Real change for our health care system means addressing the rising cost of health care and making it more accessible by taking actions to lower costs without incurring more government expenses or increasing the burden to taxpayers. The most effective way to do that is with a healthy dose of competition and free market forces.
Expanding government healthcare won’t help rural America
Pushing Medicaid expansion and Obamacare may be in vogue, but just because they’re trendy doesn’t mean expanding these programs is sound policy. Mississippi snagged headlines recently when its state House passed a Medicaid expansion bill. Members of both the Left and the Right lauded the move, while states such as Texas have drawn harsh criticism for resisting expanding the program. In...