Charles M Silver in the Media

City Journal January 20, 2026

It’s Not Just Minnesota—Fraud Is Everywhere

Professor Charles Silver co-authors a piece surveying the landscape of healthcare fraud and outlines how public officials can address it.

Bloomberg Law January 9, 2026

New Litigation Finance Group Looks to Beat Back Attacks on Hill

Bloomberg Law highlights the American Civil Accountability Alliance, which Professor Charles Silver will co-lead to lobby against efforts to tighten litigation finance and promote equal access to justice.

The Cato Institute December 1, 2025

Improving Health Care: Affordability, Access, and Innovation

Professor Charles Silver co-authors an article for the Cato Institute outlining a vision of a deregulated, patient-centric health care system that will reduce barriers to care and provide support to Americans in need.

Sensible Medicine November 4, 2025

Why Aren’t More Health Policy Commentators Libertarians?

Professor Charlie Silver argues that government control has made the U.S. healthcare system inefficient, politicized, and costly, criticizing mainstream commentators for continuing to trust public solutions instead of considering more market-based, libertarian alternatives.

Cato Institute June 27, 2025

Don’t Give Big Businesses Immunity from Litigation

Professor Charles Silver shares his opinion that Senator Thom Tillis’s plan to heavily tax litigation funders is meant to block small businesses from suing large corporations by cutting off their access to funding.

Stat May 6, 2025

The entire U.S. health care system must be torn down and rebuilt

Professor Charles Silver characterizes the current U.S. health care system as dysfunctional, inefficient, and politically corrupt before proposing replacing the existing system with a simplified, consumer-driven model based on Social Security to reduce costs and fraud.

Stat February 24, 2025

The Health Policy Cult’s Misplaced Faith in Government

Professor Charles M. Silver proposes that adopting a market-driven retail model for health care would curb rising costs caused by government overregulation while also improving patient outcomes.

Austin Chronicle February 14, 2025

Allowing Doctors and Delivery Drivers to Stop Providing Birth Control

Professors Charles Silver and Elizabeth Sepper discuss Senate Bill 619, which would allow healthcare providers to refuse healthcare service for reasons of conscience. Silver and Sepper express concern for the breadth of this bill as it would allow any person who contributes to healthcare access to decline service based on personal beliefs, potentially restricting patients’ access to essential care.

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Sensible Medicine January 21, 2025