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The Entitlement State Is Morally Bankrupt
“The problem with the entitlement state is not simply that it is bankrupting this country–the problem is that it is morally bankrupt.” Continue reading
Posted in charity, morality
Tagged Ayn Rand, entitlements, government spending, Medicaid, Medicare, right to health care, Social Security
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The immorality of government medicine vs. your right to your own life
To save American healthcare, not to mention to save the country itself, advocates of freedom, free markets, & capitalism must take the moral high ground from the proponents of government-control, Dr. Yaron Brook tells patients and doctors at a Doctors Town Hall. Continue reading
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Tagged Ayn Rand, Medicaid, Medicare, right to health care, SCHIP
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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
Questions about the “right” to health care
The alleged “right” to health care lurks behind increasing government involvement in medicine. If there were such a right, asks Stefan Molyneux, “when does a woman in the process of becoming a doctor switch from someone with a right to receive health care to someone with an obligation to provide it?” Continue reading
Amendment 63 protects your individual rights
A and virtually fact-free editorial in the Aurora Sentinel says Amendment 63 “has nothing to do with rights and everything to do with legislative wrongs.” Wrong. It has everything to with rights and preventing legislative wrongs. Continue reading
Make a word meaningless: add “social” in front of it!
Michael Cannon at the Cato Institute makes a great point: [HuffPo blogger Jesse Larner writes that] “Cannon is not in favor of universal coverage as a social right.” True, that. “As a libertarian, he doesn’t even recognize the concept of … Continue reading
Colorado Amendment 63 vs. the “endless lawsuit” argument
A common argument against Amendment 63 is that it “will lead to endless lawsuits.” This is like opposing the First Amendment because of potential lawsuits from people seeking to use government to restrict your free speech. Continue reading
Donald Berwick: blame “private” enterprise, embrace politically-controlled medicine
Any health care funding plan that is just, equitable, civilized, and humane must, must, redistribute wealth from the richer among us to the poorer and the less fortunate. Excellent health care is by definition, redistribution. Britain, you chose well. –Donald … 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
Massachusetts’ bills propose to enslave doctors
Either provide medical treatment to people at prices we set, or lose your license to practice medicine in Massachusetts. Both bills in question are Senate Bill 2170 and House Bill 4452 contain such language. Both the House Billand Senate Bill … Continue reading