Government-Run Health Care and Government-Run Universities
Since Democrats, including President Obama in his address to Congress, have compared a government-run health plan as similar to public colleges and universities, you may be interested in the College Board’s annual survey of university tuition increases found that tuition increases at public institutions once again exceeded those at private universities. Over the last decade, tuition increases at government-run universities have averaged nearly double those at private institutions on a percentage basis (4.6% versus 2.9% annually). If these statistics are any indication of the “cost savings” derived from government-run health care, many may view the data as further confirmation that Democrats’ government takeover will in fact bend the cost curve—in the wrong direction.
If you want more information on this issue, we issued a Policy Brief on these false analogies to government-run health care that can be found here.