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By Michael F. Cannon and Michael D. Tanner. 183 pp. Washington, D.C., Cato Institute, 2005. $9.95. ISBN 1-930865-81-3.

Without reform, the U.S. health care system will hit the proverbial brick wall in the not-too-distant future. Health care costs and insurance premiums are rapidly increasing, making both insured and uninsured consumers worse off. After not wanting to touch health care reform with a 10-foot pole in the immediate post-Clinton era, policymakers are again confronting the fact that change is desperately needed. The direction of that change, however, is anything but settled. Does the solution lie in private markets, greater government involvement, or some combination of the two?

Healthy Competition is a timely and important contribution to this debate. The . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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