myths & fallacies

Jared Polis, you’re wrong: Obamacare is a government takeover 0
- February 28, 2012
Colorado Congressman Jared Polis (D-Boulder) claims that ObamaCare is not “a government takeover of the health care industry.” He’s wrong. The only way he could be correct is that if he acknowledged how much government controlled the industry before ObamaCare. Continue reading →
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PolitiFact’s “lie of the year” once again not a lie 0
- December 30, 2011
PolitiFact’s past three Lies of the Year have been about health care. Not one of them was a lie. … Moreover, even if these three statements were false, the speakers believed them to be true. Therefore, they cannot be lies. Every single Lie of the Year award has gotten that basic fact wrong. Continue reading →
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U.S. health care: Do We Really Spend More and Get Less?0
- December 12, 2011
Spending computations are inaccurate. [T]here is another way to assess the cost of health care. We can count up the real resources being used. … doctors per capita, more hospital beds, etc.,… On this score, the United States looks really good. Continue reading →
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ObamaCare’s Preventive-Care Subsidies: Neither Free nor Cost-Effective | Cato @ Liberty 0
- December 8, 2011
Read Michael Cannon‘s post ObamaCare’s Preventive-Care Subsidies: Neither Free nor Cost-Effective | Cato @ Liberty.
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Health care & the myth of United States’ poor life expectancy 0
- December 2, 2011
If you really want to compare medical care outcomes in different countries, just looking at life expectancy is wrong. The best way to do it is [to measure survival rates and longevity] at the point of medical intervention. Continue reading →
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False Alternative: Forced Charity or “Let Them Die”0
- October 26, 2011
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 →
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