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Guy w/o health plan: Should “society should just let him die?”
W/o government mandates, will “society” let someone die? The real question is “What are YOU going to do about it?” Treating “society” as some super-entity above and beyond the individuals who compose it causes two problems. Continue reading
Health Care and the Separation of Charity and State
“If a patient needs a $50,000 operation but cannot afford it, he has the right to ask his friends, family, neighbors, or strangers for monetary assistance—& they have the right to offer it (or not). But the patient has no right to take people’s money without their permission; to do so would be to violate their rights.” – Paul Hsieh, M.D. Continue reading
If low-income Coloradans spend big bucks on booze, candy, & movies, they can afford higher Medicaid copays
Are Colorado Medicaid recipients spending hundreds of dollars on candy, booze, cigarettes, and movies while the state forces taxpayers to fund their medical care? Yes, suggests the 2009 Consumer Expenditure Survey. Continue reading
Posted in Colorado health care, Medicaid/Medicare/SCHIP, PPC
Tagged charity, Colorado Medicaid
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Charitable Donations vs. Taxes
If you don’t feel comfortable forcing your friend to help someone or donate to a charity, should you vote for a politician, your representative, the empowers government agents to do so? This video illustrates the point. Continue reading
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 predator, victim and thief.” It begins: Your wife is … Continue reading
Defeat ObamaCare’s “moral narrative”
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.” … 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
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Tagged Ayn Rand, charity, persuasion, right to health care
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No compulsory charity for Obama Care’s phony reform
The Democrats’ proposals would “reform” nothing. Instead, they would entrench problems with the status quo, as economist Arnold Kling explains in “The Non-Debate over Non-Reform.” Consider the country’s total health care spending. Patients’ out-of-pocket spending accounts for only about 10 … Continue reading
Instead of a “public option,” how about a “private option”?
Denver Health CEO Patricia Gabow extols virtues of “public” government-run health programs, Denver Health included (Denver Post, July 5). Yet she neglects to mention the problems. For example, how they increase private insurance premiums by underpaying doctors, how doctors often … Continue reading
Denver’s Inner City Health Center
On Saturday the Rocky Mountain News ran a article on the Inner City Health Center: Inner Center Health Center is…somewhere between a free clinic and the emergency room, a place for medical treatment, reassurance and consideration. “We’re a patient-centered health … Continue reading