John F Cogan: 2 books
The High Cost of Good Intentions
A History of U.S. Federal Entitlement Programs
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2017
Federal entitlement programs are strewn throughout the pages of U.S. history, springing from the noble purpose of assisting people who are destitute through no fault of their own. Yet as federal entitlement programs have grown, so too have their inefficiency and their cost. Neither tax revenues nor...
Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise
5 Steps to a Better Health Care System, Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
In this second edition of their 2005 work, the authors offer market-based alternatives to recent health care reforms that center on tax changes, insurance market changes, and the redesign of Medicare and Medicaid. They show that, by promoting cost- conscious behavior and competition in both private...