The Great Antidote

Michael Cannon on Employer-Sponsored Health Care

Sep 16, 2022

58:06

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Universal Health Care Is a Wonderful Ideal

03:44

Employers That Don't Offer Health Insurance

02:47

Do Drug Companies Charge the Most Outrageous List Prices?

04:05

Introduction

2min

Are You Worth More Than You Think?

4min

Health Care Is There to Make Sick People Well Again

5min

Health Insurance in the United States

4min

Health Care in the United States

2min

Universal Health Care Is a Wonderful Ideal

4min

Employer Sponsored Health Insurance

6min

Employer Sponsored Health Insurance

5min

Can Workers Really Take Control of That $16,000?

3min

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Employers That Don't Offer Health Insurance

3min

11.

The Tax Preference for Employer Sponsored Health Insurance

4min

12.

Why Isn't My Health Insurance Covering My Allergies?

3min

13.

Do Drug Companies Charge the Most Outrageous List Prices?

4min

14.

The Cash Market Is Less Expensive Than the Cash Market

4min

15.

The Most Important Thing That We Can Do to Make Health Care More Universal

3min

16.

The Great Antidote Podcast

2min

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Michael Cannon, Cato Institute’s director of health policy studies, talks to us today about health and health policy, reminding us of their definitions, goals, and importance. Learn about the origin of our current health care system, the different methods of obtaining health care (direct, government provided, employer-sponsored), and specifically employer-sponsored health care, which is the most common source of health insurance.
What is “universal health care”? Do we really have a free market for health care? Why is employer-sponsored health care the most common source of heath care in the United States? What are the incentives in that system? What are the effects of the policies that have made this the case?

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