A White House report points out that Mao and I both like low health care costs. True, but…

Health care systems where the government sets prices are more efficient than those where prices vary dramatically from one health plan to another, and this lowers costs across the board for patients. As Mao, Lenin, and I all agree (as do leaders of every other wealthy planet in the world): That’s a good thing.

Sarah Kliff

Elizabeth Holmes Deserves Prison, but Her Indictment Won’t Make Silicon Valley Any Less Reckless

The only way to disincentivize founders from lying to investors is to throw one or two of them in jail for doing so. And Elizabeth Holmes doesn’t count. The Theranos indictment is likely to have zero deterrent effect, because it’s clear that she’s not really being prosecuted because she lied to investors. That’s just the easy, prosecutorial low-hanging fruit. The real reason for the prosecution is that her activities were incredibly reckless and dangerous on a human level for thousands of patients’ health.

Felix Salmon

The real reason the U.S. spends twice as much on health care as other wealthy countries

Carolyn Y. Johnson

Trump wants to liberalize health data. Easier said than done.

The hardest part of liberalizing patient data is that you have hundreds of thousands of hospitals and doctor offices all across the country who have a financial interest in keeping data private. If a patient can take her record from Hospital A and walk down the street to Hospital B to seek treatment, that’s bad for Hospital A’s bottom line.

Sarah Kliff

Martin Shkreli Is Going to Jail and I Can’t Even Bring Myself to Enjoy It

That sums up a lot about the state of U.S. capitalism and law. It’s perfectly kosher to milk grotesque profits from old, life-saving medications. But playing games with a relatively small amount of investors’ cash can get you put away for the better part of a decade.

Jordan Weissmann

The uninsured are overusing emergency rooms — and other health-care myths

Carolyn Y. Johnson

A Hospital Charged $1,877 to Pierce a 5-Year-Old’s Ears. This Is Why Health Care Costs So Much.

Jackie Morgensen

Policy Mistakes

Bill McBride

Choice and the Insurance Mandate

Paul Krugman

Subsidies, Spite, and Supply Chains

Paul Krugman

We Have to Ration Health Care

Vishal Khetpal

Handwaving on health care

Noah Smith

Why Democrats Should Love the GOP Health Care Plan

Reihan Salam

Want a Better Health Care System? Check Out Japan

Noah Smith

Trump’s big mistake on health care was not realizing Republicans were lying

Matthew Yglesias

Big Money’s Sway Over Doctors

Danielle Ofri

Heritage On Health, 1989

Paul Krugman

They Never Really Hated Obamacare

Jim Newell

It’s time to see if Democrats are serious about single-payer

Jeff Stein

The Looming Republican Disgrace

Rich Lowry