Tag Archives: personal responsibility

Feds reward Colorado Medicaid for increasing gov’t dependency

Posted on January 4, 2011 by Brian Schwartz

The federal gov’t gave the CO state gov’t $14 million in tax dollars for expanding eligibility for its state-run health plan for kids. This health plan encourages parents to drop private insurance & punishes their career advancement. 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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Mandatory insurance vs. personal responsibility

Posted on December 21, 2010 by Brian Schwartz

Mandatory insurance is not about “personal responsibility.” It’s about forcing you to pay for others’ medical care by making you to buy more insurance than you’d like. If those who use the “responsibility” argument were honest, they’d want to repeal Medicaid & other government programs that force one person to finance the medical care of others. Continue reading →

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