Real health reform is needed at both the state and federal levels. It will take a few more shovels first to bury most, if not all, of the Affordable Care Act and then to dig a way out to a market-based solution that relies on state-level policy innovation in key areas.  

America loves entrepreneurs--for good reason: they spark our imagination and remind us of the potential in each of us.

Do voucher programs force public schools into a zero-sum game by redirecting public funds and promising students to private schools? Or do school-choice options spur healthy competition by pressuring public schools to improve?

This updated second edition details a better approach to health care, offering fundamental reform alternatives centering on tax changes, insurance market changes, and redesigning Medicare and Medicaid.

If the US withholds funding to the Global Fund, it could lead to major disruptions in the delivery of life-saving medicines. But tolerating the corruption is arguably worse.

Committees of the new US Congress may want to hold hearings concerning halting aid dispersion to the Global Fund in the coming weeks.

According to the Legatum Index, although Australia is very strong on the economic fundamentals required for long-term growth, problems in the health care system are keeping the country from reaching its full potential, in terms of both economic progress and quality of life.