Why is American health care so expensive and complicated? Michael F. Cannon argues that its roots can be traced back to a often forgotten feature of the federal tax code: a supposed tax break that actually mandates expensive, low-quality health insurance.
Rikki Schlott sits down with Cannon to unpack how the tax code reshaped our health care system, distorted labor and health care markets, and left workers with less control over how their own compensation is spent.
Read Michael's article "The Original Sin of US Health Policy": https://www.cato.org/study/original-sin-us-health-policy
Producer: Barbara Galletti
Editor: Darren Walker
Post Production: Sedona LaMarre
Director of Photography: Jonathan Fields
Audio Engineer: Cecil Sherman
Assistant Editor: Lester Romero
Assistant Producer: Elcid Demonteverde
Motion Graphics: Jonathan Fields
Original Music: Cecil Sherman
Executive Producer: Kristina Kendall
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