The Washington Post devotes a lot of space today—part of the front page, plus nearly one and a half additional pages—to explaining what experts think is wrong with the health-care system and what should be done about it. The effort is laudable, but the execution is deeply flawed.

Let’s leave aside the fact that the Ceci Connolly bylined article, Decision Makers Differ on How To Mend Broken Health System, entirely ignores conservative and libertarian analyses of the way Medicare, Medicaid, and the tax penalty on individually purchased insurance has distorted health care. (At least Connolly quotes one libertarian analyst.) Perhaps … Continue Reading