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Business Reality Meets Political Imperative: Competition Loses

In the lead paper of the inaugural issue of Health Affairs, a brash and brilliant young Republican, David Stockman, set out his ideas in an essay titled, "Premises for a Medical Marketplace: A Neo-conservative’s Vision of How to Transform the Health System." Even twenty-three years later, it still makes for interesting reading. Shortly before we published his paper, Stockman had resigned his seat in the House to become director of the Office of Management and Budget under the new Republican president, Ronald Reagan. Ever since, many policymakers and analysts have followed in Stockman’s philosophical footsteps in advocating development of . . . [Full Text of this Article]

John K. Iglehart

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