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Events • October 16, 2023 

# *Recovery: A Guide to Reforming the U.S. Health Sector*

Health care in the United States is not a free market. In many ways, U.S. residents are less free to make their own health decisions than residents of other nations. State and federal governments subsidize low‐​quality medical care and penalize high‐​quality care. They block innovations that would otherwise reduce medical prices. The harms are so wide‐​reaching, the way Congress funds veterans benefits even increases the likelihood of war. In his new book *Recovery: A Guide to Reforming the U.S. Health Sector*, Michael Cannon exposes the barriers that government places in the way of better, more affordable, and more secure health care. *Recovery* explores how making health care as universal as possible requires dismantling these obstacles. Please join us for a discussion with the author and a panel of experts.

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Director of Health Policy Studies, Cato Institute

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President and CEO, Alliance for Health Policy

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##### Loren Adler 

Fellow and Associate Director, Brookings Schaeffer Initiative on Health Policy