Michael Tanner

Cato Institute

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1.

The Grass is Not Always Greener: A Look at National Health Care Systems around the World

Cato Policy Analysis Paper No. 613
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 04 Sep 2008 Last Revised: 10 Feb 2013
Michael Tanner
Cato Institute
Downloads 927 (30,796)
Citation 24

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Health care, universal coverage, national, government control, competition, individual mandate, health care costs, health insurance, obamacare, universal health insurance

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The American Welfare State: How We Spend Nearly $1 Trillion a Year Fighting Poverty — and Fail

Cato Institute Policy Analysis No. 694, April 2012
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 01 Mar 2013
Michael Tanner
Cato Institute
Downloads 493 (70,777)

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federal welfare spending, poverty level in the United States, President Obama and poverty rates, Medicaid, food stamps, US welfare budget, state welfare spending

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Obamacare: What We Know Now

Cato Institute Policy Analysis No. 745
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 25 Sep 2014
Michael Tanner
Cato Institute
Downloads 469 (75,259)

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Obamacare, ACA, insurance, health care reform, individual mandate, employer mandate, exchanges, Medicaid, subsidies, Medicare, Affordable Care Act

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Bad Medicine: A Guide to the Real Costs and Consequences of the New Health Care Law

Number of pages: 61 Posted: 19 Nov 2010 Last Revised: 10 Feb 2013
Michael Tanner
Cato Institute
Downloads 280 (134,325)
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health care reform, ACA, Obamacare cost, Affordable Care Act, individual mandate, taxes, health insurance cost, health insurance coverage, analysis

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SNAP Failure: The Food Stamp Program Needs Reform

Policy Analysis No. 738
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 04 May 2014
Michael Tanner
Cato Institute
Downloads 215 (174,157)

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SNAP, food stamps, entitlement, entitlement reform, government assistance, welfare, poverty

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Five Myths About Economic Inequality in America

Cato Institute Policy Analysis No. 797
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 24 Sep 2016
Michael Tanner
Cato Institute
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Income inequality, wealth, capitalism, redistribution of wealth, income mobility

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The Work versus Welfare Trade-Off: 2013 - An Analysis of the Total Level of Welfare Benefits by State

Cato Institute White Paper, 2013
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 27 Nov 2013
Michael Tanner and Charles Hughes
Cato Institute and Cato Institute
Downloads 130 (267,300)
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low-income, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, SNAP, TANF, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Medicaid, Women Infants and Children Program, WIC, Emergency Food Assistance Program, TEFAP, welfare, living wage

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The War on Poverty Turns 50: Are We Winning Yet?

Cato Institute Policy Analysis, No. 761, October 2014
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 12 Feb 2015
Michael Tanner and Charles Hughes
Cato Institute and Cato Institute
Downloads 109 (303,473)

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Welfare Spending, poverty rate, transfer programs, direct aid program

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No Miracle in Massachusetts: Why Governor Romney's Health Care Reform Won't Work

Cato Institute Briefing Paper Series No. 97
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 02 Apr 2007 Last Revised: 10 Feb 2013
Michael Tanner
Cato Institute
Downloads 107 (307,423)
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Cato, Michael Tanner, Massachuestts health insurance reform, regulation, healthy care industry, U.S. healthcare system, Obamacare, Affordable Care Act, ACA, Barack Obama, free market, Medicare, health care reform, health insurance coverage, individual mandate, Mitt Romney

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Social Security, Ponzi Schemese, and the Need for Reform

Cato Institute Policy Analysis, No. 689, November 2011
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 03 Apr 2012
Michael Tanner
Cato Institute
Downloads 82 (364,092)

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Bankrupt: Entitlements and the Federal Budget

Cato Institute Policy Analysis, No. 673, March 2011
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 14 Nov 2011
Michael Tanner
Cato Institute
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Still a Better Deal: Private Investment vs. Social Security

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Still a Better Deal: Private Investment vs. Social Security

Cato Institute Policy Analysis No. 692, February 13, 2012
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 01 Mar 2013
Michael Tanner
Cato Institute
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Social Security benefits, United States Social Security Administration, privatize Social Security, American Social Security Reform, U.S. Social Security system, private accounts, retirement income, retirement funds, public pensions

Still a Better Deal: Private Investment vs. Social Security

Cato Institute Policy Analysis, No. 692, February 2012
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 03 Apr 2012
Michael Tanner
Cato Institute
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Is America Becoming Greece?

Cato Journal, Vol. 33, No. 2, 2013
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 05 Jun 2013
Michael Tanner
Cato Institute
Downloads 34 (541,260)

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US economic crisis, American budget deficit, social welfare programs in the United States, European debt crisis