June 2, 2008 2:54PM # Medicare & the Mob By [Michael F. Cannon](https://www.cato.org/people/michael-f-cannon) --- SHARE I blogged [previously](https://www.cato.org/2008/05/08/more-um-praise-for-medicare-meets-mephistopheles/) about University of Michigan law professor [Jill Horwitz](http://cgi2.www.law.umich.edu/_FacultyBioPage/facultybiopagenew.asp?ID=272)’s review of *[Medicare Meets Mephistopholes](http://www.catostore.org/index.asp?fa=ProductDetails&pid=1441322)*, a book by Cato adjunct scholar [David A. Hyman](https://www.cato.org/people/david-hyman/). Hyman and Horwitz are now mixing it up in an online debate over at the *University of Pennsylvania Law Review*’s [PEN​Num​bra​.com](http://www.pennumbra.com/debates/debate.php?did=16). Readers will find a good synopsis of Hyman’s book, as well as a good point-by-point critique. Medicare’s critics will enjoy how Hyman likens Medicare — and many of its apologists — to mobsters. Also available in [pdf](http://www.pennumbra.com/debates/pdfs/medicare.pdf). ##### Related Tags [General](https://www.cato.org/general), [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/).