Libertarians and conservatives fail to sufficiently understand the pathologies within our medical system. By refusing to meaningfully analyze them, they risk ceding the public policy arena to centralizing progressives. This reflection essay attempts to help them understand the power of the progressive critiques and the possibilities of a market-based reform.

Caleb Henry is professor of political science at Franciscan University of Steubenville.
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