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Arguing for free-market health care

Posted on July 31, 2009 by Brian Schwartz

Yaron Brook of the Ayn Rand Institute summarizes the case for free-market health care. He concludes: The solution to this ongoing crisis is to recognize that the very idea of a “right” to health care is a perversion. There can … Continue reading →

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Let customers control the $$ & free-markets will cure health care

Posted on July 23, 2009 by Brian Schwartz

So says Michael Cannon of the Cato Institute in a recent Investor’s Business Daily op-ed: Let individuals control their health care dollars, and free them to choose from a wide variety of health plans and providers. If Congress takes those … Continue reading →

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Stossel, Sick in America, Part 2

Posted on July 25, 2008 by Brian Schwartz

Continued from Part 1. Topics: pre-existing conditions Michael Moore on why insurers deny care (Moore did not confront insurance executives about this.) Stossel’s interview with an executive (Karen Ignagni, America’s Health Insurance Plans) claims denial rate, consumer satisfaction with coverage (sites a NY … Continue reading →

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Unions vs. your health, wealth, and job mobility

Posted on July 24, 2008 by Brian Schwartz

Who would support a self-serving political agenda at the expense of your health, wealth, and job mobility? AFL-CIO president John Sweeney and Colorado executive director Mike Cerbo. In a recent Denver Post commentary, they perpetuate the big lie behind politician-controlled … Continue reading →

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Stossel, Sick in America, Part 1

Posted on July 18, 2008 by Brian Schwartz

Here is first of six segments from John Stossel’s 20/20 Special, Sick in America.  If you don’t know much about health care policy, this is a great place to start, or to recommend to others (while noting, if appropriate, that Stossel has … Continue reading →

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