An article by Laurence Vance at Mises.org points out that Republicans have been expanding the welfare state. This is true. The Republicans may have, once upon a time, supported small government and free markets, but that’s not the case any longer.
In a recent report from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, chief actuary Richard Foster predicts that the federal government will soon be paying for half the cost of all health care in the United States.
The healthcare system in the United States has for many years been more like socialized medicine than a free market, an issue I’ve written about previously. For example, read my post about how to lower the cost of drugs.
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