Defining Ideas by topic: Health

December 5, 2012
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Health Care vs. Health Insurance

by James Huffman (member of the Property Rights, Freedom, and Prosperity Task Force)
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The contraception mandate is not a form of insurance; it is a wealth transfer, plain and simple.
November 14, 2012
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Free Speech for Big Pharma

by Henry I. Miller (Robert Wesson Fellow in Scientific Philosophy and Public Policy) and Gregory Conko
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“Off-label” drug promotion saves lives. So why does the FDA forbid it?
October 24, 2012
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The Obamacare Election

by Richard A. Epstein (Peter and Kirsten Bedford Senior Fellow and member of the Property Rights, Freedom, and Prosperity Task Force)
The Romney-Ryan plan is maddeningly vague, but at least it reduces the role of government in health care.
September 11, 2012
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The Preacher-in-Chief

by Richard A. Epstein (Peter and Kirsten Bedford Senior Fellow and member of the Property Rights, Freedom, and Prosperity Task Force)
The president’s DNC speech was long on rhetoric and short on coherent policy.
September 6, 2012
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A (Genetically-Modified) Apple a Day...

by Henry I. Miller (Robert Wesson Fellow in Scientific Philosophy and Public Policy) and Robert Wager
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...keeps the browning away. So why are growers resisting it?
August 29, 2012
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The Moral Case for Romneycare 2.0

by Scott W. Atlas (David and Joan Traitel Senior Fellow and member of the Working Group on Health Care Policy)
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How about some reforms that actually lower costs and improve quality care?
August 14, 2012
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The Obamacare Quagmire

by Richard A. Epstein (Peter and Kirsten Bedford Senior Fellow and member of the Property Rights, Freedom, and Prosperity Task Force)
The law will hurt the very people it's supposed to help.
July 26, 2012
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Organic Is Overrated

by Henry I. Miller (Robert Wesson Fellow in Scientific Philosophy and Public Policy)
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For safe, sustainable, and healthy food, there’s only one way to go: genetically modified.
July 2, 2012
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The Brewing Crisis in Science

by Henry I. Miller (Robert Wesson Fellow in Scientific Philosophy and Public Policy)
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Federal agencies are funding research on baby-naming and meditation rather than the field’s Next Big Thing.
June 29, 2012
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What Was Roberts Thinking?

by Richard A. Epstein (Peter and Kirsten Bedford Senior Fellow and member of the Property Rights, Freedom, and Prosperity Task Force)
The Chief Justice was neither an umpire nor a statesman. Only a lawyer.