Paul Hsieh, M.D. writes:
The key is Obama’s declaration, “I don’t know how this plays politically, but I know it’s right.” Ultimately, Obama and his liberal base believe that government-guaranteed health care is a “moral imperative” — i.e., “it’s right.” And that will also be the key to ...
A popular justification of government-run health care is that everyone should have access to the same care, regardless of their ability to pay. Yet, Japan has a form of socialized medicine, but it does not happen here. Consider a recent post by "Sachi X", whose parents live in Japan relates ...
Opponents of the Democrats' health care "reform" proposals have said the new legislation would lead to higher costs, lower quality, and less access. But with the passing of HR 3692 (House) and HR 3950 (Senate) looks like the Democrats will have their way. Why? In the Investor's Business Daily, Yaron ...
As you've probably heard, Senate Majority Leader Harry Read likens those who oppose the Democrats' so-called health care "reform" as those who opposed the end of slavery:
Melissa Clouthier points out the irony of this, as it is the Democrats' plans that erode our freedom and makes us more like slaves ...
The Sunday Denver Post ran a front-page article about how insurance companies charge women under 40 higher premiums than men. It also notes that men in their 50s payer higher premiums than women. In any case, Colorado Insurance Commissioner Marcy Morrison considers the price difference to be a penalty:
Women should ...
Yaron Brook of the Ayn Rand Institute makes the case to "capturing the moral high ground" in the health care debate: Why Only Private Health Care is Moral. He gave this talk at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. on September 19, 2009.
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My notes on part 1: ...
Pajamas Media has published my article on rights, privilege and health care. Here's the introduction:
A popular but flawed argument is that “health care is a right, not a privilege.” Health care is neither a right nor a privilege. Rather, we all have the right to seek medical treatment through voluntary ...
Paul Hsieh at Freedom and Individual Rights in Medicine notes some recent articles on the right to health care. Of them, I like the following for explaining why the right to something people produce negates rights of the individuals that produce them.
John Lewis, "Health Care: Why Call It a 'Right'?"
Huffington ...
The following passage from Virginia Postrel's recent article in The Atlantic gets to a central premise, too rarely debated, about health care policy (emphasis added):
allowing patients to buy drugs to be administered within the NHS would threaten the system’s egalitarian ideology. “Two patients with the same condition could find themselves ...
Defending the proposal for a politically-controlled monopolistic government insurance plan in Colorado, Rep. Daniel Kagan (D-Cherry Hills Village) said:
"I think it is our responsibility that every single Coloradan, regardless of their wealth or position in society, get the health care they need ... It is our obligation."
Let's say this is ...
