Forbes February 19, 2020
John C. Goodman

The Trump administration has made radical changes in the health care system by stretching the limits of executive authority – much more so than Barack Obama did.

Although these changes have been largely ignored by the mainstream media and even the health care media, they have the potential to transform the health care system without any real revision of Obamacare. Two changes are particularly important.

The first change occurred last month. Employers can now make pre-tax dollars available to their employees to buy their own health insurance.

In an ideal world, most people would own their own health insurance and take it with them as they traveled from job to job and in and out of the labor market. Some...

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