David Kopel: Guns, Mental Illness and Newtown
- December 19, 2012
In a recent GOP debate, moderator Wolf Blitzer presented Ron Paul a false alternative: forced charity or letting an uninsured man die. Beth Haynes, MD. writes: “Our only options are not “Government Control or Let Them Die.” Restoring our freedom will Let Us Live.” Continue reading
READ MOREThe American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has approved a Resolution Against PPACA Health Insurance Exchanges advocating the state legislators refrain from planning or establishing an ObamaCare health insurance “exchange.” Continue reading
READ MOREThe fundamental problem in health care is not that we are using too much of one payment mechanism (e.g. fee-for-service) and too little of another. The problem is that the person who benefits from the service is not the same as the person who pays the bill. Continue reading
READ MOREHad Jobs been under the care of the British National Health Service (NHS) or the Canadian Medicare system, he almost certainly would have died two years earlier. That would have been a major loss for the world, by anyone’s reckoning. Continue reading
READ MORE” Politicians are spending other people’s money, so their incentive to prevent fraud is far less. Therefore, fraud will always be higher in government programs than in similar market endeavors.” Continue reading
READ MOREDon’t confuse controlling health care costs with controlling spending. A government health plan can contain spending by refusing to pay for life-saving treatments, but this would impose great costs. Continue reading
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