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Obama Care
We all agree that medical care should cost less and be available to more people. The problem is that most of the health care reform proposals coming from Congress and the White House are reforms designed to give government more … Continue reading
Single-payer “universal” car care
This video is an entry for the Galen’s Institute’s “Do No Harm” contest. All the entries are here. I haven’t watched them all, but I’ve learned something. Each video is about 90 seconds. If it doesn’t grab my attention in … Continue reading
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Tagged health care video, persuasion, single payer
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The “public plan” deception: Isn’t it about choice
A scary video showing that the proponents of the “public” medical insurance plan see this as a means to establishing a monopoly on medical insurance. I’d like to see this video go “viral.” If you would too, take a moment … Continue reading
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Tagged health care video, Public Health Plan, single payer
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In Canada, regulators decide who gets care
On April 14 the Denver Post published an excellent letter by Tish Jeffers of Centennial. Excellent work, Tish! Re: “Look to Canada for single-payer success,” April 11 letter to the editor. So, Timothy Snowden, who visits Canada often, has polled … Continue reading
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Tagged Canada health, choice, coverage is not care, single payer
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HB 1273: Politicians cannot “guarantee” health care
Politicians cannot guarantee healthcare, but by trying they can create an unaccountable and toxic insurance monopoly. So beware of Colorado House Bill 1273, which will be heard by the House Business Affairs and Labor Committee on March 18. The Rocky … Continue reading
RMN: Liberty is best prescription for health care
As published in the Rocky Mountain News: At the recent Colorado Health Care Summit, Barack Obama’s Cabinet pick Tom Daschle said his boss’s “commitment to changing the health-care system remains strong and focused.” But in the wrong direction. Obama has … Continue reading
“Colorado Guaranteed Health Care Act” doesn’t guarantee health care
State Representative John Kefalas, D-Fort Collins, says that under his single-payer health care plan, the “Colorado Guaranteed Health Care Act,” “people can choose their own doctor and get high-quality care.” Here he overlooks a critical distinction: health insurance or prepaid … Continue reading
Stossel, Sick in America, Part 3
Continued from Part 2. Topics: Is “free” medical care in France, Germany, Britain, and Canada is really wonderful? When products are free at the point of service, demand goes through the roof. People pay by waiting. England: 18 week wait for hospital care, people lined … Continue reading
British National Health Service denies care
From the Daily Mail : How the NHS is letting my father die – by a top hospital consultant by Sarah Anderson Eye specialist Sarah Anderson works at York Hospital . Her father Ian has been refused Sutent, a new … Continue reading
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Pregnant in Canada? Go the U.S.
Last week the Globe and Mail reported that: More than 100 Canadian women with high-risk pregnancies have been sent to United States hospitals over the past year – in what a doctors’ group attributes to the lack of a national … Continue reading