svg)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) This work is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).