In health care, and all fields, it’s better to see what competition can do rather than letting the government and its cronies decide what to allow.
Healthcare
Judging Elizabeth Warren’s Health Care Plan
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., wants "Medicare for All," as does Sen. Bernie Sanders, D-Vt., her self-described "Democratic socialist" rival. Unlike Sanders, however, Warren claims she can finance her plan by raising taxes only on the superrich....
Third Party Payments: One Problem With the U.S. Medical Care System
The pursuit of one form or another of third-party payment for health care services has removed most incentives for consumers to be careful about how they spend money.
Reality Stands in the Way of Socialist Healthcare Fantasies
Ask every politician promising to take over your medical care what they are doing for the veterans now in their care, or for those veterans who have died while languishing on lists while waiting for it.
The Dirty Secret Behind Elizabeth Warren’s Medicare-For-All
Elizabeth Warren has vehemently refused to say if the middle class would see its taxes go up to pay for M4A or how she would pay for this.
Health Care Is Not A Right
The term “socialized medicine” is never used. Instead we hear demands for “universal,” “mandatory,” “single-payer,” and/or “comprehensive” systems.
Free Markets are Good Medicine
There is an unstated context behind the health care debate. Those who prefer government management of medicine have a wider agenda: they hate the idea of a free market in medicine because they hate the idea of free markets in anything. Of course,...
The Government Boot on Your Doctor's Neck
We live in an age when the secretary of the Interior and the White House press secretary proudly and publicly proclaim that they will keep their "boot on the neck" of an oil company. This new manifestation of "hope" and "change" is ominous at a...
Individualism is the Political Foundation of Healthcare
Individualism remains the best tool to deny government the power to force us to buy health insurance in general or forbid the purchase of the kind of health care plan we prefer.
The Federal Death Agency (FDA)
The path to genetic cures and radical life extension begins with the abolition of that Servant of Death: the FDA.
Universal Health Care Freedom on the Fourth of July
"Universal Health Care" is the increasing drumbeat of advocates who want Americans to place all responsibility for their health care in the hands of government. They say health care needs require us to put aside such considerations as personal...
American Health Care: Essential Principles and 50 Common Fallacies
A very important article by Richard Ralston.
Universal Freedom: The Only Hope for Health Care
“Universal Health Care” is the increasing drumbeat of advocates who want Americans to place all responsibility for their health care in the hands of government.
Vape Wars: Pro-Smoking Government’s Demonization of Vaping and E-cigarettes
Americans who might make the rational choice to pick e-cigarettes over burning tobacco are now more likely to be killed by conventional cigarettes.
“Single-Payer” Health Care Socialism
People say America has free-market health care, but we don’t, and we haven’t since World War II. Government and government-subsidized insurance companies currently spend most of America’s health dollars.
Something About Medical Care We Can Defend
The end of the “mandate” or tax to force individuals to enroll in ObamaCare will not restore the lost private insurance that President Obama falsely promised we could keep, but it has ended a gross injustice.
Pro-Capitalist Ideas Can Reverse Out-of-Control Government Spending and Taxing
The world of plunder can be replaced with a community of free people pursuing mutually beneficial peaceful production.
The Appeal of Snake Oil
As long as there is demand for (willingness-to-buy) snake oil products there will be snake oil businesses.
