November 3, 2009 2:10PM 

# Don’t Copy Europe’s Mistakes 

By [Daniel J. Mitchell](https://www.cato.org/people/daniel-mitchell) 

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In this [new video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZum_o-GAEI), Eline van den Broek of the Netherlands needs only about four minutes to explain why government-run healthcare in Europe is a mistake and why the problems in the U.S. healthcare system are the result of too much government, not too little.

The only thing I don’t like about this video is that I fear people may no longer want to watch the [ones I narrate](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6JDpw8a2Hk).

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[Government and Politics](https://www.cato.org/government-politics), [Health Care](https://www.cato.org/health-care), [Tax and Budget Policy](https://www.cato.org/tax-budget-policy) 

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