The liberal attraction to making government the sole source of health-care insurance has not abated even as the deficiencies in ObamaCare, a halfway move toward the single-payer model, have become increasingly evident. The question is whether growing signs of single-payer trouble overseas will be enough to discourage this country's flirtation with socialized medicine.

Unlike our government, the Europeans are starting to understand that the cure to failed nationalized health systems is privatization. 

We examined the consequences of contractual or ownership relationships between hospitals and physician practices, often described as vertical integration. 

With the unveiling of the Affordable Care Act's website, the public experienced a painful reminder of the consequences of the government's new authority over health care.