Healthcare

Presidential Candidates Spar Over Role for Regulation

Presidential Candidates Spar Over Role for Regulation

In debate, Obama and Romney disagree on how much regulation is needed.

Trickle-down Regulatory Impact Analysis

Trickle-down Regulatory Impact Analysis

Does the president’s political party lead to better or worse RIAs?

Justice Roberts’s Opinion on Health Care Reform

Justice Roberts’s Opinion on Health Care Reform

We excerpt key portions of Chief Justice Roberts’s opinion.

Romney’s Regulatory Policy?

Romney’s Regulatory Policy?

Romney’s plan appears to propose impractical solutions for questionable problems.

Romney’s Regulatory Agenda – Right Turn?

Romney’s Regulatory Agenda – Right Turn?

Romney’s proposals could be productive changes to regulatory review policy.

Obamacare and Federalism’s Tug of War Within

Obamacare and Federalism’s Tug of War Within

A theory of “balanced federalism” may advance the federalism debate over health care reform.

Fat Taxes in Europe

Fat Taxes in Europe

Although the EU probably has the legal authority to impose “fat taxes,” the policy case for doing so needs to be stronger.

Senate Hears Testimony on a Potential Helium Crisis

Senate Hears Testimony on a Potential Helium Crisis

Witnesses urge Congress to act or face a helium shortage.

An Alternative to the Individual Mandate

An Alternative to the Individual Mandate

Nobel Laureate suggests alternative ways to control adverse selection in health insurance markets.

The Justices and the Individual Mandate

The Justices and the Individual Mandate

Justice Kennedy again appears to be the decisive swing voter.

House of Representatives Votes to Eliminate Medicare Cost-Saving Body

House of Representatives Votes to Eliminate Medicare Cost-Saving Body

Republican majority favors killing the much maligned “death panel.”

Administration Articulates Only Fine Distinctions in Defending Health Care Reform

Administration Articulates Only Fine Distinctions in Defending Health Care Reform

Solicitor General limits his Supreme Court arguments to the specifics of health insurance.