corristo Posted August 9, 2009 Report Share Posted August 9, 2009 (edited) I was wondering if, since this is one of the hot button issues right now, and since it will affect everyone in country greatly, we could amass a lot of links/information here of *quality* content that combats socialized/single payer/what have you basically non-free market health care systems. Anything from research on other countries to things here at home, and especially things about how things were before the government intervened in health care here and how government screwed it up. This would also assist people discussing this with people that disagree on the free-market system for healthcare in providing content/sources to back up their positions. Something especially necessary in this matter given all of the "nonsense" all over the place. Not sure if this is the proper place to post this but if not please move it for me and I apologize. Thank You. I have a few here to start things off: Sweden's Government Healthcare http://economics.gmu.edu/wew/articles/09/S...tHealthCare.htm The Real Right to Medical Care Versus Socialized Medicine By George Reisman http://www.capitalism.net/articles/SOC_MED...20Medicine.html AARP Town Hall Meeting on Health Care - Dallas, August 4, 2009 AARP Refuses to Answer Questions, Ends Meeting Early, Members Continue It http://soitgoesinshreveport.blogspot.com/2...wn-hall-on.html One Doctor's Perspective on Healthcare http://soitgoesinshreveport.blogspot.com/2...-obamacare.html Edited August 9, 2009 by corristo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L-C Posted August 12, 2009 Report Share Posted August 12, 2009 (edited) From your first link: "Mr. D., a Gothenburg multiple sclerosis patient, was prescribed a new drug. His doctor's request was denied because the drug was 33 percent more expensive than the older medicine. Mr. D. offered to pay for the medicine himself but was prevented from doing so. The bureaucrats said it would set a bad precedent and lead to unequal access to medicine." There you go. His paying for his own care would not cause any harm, but quite the opposite. Yet the government would forcibly prevent this. Egalitarianism. Equal share for everyone, even if net destruction of human lives is the price. I've said it numerous times before and I'll say it again: altruism is not ultimately about redistribution, but annihilation. Hell, in many cases it's not even partially about redistribution. Swedish schools will actively deny gifted children competent education in the name of equality, even when they themselves would benefit from increased production and thus tax revenue. Pure nihilism. Edited August 12, 2009 by L-C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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