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New York ambulance

American Health Care Is Understaffed, Because It Is Overregulated

The pandemic has highlighted the need for more doctors and nurses.

Nick OttensApril 19, 2022April 20, 2022
St Thomas Hospital London England

Pandemic Underscores Need for British Health Reform

The NHS doesn’t need more money. It needs an overhaul.

Nick OttensJanuary 14, 2022February 16, 2022
Empire State Building New York

American Health Care Is Worst in Rich World

The Netherlands and Norway share first place.

Nick OttensAugust 12, 2021April 9, 2022
Leiden Netherlands hospital

Dutch Should Keep Health Care System They Have

Liberalization has been a success.

Nick OttensMarch 14, 2021April 20, 2022
Saint Basil's Cathedral Moscow Russia

Coronavirus Puts Extra Stress on Russian Economy

The country was already coping with a slump in oil prices.

Nemanja PopovićMarch 27, 2020April 11, 2022
Copenhagen Denmark

The American Dream Could Use Some European Inspiration

European countries went through — and solved — some of the problems America has.

Nick OttensFebruary 25, 2020November 29, 2021
St Thomas Hospital London England

Britain’s Health Care Debate Is Broken

Labour treats every reform as a step toward privatization and the Conservatives never push back.

Nick OttensDecember 4, 2019October 3, 2021
Elizabeth Warren

The Best Argument Against Medicare-for-All Is Not Cost

The question is not would it be cheaper, but would it be better?

Nick OttensNovember 20, 2019November 24, 2021
Elizabeth Warren

Who Pays for Medicare-for-All?

Supporters won’t say, because they can’t. Nobody knows how expensive it would be.

Nick OttensOctober 22, 2019November 24, 2021
Kamala Harris

Democrats Back Away from Abolishing Private Health Insurance

Presidential candidates are wise to abandon a policy that few Americans support.

Nick OttensAugust 21, 2019December 2, 2021
Bernie Sanders

Democrats Are Not Talking to Swing Voters

If Democrats run on abolishing private health insurance and decriminalizing illegal immigration, they will lose.

Nick OttensAugust 1, 2019November 24, 2021
Kamala Harris

Abolishing Private Health Insurance Is Bad Policy for Democrats

It’s unpopular and it’s unlikely to improve health care in the United States.

Nick OttensJune 28, 2019December 2, 2021
Donald Trump

Trump’s Drug Policy Is Destroying Lives

A sudden crackdown on opioids is leaving Americans without care.

Nick OttensAugust 29, 2018December 2, 2021

Republicans Are Killing Market-Based Health Care in America

By sabotaging Obamacare, Republicans are giving Democrats no choice but to push for government-run health care.

Nick OttensAugust 3, 2018July 31, 2020
Donald Trump

Donald Trump’s Instincts on Drugs Are All Wrong

The president’s tough-on-drugs mindset is a throwback to the 1980s and 90s.

Nick OttensFebruary 26, 2018December 2, 2021

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