The ethics of so-called health care “reform”
Jason Sagall at Americans for Free Choice in Medicine has written an excellent health care parable showing that politically-controlled health care turns ” turns each person into, at once, prey and...
View ArticleDonald Berwick: blame “private” enterprise, embrace politically-controlled...
Any health care funding plan that is just, equitable, civilized, and humane must, must, redistribute wealth from the richer among us to the poorer and the less fortunate. Excellent health care is by...
View ArticleColorado Amendment 63 vs. the “endless lawsuit” argument
A common argument against Amendment 63 is that it “will lead to endless lawsuits.” This is like opposing the First Amendment because of potential lawsuits from people seeking to use government to...
View ArticleMake a word meaningless: add “social” in front of it!
Michael Cannon at the Cato Institute makes a great point: [HuffPo blogger Jesse Larner writes that] “Cannon is not in favor of universal coverage as a social right.” True, that. “As a libertarian, he...
View ArticleAmendment 63 protects your individual rights
A recent and virtually fact-free editorial in the Aurora Sentinel, which I assume was by editor Dave Perry, states: The measure has been misleadingly tabbed the “Colorado Right to Health Care Choice...
View ArticleQuestions about the “right” to health care
The implicit premise, or moral narrative, behind many arguments for government involvement or increased involvement in medical care is that health care is a “right.” But debates typically avoid this...
View ArticleHealth Care and the Separation of Charity and State
Paul Hsieh, M.D. writes: Throughout the health-care debate of 2010–11, Obama repeatedly referred to government-run health care as “a core ethical and moral obligation,” arguing that, “No one should die...
View ArticleThe immorality of government medicine vs. your right to your own life
The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons‘ summary of Yaron Brook’s talk: To save American healthcare, not to mention to save the country itself, Advocates of freedom, free markets, and...
View ArticleThe Entitlement State Is Morally Bankrupt
At Forbes.com, Yaron Brook & Dan Watkins write: Why are [Medicare, Medicaid & Social Security] sacrosanct? Because, whatever else you can say about the entitlement state, no one disputes that...
View ArticleJohn C. Goodman on his new book, Priceless
Originally aired June 21, 2012. Independent Institute Research Fellow Dr. John C. Goodman, author of “Priceless: Curing the Healthcare Crisis,” joins a panel on Stossel to speak on healthcare issues....
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