James C. Capretta

The most vocal proponent of repealing and replacing Obamacare on the presidential campaign trail is Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.

The 2015 budget deals increased federal debt by hundreds of billions of dollars over the next decade and made clear that the U.S. is facing massive long-term budget deficits.

A group of health policy analysts have joined together to propose reforms that would replace Obamacare, provide secure insurance to the uninsured, bring greater cost discipline through market principles, return power and control to individuals and the states, and improve the long-term fiscal outlook.

The 2016 election may open new opportunities for revising health-care policy. Proponents of market-based reform need to be ready with a robust agenda.

A new report by 10 health policy experts articulates a market-driven alternative to the Affordable Care Act.

Without a major change in direction, U.S. health care will experience ever-increasing governmental control. What’s needed is a decisive reorientation toward the preferences of patients and consumers.

Opponents of Obamacare, after many years of effort, are finally making some progress, on both policy and political strategy. It would be a terrible shame if they undermined all of that good work now by embracing ideas that would make it much harder to reach their ultimate goal.

Obamacare’s financing depends on cuts in Medicare that will hinder access to care for beneficiaries.

The moderators of the next GOP presidential debate should steer the conversation toward their substantive disagreements, not trivialities or personal attacks and accusations.

It is possible to provide secure insurance for the sick without the high expense and coercion of Obamacare.

Reconciliation is a powerful tool, but it can’t be used to repeal Obamacare without also replacing it.

Congress will inevitably backpedal on key provisions in Obamacare, at which point the law will become a massive drain on the treasury.