Tag Archives: EMTALA

False Alternative: Forced Charity or “Let Them Die”

Posted on October 26, 2011 by Brian Schwartz

In a recent GOP debate, moderator Wolf Blitzer presented Ron Paul a false alternative: forced charity or letting an uninsured man die. Beth Haynes, MD. writes: “Our only options are not “Government Control or Let Them Die.” Restoring our freedom will Let Us Live.” Continue reading →

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Mitt Romney, mandatory health insurance, & the phony free-rider justification

Posted on May 25, 2011 by Brian Schwartz

“[I]f the individual mandate’s purpose is to prevent free riders from shifting the cost of their emergency care to others, all it should require is … insurance to cover a trip to the emergency room. Instead, both RomneyCare and ObamaCare require everyone to be covered for numerous benefits going far beyond emergency care.” – Jeff Jacoby Continue reading →

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The Road To Socialized Medicine Is Paved With Pre-existing Conditions – The Objectivist – - Forbes

Posted on February 14, 2011 by Brian Schwartz

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 →

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EMTALA’s perverse incentives

Posted on August 26, 2010 by Brian Schwartz

“911Doc” at DocsOntheWeb describes the harms of EMTALA: If you are unfamiliar with EMTALA or our take on it you can read about it here, but to be brief, EMTALA is an unfunded federal mandate passed in 1986, which, de … Continue reading →

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