Everybody in a country with “universal health care” has a “right” to health care, but Americans do not—or so it is argued. “Health care reform” is supposed to correct a moral deficiency in the United […]
2009 Access to Care Survey posted 3/22/2010 Of 518 physicians responding to our 2009 survey on access to care, 4% reported being not enrolled in Medicare; 21%, opted out; 59%, participating; and 10%, nonparticipating. Of […]
The usual response to concerns about the months-long waiting lists for surgery in Canada and Britain is that this is a mere inconvenience, a small price to pay for universal “free” care. If you have […]
Based on 173 deaths in the Harvard Medical Practice study, and extrapolating to the entire U.S. population, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) has been claiming for almost a decade that as many as 98,000 Americans […]
In a meeting with some directors of the Pima County Medical Society in May, Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) said that his “health care reform” plan was the one with the best chance of passage. It […]
Another Democrat – Rep Barney Frank of MA — finally admits that the “Public Plan” provisions in the health care bills are intended to lead the U.S. to a single-payer, socialized system. “The best way […]
The strategy during the August recess was outlined by Paul Begala, a Democrat strategist close to the White House: “Supporters of reform have to put the status quo on trial” (Politico.com 7/26/09).
The more carefully the bill is read, the more problems we find. Here is a collection from a variety of sources: Regulation of health insurance: Diagrams by Leading Edge Policy and Strategy, on behalf of […]
If “democracy” means a nationally televised speech by the Leader, the expenditure of tens of millions of dollars by pressure groups, and a frenzied process of voting on a short deadline, then this is a […]
The uninsured are frequently vilified as “free riders” who receive care but shift the cost onto others—when they are not being portrayed as victims who don’t get as much medical care as some think they […]
