Category Archives: morality

Dehumanizing doctors

Posted on July 1, 2008 by Brian Schwartz

Problem: Doctors may stop seeing Medicare patients because the reimbursement rates are so low. The solution?  At least one blog commenter wants to make Medicare the only game in town so doctors either put up or shut up.  Bloomberg News reports: James … Continue reading →

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Nanny-state health care

Posted on June 18, 2008 by Brian Schwartz

In a previous post I challenged the notion that medical care is like services we receive from the fire department — a flawed analogy to justify politician-controlled single-payer health care.  In it I claim that a more accurate analogy is that … Continue reading →

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Is health care like the fire department?

Posted on June 17, 2008 by Brian Schwartz

Last week I challenged the view that health care should be a government service because it is allegedly like police protection.  A similar analogy is to the fire department.  Advocating single-payer health care, Michael Moore tells NPR: That you should … Continue reading →

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Is health care like police protection?

Posted on June 12, 2008 by Brian Schwartz

“Profit is a perverse incentive for quality health care: imagine for-profit fire or police protection,” writes Michelle Swenson in support of single-payer health care.  Louise at Colorado Health Insurance Insider has made the same comparison.  Most notably, Michael Moore has … Continue reading →

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Open letter to supporters of Colorado SB 160

Posted on June 2, 2008 by Brian T. Schwartz

To: Stephen Kapanos, Vice President Public Policy & Advocacy Bill Lindsay and Penfield Tate, Health Care Committee, Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce Elisabeth Arenales, Esq., Director, Health Care Program, Colorado Center on Law and Policy Mental Health America of Colorado, … Continue reading →

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AFL-CIO: Obey My Authority!

Posted on May 28, 2008 by Brian Schwartz

Continuation of my critique of the AFL-CIO commentary here and here. In their Denver Post commentary, AFL-CIO executives John Sweeney and Mike Cerbo say that Hillary and Obama are correct to be skeptical of the idea that the market is … Continue reading →

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Moral argument for free-market health care

Posted on May 15, 2008 by Brian Schwartz

In 1946, Ayn Rand wrote a letter to Leonard Read concerning his proposal to establish the Foundation for Economic Education .1 In the letter she explained the importance of making the moral argument for free markets, rather than using arguments … Continue reading →

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Health care is not a right

Posted on May 12, 2008 by Brian T. Schwartz

Last Saturday I attended a Front Range Objectivism event featuring Yaron Brook , Executive Director of the Ayn Rand Institute . His talk reminded me that I have yet to address a fundamental issue on this blog: that health care … Continue reading →

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SB-160: Compulsory charity immoral & impractical

Posted on April 29, 2008 by Brian Schwartz

Earlier this month The Rocky Mountain News published a commentary of mine about the inherent immorality of government-run charities (in this case, those for children’s health insurance) and a proposal to challenge such charities to compete with voluntarily-funded charities. The … Continue reading →

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