March 23, 2009 8:35AM 

# The Easy Solution to Rising Health Care Costs 

By [Doug Bandow](https://www.cato.org/people/doug-bandow) 

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It turns out that solving the health care crisis is easy. There’s never been any reason for the lengthy, divisive, and impassioned debate. [Explains the *New York Times*:](http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/16/health/policy/16mass.html)

> “Really controlling costs requires just stopping spending,” said Stuart H. Altman, a professor of health policy at Brandeis University.

Gees, it’s no problem then. Why didn’t I think of that?

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