Technological progress is often held to be one of the main drivers of rising healthcare spending. Medical science advances, enabling … Continue reading “Why the health sector is like a blocked drain, and how to unblock it”

Individual healthcare costs are generally unpredictable. We cannot know whether we will need healthcare treatment next year, what kind of … Continue reading “Prefunded healthcare: sensible, but rare”

The Economist, 11 April 2020 With the 2020 General Election less than four weeks away, this special edition and the … Continue reading “An article from an unlikely future. Part 1: Healthcare”

A great deal of IEA work corroborates studies produced by the government in suggesting that we have a huge implicit … Continue reading “Is there a solution to the debt timebomb?”

Last week’s public-finance statistics were truly dreadful. They showed that despite a year of fairly robust economic growth, UK government … Continue reading “Defusing the debt time bomb: the challenge”

Government borrowing is currently running 10 per cent higher than last year – exemplifying the already parlous state of the … Continue reading “Danny and the debt mountain”

“Labour’s summary of the ideas […] says they “clear the way for a massive shift of resources from the NHS … Continue reading “Healthcare in Scotland: Careful what you wish for, ‘Yes’ campaigners”

During the US presidential election campaign, Mitt Romney was frequently scorned for his awkward stance on Obamacare. He lambasted Obamacare … Continue reading “Making the NHS a bit more competitive and a bit less state-centric”

Americans are little more than half a year away from full implementation of the Affordable Care Act (‘Obamacare’). Small businesses … Continue reading “The scourge of Obamacare”