“Real per capita GDP in a nation is negatively associated with government spending.”
How the federal government subsidizes health insurance.
RFK Jr.: If you eat doughnuts or smoke, should society pay for your health care? (WaPo)
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The Capretta article needs a companion piece showing how the federal government _taxes_ health insurance, including through such indirect means as HIPAA community rating requirements for ESI and ACA coverage, and the cost to individuals of outlawing actuarially-accurate private insurance.
Capretta’s charts would be more useful if they showed net subsidies including implicit taxes, instead of only face-value amounts.