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Vermont’s path to single-payer medicine: coverage will not guarantee care
“Upon examination, Vermont’s new law is not actually the start of single-payer health care, but rather the continuation of failed state government attempts to socialize the state’s health care system.” – Sally Pipes, Pacific Research Inst. Continue reading
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England’s NHS ‘creaking at the seams’ as waiting lists rise
The Telegraph (UK) reminds us that single-payer “universal” health care is really universal misery: “A senior doctors’ leader has warned that the NHS is “creaking at the seams” as official figures showed almost a third more patients are waiting too long to be treated in hospital.” Continue reading
Health care: Maine moves toward freedom, Vermont toward single-payer authoritarianism
Maine adopts free-market reforms (though they conflict with federal health control bill), while Vermont goes single payer. Continue reading
NHS in England fails to meet “even the most basic standards of care”
“The National Health Service is today condemned over its inhumane treatment of elderly patients in an official report that finds hospitals are failing to meet “even the most basic standards of care” for the over-65s” – Telegraph Continue reading
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Obama admits health “reform” is a means to single payer.
President Obama: … when Social Security was passed, it applied to widows and orphans, and it was a very restricted program … But the point was that we had created a framework that allowed us then to continue to make progress. That’s … Continue reading
It’s Not Health Care ‘Reform’; It’s Exploitation
Scratch a health care “reformer” and you’re likely to find a health care exploiter. To stop health care exploitation we must address the root issue: the nature of rights and the purpose of government. Continue reading
Obama: government can’t & shouldn’t “run health care.” Whatever
Boston Globe Columnist Jeff Jacoby points out an what President Obama said in a 2009 address: I don’t believe that government can or should run health care. Yet, at a 2008 town hall meeting in New Mexico, Senator Obama said: … Continue reading
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Polis calls for Senate to add “public option” to health care bill
Polis calls for Senate to add public option to health care bill, reports the Daily Camera (Boulder). As Paul Hsieh, MD has noted: In the Dec. 10 [2008] Wall Street Journal, Polis wrote: “Our United States Congress… now finds itself … Continue reading
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Health care bill: fly government airlines!
Please enjoy (and pass around) our latest video, health care reform. It is less than 90 seconds and chock full of laughs and fun! Also, check out our other videos to the right of this post. Similar Posts: Single-payer “universal” … Continue reading
Obama Care: Trojan Horse for Socialized Medicine
by Henry Payne for Reason. (via BigGovHealth) Similar Posts: Stossel, Sick in America, Part 4 State Attorneys General challenge Senator Nelson’s Nebraska bribe Pro-liberty reactions to Virginia health care lawsuit (Cuccinelli-v-Sebelius) Will health care bill bring Canadian horror stories to … Continue reading