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James C. Capretta

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James C. Capretta is a resident fellow and holds the Milton Friedman chair at the American Enterprise Institute.

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President Donald Trump, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and Medicare and Medicaid Administrator Mehmet Oz, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C. on January 16, 2026. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)

Politics

Assessing President Trump’s Plan to Lower Health Care Costs

James C. Capretta / January 27, 2026

Senate Dems ACA Presser

Economics

Health Care Subsidies Are a Political Shortcut, Not a Lasting Policy Solution

James C. Capretta / September 30, 2025

Stethoscope on pile of hundred dollar bills

Policy

The House GOP’s Medicaid Plan Won’t Fix Health Care

James C. Capretta / May 23, 2025

President Obama Signs Health Care Reform Bill

Policy

What Did the ACA Accomplish?

James C. Capretta / March 28, 2024

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Policy

Has the Medicare Cost Problem Gone Away?

James C. Capretta / October 4, 2023

Capitol Hill

Policy

McCarthy’s Debt-Ceiling Plan Is Built on Unrealistic Spending Caps

James C. Capretta / May 2, 2023

Ambulance Queue Outside Hospital

Policy

Checking in on the NHS

James C. Capretta / April 4, 2023

Social security cards

Policy

Why Entitlement Reform Is So Hard

James C. Capretta / January 9, 2023

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Unlocked

Policy

What Can Be Done to Make Health Care More Efficient?

James C. Capretta / October 18, 2022

Republicans Should Push Back on Economic Populism, Not Embrace It

Politics

Republicans Should Push Back on Economic Populism, Not Embrace It

James C. Capretta / September 2, 2022

The Public Option Debate Moves to Colorado

Policy

The Public Option Debate Moves to Colorado

James C. Capretta / July 20, 2022

Why Attempts to Compare Donald Trump to Ronald Reagan Fall Flat

Politics

Why Attempts to Compare Donald Trump to Ronald Reagan Fall Flat

James C. Capretta / March 30, 2022

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President Donald Trump, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and Medicare and Medicaid Administrator Mehmet Oz, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C. on January 16, 2026. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)

Politics

Assessing President Trump’s Plan to Lower Health Care Costs

James C. Capretta / January 27, 2026

Senate Dems ACA Presser

Economics

Health Care Subsidies Are a Political Shortcut, Not a Lasting Policy Solution

James C. Capretta / September 30, 2025

Stethoscope on pile of hundred dollar bills

Policy

The House GOP’s Medicaid Plan Won’t Fix Health Care

James C. Capretta / May 23, 2025

President Obama Signs Health Care Reform Bill

Policy

What Did the ACA Accomplish?

James C. Capretta / March 28, 2024