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| 1 Dec - 2 Dec 2006, Health and Wealth Conference, in Foster City, California |
| Articles |
A Clarion Call for Health Independence, by Wendy McElroy, 31 Jan 2007
Related Topics: Marriage, Personal Responsibility
A review of the movie Lorenzo's Oil (1992)
"On a more political level, the overriding theme is 'Question Authority.' ... It is not merely that experts are shown to be fallible and constrained by narrow thinking. It is that ordinary people are shown to be capable of realizing their own self-interest even in 'expert only' areas." |
Alternative Medicine Is Libertarian Medicine, by Butler Shaffer, 2 Dec 2006
Related Topics: Life, The State
"There are a number of factors contributing to ... decentralization in health care. (1) The rapidly increasing costs of traditional medicine ... (2) An awareness ... that equally or even more effective health alternatives and remedies are available ... (3) An attraction to the more individualized treatment afforded by alternative methods ... (4) A growing awareness of the role of self-healing and individualized health maintenance practices." |
| Bad Medicine, by Sheldon Richman, Freedom Daily, Nov 2003 |
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Congressman Flake: Medicare Proposal Not Consistent With Republican Principles: Costly New Entitlement Will Only Hasten Medicare's Insolvency, by Jeff Flake, 17 Nov 2003
News release
"This proposal flies in the face of the principles of limited government and individual responsibility that Republicans are supposed to stand for ... The enormous cost of this proposal will only hasten Medicare’s insolvency ... this looks like nothing more than an extremely expensive way to buy votes." |
In Defense of a Free Market in Health Care, by Robert D. Helmholdt, 16 Apr 2004
Related Topic: Free Markets |
Lowering the Cost of Health Care, by Ron Paul, Ron Paul's Texas Straight Talk, 21 Aug 2006
"For decades, the U.S. healthcare system was the envy of the entire world. Not coincidentally, there was far less government involvement in medicine during this time. America had the finest doctors and hospitals, patients enjoyed high quality, affordable medical care, and thousands of private charities provided health services for the poor." |
| Medicare Rx Reform: The Road to Medical Serfdom, by Sheldon Richman, Health Freedom Watch, 23 Jun 2003 |
Self-Deception about Medical Care, by Sheldon Richman, 15 Feb 2006
Related Topic: Government
"Long before there was Medicare and Medicaid, many people of modest and low income received decent medical care through fraternal organizations. Lodges would sign contracts with doctors, in effect buying services in bulk that ... would be distributed to members and their families at affordable prices." |
Socialized Medicine in a Wealthy Country, by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr., Mises.org Daily Article, 2 Dec 2006
Related Topics: Capitalism, Government, Life Extension, Socialism
"There are two popular images of socialized medicine. ... the delusional left ... imagine that if most health care were publicly provided and administered by the state, people of all social classes, age groups, and races and sexes, would have equal access. Enlightened public bureaucrats would make the essential decisions about health priorities." |
Why We Need More 'Uninsured' Americans, by Carla Howell, 13 Apr 2006
"Neither patients nor providers have incentive to keep costs down. This encourages doctors to prescribe procedures you don’t need — raising costs for insurance companies. They respond in turn by raising the price of your premiums, raising the amount you must pay for co-pays and deductibles, and reducing the services they cover." |
Why is Medical Care so Expensive?, by Hans F. Sennholz, Mises.org Daily Article, 22 Aug 2006
"Few observers dare to state that spiraling health-care costs are the inevitable consequence of a 1965 Social Security amendment molding Medicare and Medicaid. ... Politicians representing the beneficiaries are demanding ever more outlays, others speaking and acting for the people who are forced to cover the deficits are opposing the charges." |
Substance, not style, by Daniel Koffler, 9 Feb 2008
Related Topics: Barack Obama, Free Trade
Contrasts several of Obama's issue positions with those of Hillary Clinton and argues his approach could be called left-libertarianism
"Obama's preference for reducing healthcare costs while preserving the freedom to choose whether or not to participate in the healthcare system ... is not a one-off discrepancy without broader implications. ... Obama's healthcare plan is specifically designed to give people good reason to buy in, without coercing them." |
What Crisis?, by Scott McPherson, 18 Sep 2006
Related Topics: Rights
"There's no crisis here that hasn't been created by government interventionism. So-called patients' rights advocates claim that health-care workers have an ethical obligation to serve their patients. ... Those who feel that their religious liberty is being violated for being asked to perform tasks contrary to their beliefs are likewise missing the mark." |
Winning the Battle for Freedom and Prosperity, by John Mackey, Liberty, Jun 2006
Related Topics: Business, Educational Freedom, Free Markets, Health, Life Extension, Personal Responsibility, Socialism
Updated from speech given at FreedomFest 2004
"Socialized health care seems very idealistic, and as such, appeals to many people. However, ... We know the single-payer system means health care rationing through queuing up in long lines for expensive treatments and denial of some services to many of the elderly as too expensive." |
| Cartoons |
| Humpty Dumpty Sat on a Wall!, by Chuck Asay, Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph, 10 Jan 2008 |
Is This Operation Safe, Dr. Clinton?, by Chuck Asay, 18 Jun 2005
Related Topic: Canada |
| Books |
Mortal Peril: Our Inalienable Right to Health Care?
by Richard A. Epstein, 1997 |
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The Dangers of Socialized Medicine
by Jacob G. Hornberger (Editor), Richard M. Ebeling (Editor), The Future of Freedom Foundation, 1994 |
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