Health

Obesity has skyrocketed since the government became involved in the food pyramid. 

G. Keith Smith outlines his experience founding the Surgery Center of Oklahoma and makes the case for free markets.

Anish Koka and Michel Accad discuss a blog post that pushes back against “debunkers” and self-appointed guardians of “science-based medicine.”

Anish Koka and Michel Accad discuss the effects of public reporting of outcomes on the behavior of physicians, and the real-life consequences of these misguided healthcare policies.

Anish Koka and Michel Accad discuss a tweet and a paper claiming that pharmaceutical companies don’t even need to produce effective drugs anymore.

Mandated “value-based” payment schemes have been a disaster from the get-go, but it seems that central planners never lose hope.

The most sure way to expand the supply of high quality health care is to defend the right of any consumer and any physician to enter into a voluntary exchange.

Dr. Saurabh Jha discusses the philosophical question of “what is normal.”

 Ever since Plato, supporters of big government have sought to put government in charge of the lives of children

Anish Koka and Michel Accad discuss the chilling case of Alfie Evans.