Tag Archives: mandatory insurance

RomneyCare = ObamaCare: “Mass. health care costs outpace nation”

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Brian Schwartz

Despite “reform,” passed by aspiring Presidential candidate Mitt Romney as Massachusetts governor, both medical spending and prices of medical care increased in the state. Continue reading →

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White House: Buy Health Insurance or Be Poor

Posted on June 10, 2011 by Brian Schwartz

“[T]he government’s latest position that the [health control] law doesn’t really require people to buy health insurance at all. We have the option instead of earning less money. ” 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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Health care updates from Cato Institute

Posted on May 23, 2011 by Brian Schwartz

The latest health care commentary by Cato Institute scholars on: Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney, mandatory insurance as elitist, unconstitutional, and based on phony justification. Continue reading →

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Insurance company fined for selling illegal policies in Massachusetts

Posted on May 18, 2011 by Brian Schwartz

From Healthcare Finance News, April 26 2011: According to the [Massachusetts] AG’s complaint, U.S. Life sold health insurance policies in Massachusetts that were not authorized for sale and did not cover health services required by Massachusetts law. The mandated services … Continue reading →

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The Road to Socialized Medicine Is Paved With Preexisting Conditions – Part 3

Posted on May 16, 2011 by Brian Schwartz

Yaron Brook & Don Watkins of the Ayn Rand Institute write: [W]ithout exception, the actual problems they point to are not caused by the market, but by government intervention–and the outcomes they denounce which are a product of the market … Continue reading →

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The totalitarian nature of mandatory insurance & ObamaCare

Posted on February 25, 2011 by Brian Schwartz

The latest district court ruling by Judge Gladys Kessler reveals the totalitarian nature of mandatory insurance. If the Commerce Clause empowers the Federal Government can prohibit your choice not to act in a certain way, it can do anything. Continue reading →

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Dave Kopel & John Suthers on Judge Vinson’s ruling that strikes down ObamaCare

Posted on February 2, 2011 by Brian Schwartz

Senior Federal Judge Roger Vinson has ruled that “Because the individual mandate is unconstitutional and not severable, the entire Act must be declared void.” This ruling declares that the law. Read reactions by the Independence Instiute’s Dave Kopel, CO Attorney General John Suthers, and others. Continue reading →

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3 Colorado health orgs spread mandate misinformation

Posted on January 3, 2011 by Brian Schwartz

The Colorado Consumer Health Initiative joins the Colorado Medical Society and the Colorado Trust in spreading what’s effectively the “big lie” in support of mandatory insurance: the cost-shift from the uninsured. Continue reading →

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Mandatory insurance & Counterfeit ‘Responsibility’

Posted on December 29, 2010 by Brian Schwartz

The White House’s “individual responsibility” rhetoric masks its drive to subvert individual freedom. “Forcing people to act in a certain way inverts the very notion of responsibility …[which] arises from the fact that humans have free will, and can thus choose to act in ways that benefit — or harm — themselves. Continue reading →

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