The Boston Globe Economic Life Column.
By Charles Stein, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Apr. 18--In a state whose motto is "Live Free or Die," it is not surprising that people would believe a dose of free-market capitalism is the answer to a problem that afflicts small businesses everywhere: the skyrocketing cost of health insurance. Well, I've got some bad news for the people of New Hampshire. It isn't going to work -- not if free-market reforms wind up making insurance far more expensive for the old and sick.
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