myths & fallacies

Mass. health costs still soar, NY Times spreads fallacy about fee-for-service health care 0
- October 24, 2011
The fundamental problem in health care is not that we are using too much of one payment mechanism (e.g. fee-for-service) and too little of another. The problem is that the person who benefits from the service is not the same as the person who pays the bill. Continue reading →
READ MORE
Fallacy watch: containing health care spending vs. health care costs 0
- October 18, 2011
Don’t confuse controlling health care costs with controlling spending. A government health plan can contain spending by refusing to pay for life-saving treatments, but this would impose great costs. Continue reading →
READ MORE
How Obamacare will decrease health care access for the poor 0
- September 19, 2011
“ObamaCare, by lowering the money price of care for almost everybody while doing nothing to change supply, will intensify non-price rationing and may actually make access to care more difficult for those with the least financial resources.” – John Goodman Continue reading →
READ MORE

Paul Krugman’s space aliens won’t create jobs, repealing health control law will 0
- September 12, 2011
Printed in the Boulder Daily Camera, summary: Nobel laureate economist Paul Krugman says a massive defense buildup in response to “fake an alien threat” would end the economic slump. An EconStories rap explains the fallacy: “If every worker was staffed in the army and fleet, we’d have full employment and nothing to eat.” Repealing the 2010 health control act would spur employment. Continue reading →
READ MORE
Mitt Romney, mandatory health insurance, & the phony free-rider justification 0
- May 25, 2011
“[I]f the individual mandate’s purpose is to prevent free riders from shifting the cost of their emergency care to others, all it should require is … insurance to cover a trip to the emergency room. Instead, both RomneyCare and ObamaCare require everyone to be covered for numerous benefits going far beyond emergency care.” – Jeff Jacoby
READ MORE
Why Cato’s Michael Cannon has boycotted PolitiFact:0
- May 19, 2011
Why PolitiFact’s claims are not always factual.
READ MORE

Contribute