Conservatives must articulate a response to Medicare for All, or socialism wins

Most healthcare proposals — including Medicare for All, Medicare at 50, a public insurance option, expanding Obamacare, and allowing the federal government to negotiate prescription drug prices — share one thing in common: a more aggressive government role in healthcare. What are free market proponents and conservatives to do in response?

A new executive order from the Trump administration may finally provide a solution.

The executive order covers price transparency, access to data, surprise billing, and more. It represents a forward-thinking, free market approach to solving the nation’s health spending...