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HCPC_logoThe Health Care Policy Center’s focus is on public policy that safeguards consumers’ ability to determine their own choices about their own health care and the care of their families. HCPC fights the expansion of government directed health care that infringes upon individual choice. Director Linda Gorman has earned a reputation as one of the nation’s leading experts in free market health care issues.

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  • Give a Dollar to the Man on the Corner?0

    What about the guy with the cardboard sign? Should you give him a dollar or feel guilty for not doing so?

    First, let’s consider why he is out there. The sign usually announces he is hungry, and wants money to buy food. The street people who ask for spare change usually say they want to buy a sandwich or a cup of coffee. We don’t trust politicians or used car salesmen. Should we trust the guy on the corner?

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  • It Isn't About Kids, And It Isn't About Tobacco0

    One of the remarkable aspects of the anti-smoking hysteria is the extent to which it has been bankrolled by huge foundations with extremist public policy agendas. One constantly hears about all the money that tobacco companies spend on the issue. One never hears about the millions spent by the big non-profits. They want their share of the additional wealth and power that more tobacco regulation would funnel into government hands, and they are willing to spend big bucks to get it.

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  • Is Gun Control A New Religion?0

    Some candidates for Jefferson County Sheriff want to issue more permits to carry concealed handguns. District Attorney Dave Thomas has sent a letter to each of the candidates asking for their views on concealed weapons permitting. “As chief law enforcement officer in the county, I need to know how they stand,” Thomas said. Like everyone else, Mr. Thomas can find out where candidates stand by reading the newspapers. Voters may need to know what business he has questioning candidates for office in his official capacity.

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  • Jefferson County Schools Sacrifice Boys to Appease Feminists0

    “The pursuit of happiness” used to be considered one of the rights of American citizenship. According to the Declaration of Independence, governments that interfere with the right are supposed to be altered or abolished. Now that the Jefferson County School District has gone along with a U.S. Office of Civil Rights decision to penalize boys for their interest in athletics, the Jeffco schools are going to have to start explaining why Thomas Jeffersons Declaration of Independence doesnt apply in Jefferson County any more.

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  • Towards Non-Destructive Government0

    At bottom, there are only two models of government. One gives the State the presumptive power to manage an individuals life. The other gives it to the individual. Throughout history State management has been by far been the most common model. In times past it was called “the divine right of kings,” in modern times it is called “socialism.” The founders of the United States broke with this tradition when they created a republic with a strictly limited government. In the American model, government was designed to serve individuals, not master them.

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  • Anti-Smoking Zealots Snuff the Rule of Law0

    Representative Diana DeGette recently introduced a bill in Congress to raise the legal age for cigarette smoking from 18 to 21. This will protect Our Children from the horrors of cigarette smoking. Ms. DeGette and her colleagues consider 18 year olds mature enough to drive, work, vote, go to war, marry, fornicate, and have abortions. Heaven forbid that they should be allowed to smoke.

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Linda Gorman, Director, Health Care Policy Center
Email: Linda@i2i.org
Phone: 303-279-6536, ext 107

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