14+ hour, 22+ min ago   (290+ words) The evolution of the US government into a powerful cartelizer of the economy required special interests persistently lobbying to reduce competitive market pressures. It required cronyism: government intervention that benefits special interests at the expense of public interest. Cronyism: The…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (216+ words) Bob makes the case that American healthcare's dysfunction is not a market failure but a pricing failure manufactured by government. He closes with practical reform proposals designed to restore market signals without waiting for Washington.Recorded in Windham, New Hampshire,…...

5+ mon, 3+ day ago   (206+ words) Dr. Keith Smith recounts how the Surgery Center of Oklahoma and the Free Market Medical Association are exposing the hospital–insurance cartel—posting honest, bundled prices, triggering price wars, and proving that free-market medicine can deliver higher quality care at…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (139+ words) Bob talks with Dr. Keith Smith of the Surgery Center of Oklahoma about how posting cash prices, walking away from government money, and working with self-funded employers created an alternative to the cartel of big hospitals and insurers. Politicians don’t…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (666+ words) The modern American health insurance system didn’t emerge because someone designed it thoughtfully, and it shows. It evolved from a series of political, economic, and cultural accidents beginning largely around the period of World War II. As with many political…...

7+ mon, 6+ day ago   (447+ words) Recently my wife suddenly needed to go to a nearby hospital in the middle of the night. There are multiple public bus lines outside our door here in Pittsburgh. But they stopped running around 1 a.m. Thankfully we got a private cab…...