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Writing last year in The Wall Street Journal, Cato Institute health expert Michael F. Cannon warned that "Medicare and Medicaid impose rules that reduce healthcare quality. They increase prices for private-sector medical care and health insurance. They require taxes that reduce incomes, financial security and potentially economic growth. They have subsidy phaseouts that discourage upward mobility."
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Michael F. Cannon, a Cato Institute health expert, warned in The Wall Street Journal in 2025 that Medicare and Medicaid rules reduce healthcare quality, increase private-sector medical care and health insurance prices, require taxes that reduce incomes and financial security, and have subsidy phaseouts that discourage upward mobility.
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Michael F. Cannon
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News Article
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{
    "date": "2025",
    "publication": "The Wall Street Journal",
    "organization": "Cato Institute"
}
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Medicare Medicaid Economic Impact Health Care Policy
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September 25, 2026 at 3:46 AM (2 weeks ago)
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September 25, 2026 at 3:46 AM (2 weeks ago)

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Federal Health Care Subsidies Are Devouring the Budget and Killing Patient Satisfaction
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https://reason.com/2026/09/23/federal-health-care-subsidies-are-devouring-the-budget-and-killing-patient-satisfaction

Federal health care spending, including Medicare, Medicaid, and ACA subsidies, now consumes nearly one-third of the federal budget. Despite this vast spending, a record-high 23% of Americans say the U.S. healthcare system is in crisis, with costs being the biggest problem.

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