-
Categories
health policy sites
health policy primers
HR 3590 "ObamaCare"
Tag Archives: Ayn Rand
The Entitlement State Is Morally Bankrupt
“The problem with the entitlement state is not simply that it is bankrupting this country–the problem is that it is morally bankrupt.” Continue reading
Posted in charity, morality
Tagged Ayn Rand, entitlements, government spending, Medicaid, Medicare, right to health care, Social Security
Leave a comment
The immorality of government medicine vs. your right to your own life
To save American healthcare, not to mention to save the country itself, advocates of freedom, free markets, & capitalism must take the moral high ground from the proponents of government-control, Dr. Yaron Brook tells patients and doctors at a Doctors Town Hall. Continue reading
Posted in charity, morality, PPC
Tagged Ayn Rand, Medicaid, Medicare, right to health care, SCHIP
Leave a comment
The Road To Socialized Medicine Is Paved With Pre-existing Conditions – The Objectivist – - Forbes
The government takeover of medicine & medical insurance has been an incremental process. At Forbes.com, read about the “general pattern of the expansion [where] advocates point to some group in real or alleged dire need and declare that Washington has a duty to act.” Continue reading
Posted in Medicaid/Medicare/SCHIP, Policy - National, PPC
Tagged Ayn Rand, crowd out, EMTALA, Medicaid, Medicare, pre-existing conditions, SCHIP
Leave a comment
Amendment 63 protects your individual rights
A and virtually fact-free editorial in the Aurora Sentinel says Amendment 63 “has nothing to do with rights and everything to do with legislative wrongs.” Wrong. It has everything to with rights and preventing legislative wrongs. Continue reading
Colorado Amendment 63, the commerce clause, & the Constitution
In his article in support of Colorado Amendment 63 (health care choice), Wayne Laugesen writes: Congress has no authority to require individuals to buy private insurance, which is the basis of the lawsuit filed by states. It has no such … Continue reading
Massachusetts’ bills propose to enslave doctors
Either provide medical treatment to people at prices we set, or lose your license to practice medicine in Massachusetts. Both bills in question are Senate Bill 2170 and House Bill 4452 contain such language. Both the House Billand Senate Bill … Continue reading
To defeat government-controlled medicine, repudiate morality of need
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 … Continue reading
Posted in charity, morality, PPC
Tagged Ayn Rand, charity, persuasion, right to health care
Leave a comment
Health care bill, arbitrary power & dictatorship
From Duke Visiting Professor John David Lewis in Pajamas Media: The essence of a dictator’s method is not to write harsh laws and enforce them rigidly. The world’s most destructive thugs have wanted something different. They have wanted to impose … Continue reading
Take the moral high ground in health care debate
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. … Continue reading
Colorado HB 1273: “Our responsibility” that Coloradans get medical care?
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 … Continue reading
Posted in morality, PPC
Tagged Ayn Rand, CO Guaranteed Healthcare Act, Colorado HB 09-1273, Colorado HB 1273, persuasion, right to health care
2 Comments