Health Care (Libertarian columnists)
This is quickly becoming one of the most important issues facing America today. This topic explores all aspects of the Health Care issue.
H1N1 Vaccines, Breast Cancer, and the Congressional Health Care Bill.
by Tully (libertarian)
Published: November 22, 2009
Are the Republicans and Blue Dogs just fear-mongering when they warn about government health insurance? A look at the H1N1 vaccine and recent Breast Cancer guidelines suggest the begining of rationed care...
Letter to my Congressman
by Bruce West (libertarian)
Published: November 21, 2009
I recently wrote a letter to my senator and thought it would add to the discussions here on the "Chart"
I Love Our Government; I Detest Politics.
by John Armstrong (libertarian)
Published: November 19, 2009
They aren't the same
HR 3962 (Health Care) - on Balance a dangerous bill
by Tully (libertarian)
Published: November 8, 2009
Access to health care, health insurance, and reducing costs is important for all Americans. This bill, however, is not the way to accomplish those goals
What Physicians Know
by Joel S. Hirschhorn (libertarian)
Published: November 1, 2009
The greatest burden for physicians is dealing with private health insurance companies, which is why so many of them want Medicare to be made available to everyone.
Is the US Medical Crisis a Tax Crisis Instead?
by EJ Moosa (libertarian)
Published: October 27, 2009
The costs of the medical industry are related to supply and demand. Why are we not doing what we can to increase supply? Because that would require us to fix a broken tax code.
Our New Roofing Contractor
by Gary Wood (conservative libertarian)
Published: October 26, 2009
It seems like months have passed since we began an earnest search for a quality roofing company. There is a lot that goes in to re-roofing a home. To glean earnest estimates coupled with honest efforts proved to be challenging.
Jake Towne to Nancy Pelosi - Are YOU Serious?
by Jake Towne, the Champion of the Constitution (libertarian)
Published: October 26, 2009
My rebuke to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and my comments on the Constitution and federal powers of Congress in regards to health care and the "Commerce Clause."
Patients Rights Amendment
by Herodotus (libertarian)
Published: October 21, 2009
All persons are born with certain inalienable rights. Among these are the right to seek and obtain any reasonable treatment in a compassionate society.
Why Everybody in America is Wrong About Healthcare ... Including Libertarians and Austrian Economists
by Andy Wilcoxson (libertarian)
Published: October 13, 2009
This article is not an endorsement of "ObamaCare" or any of the healthcare reform schemes being debated in Congress. It argues for government intervention on the grounds that the American healthcare system is an "extortion racket" where free market capitalism can not function because the freewill of the consumer is compromised.
Government Heath Care - NOT
by Raven West, J.D. (libertarian)
Published: October 11, 2009
When people become dollar signs, everyone loses
Will Obama Have Veto Courage?
by Joel S. Hirschhorn (libertarian)
Published: October 2, 2009
Most likely the health care reform bill passed by Congress will not be true, needed reform. So, will President Obama have the integrity to veto it?
The Economics of Government Health Care
by Joe (libertarian)
Published: September 23, 2009
A short explanation of how government health care would quickly lead to rising costs, rationed care and overcrowding
"How are we to pay for such matters?"
by Darrell Dillard (libertarian)
Published: September 21, 2009
This is what one might believe, if the government agenda to healthcare is allowed to be enacted.
Dennis Kucinich: Poster Child for Non-Existent Constitutional Rights
by Kenn Jacobine (libertarian)
Published: September 12, 2009
Last week I blogged on how non-existent Constitutional rights granted by Congress and presidents alike were responsible for the bankruptcy of America. Thus, over the years, some of us have been given the right to a job, a certain wage, free food, retirement income, financial bailout for irresponsible behavior, and so on and so forth.
We Need More like Joe Wilson in the Senate and Congress
by Nickalis N. Tower (libertarian)
Published: September 11, 2009
On September 9th, Joe Wilson shouts 'you lie!' during President Obama's speech on Obamacare. We need more like him on Capitol Hill
Oregon Experiences Double Digit Health Insurance Rate Increases.
by Gene DeNardo (libertarian)
Published: September 9, 2009
What is revealing is not the rate increases themselves, but the reasons given.
Health Care, Is it really the issue
by Larry G. McMillan (centrist conservative libertarian)
Published: September 7, 2009
Questions concerning why so much concern over a new health care program is necessary. Why add additional cost to current insurance
The American Health Care Ferrari
by Servando Gonzalez (libertarian)
Published: September 6, 2009
Servando wants to inform his readers that he has changed his mind and is not moving to Mexico. See why.
Obama Couldn’t Care Less What America Thinks
by Kenn Jacobine (libertarian)
Published: August 28, 2009
Barack Obama showed his true colors in a recent trip to Montana. The president was in Bozeman, Montana earlier this month to conduct a town hall meeting with “citizens” on his healthcare reform plan.
In Memory of the HMO Maestro
by Lonnie Dalton (libertarian)
Published: August 28, 2009
The surprising champion of HMOs. Surprising because of his recent utter outrage over the very concept.
Euthanasia in the Health Care Plan - an Analysis.
by Lonnie Dalton (libertarian)
Published: August 28, 2009
Concerning euthanasia and "death panels" in Obama Health Care legislation.
The Government's Promises Are Worthless
by Johnny Kramer (libertarian)
Published: August 27, 2009
Johnny Kramer explains why the assurances of people in government and the media that "death panels" won't be part of the new Obamacare bill are worthless.
Get Your Astroturf In Gear!
by Rimfrel (libertarian)
Published: August 26, 2009
Conservatives don't organize professionally because we are too independent. The collective, on the other hand...
The Heath Care Debate is Making Me Sick
by Raven West, J.D. (libertarian)
Published: August 23, 2009
We'd be a great deal healthier if the news didn't make us sick
Health Care Suggestions.
by Gene DeNardo (libertarian)
Published: August 22, 2009
Any Social solution would add more money and more coverage to the mix. The Status Quo Corporate view sees no need to disturb the excellent bottom line, other than maybe another tax subsidy or two. Real reform involves radical alteration of entrenched special interest market controls.
A History of Cost Overruns Should Squash Government Run Healthcare
by Kenn Jacobine (libertarian)
Published: August 21, 2009
Why on earth would anyone believe that the federal government running healthcare will cure the high cost problem in the industry? I mean what has government ever run that even works well?
The Health Care Scare
by Raven West, J.D. (libertarian)
Published: August 20, 2009
If the Republicans don't have the votes to kill Health Care reform, maybe they can scare up a few more
A Libertarian's No-Nonsense Health Care Reform Proposal
by EJ Moosa (libertarian)
Published: August 20, 2009
Is it really so difficult to improve health care in America? Here is a series of proposals that John Galt would approve in a heartbeat.
Immoral Imperative
by Rimfrel (libertarian)
Published: August 20, 2009
Should the government be legislating morality? You have to ask?
Health Redistribution
by Rimfrel (libertarian)
Published: August 19, 2009
If there are no more medical providers, what happens when there are 20% more patients?
Why Not Government?
by Rimfrel (libertarian)
Published: August 18, 2009
Does it really matter whether the government or an insurance company decides matters of life and death? I think so.
What do you say?
by Larry G. McMillan (centrist conservative libertarian)
Published: August 17, 2009
The market place, health care and some solutions.
Rationing, Not Death Panels
by Walt Thiessen (libertarian)
Published: August 17, 2009
Republicans and conservatives and even some libertarians pushing the "death panel" stuff do us a disservice, because they misinterpret the real issue.
Psuedo Competition Within the Health Industry.
by Gene DeNardo (libertarian)
Published: August 16, 2009
Insurance, which can be extremely beneficial to the consumer, can also be used to their disadvantage in controlled markets.
What is a death panel, anyway?
by Rimfrel (libertarian)
Published: August 16, 2009
Does HR 3200 really include death panels, or was it just end-of-life legal counseling with a doctor?
My Question About Health Care
by Larry G. McMillan (centrist conservative libertarian)
Published: August 14, 2009
The question I have is why there is an absence of the judicial members in this plan. If it is good for the goose, it's good for the gander.
Let's Kill Grandma - Well All Right!
by Raven West, J.D. (libertarian)
Published: August 14, 2009
Death Panels will decide who lives or who dies, so what's wrong with that?
Lost in the Health Care Debate: Why Prices Keep Going Up
by Walt Thiessen (libertarian)
Published: August 12, 2009
As the debate rages on Capital Hill and on Main Street as to how to reform health care, it seems that everyone on both sides of the aisle have forgotten why prices go up.
Those Town Hall Protests
by Phil Manger (libertarian)
Published: August 12, 2009
Where the misinformation is really coming from.
Health Care - An Open Letter to flag@whitehouse.gov
by Jake Towne, the Champion of the Constitution (libertarian)
Published: August 10, 2009
"I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do." - Harper Lee from "To Kill a Mockingbird"
Health Care: Another Open Letter to Congressman Dent from Jake Towne
by Jake Towne, the Champion of the Constitution (libertarian)
Published: August 9, 2009
Again, I query Congressman Dent and point out his unconstitutional health care plan will have the same future result as Obamacare's socialized medicine.
American Health Care and the Intrusion of Insurance.
by Gene DeNardo (libertarian)
Published: August 6, 2009
The history of American health care is the study of an attempt to bring health care to all and to satisfy the demands of special interests at the same time.
Jake Towne for Congress 2010: Health Care Platform Announcement
by Jake Towne, the Champion of the Constitution (libertarian)
Published: August 4, 2009
"A time came when the only people who had ever been free began to ask: 'What is freedom?' " - from The People's Pottage
Government's Benevolence Equals Higher Costs
by Kenn Jacobine (libertarian)
Published: July 31, 2009
Have you ever noticed that our federal government is always venturing out of its jurisdiction in trying to make things more affordable for all of us? Our paternal/maternal leaders in D.C. never pass up a chance to try to do something to make our lives easier.
The Great Food Insurance Program
by Rodger Gamblin (libertarian)
Published: July 29, 2009
A histroy of Utopia's great food insurance program and how it all came out.
Ignoring the Root Causes of Obesity and Other Major Health Problems
by Walt Thiessen (libertarian)
Published: July 27, 2009
The latest CDC study suggesting discussing medical costs for obese patients perpetuates the wrong solution for the problem, a governmental solution that must fail in the long run.
Class Discussion on Health Care
by Thomas Locke (libertarian)
Published: July 27, 2009
Politics really shouldn't play a role in the classroom. Yet my teacher dared to experiment
Market Forces and Health Care Costs
by Kate Burch (libertarian)
Published: July 25, 2009
A plea for changing the focus of the health care debate from worrying about the "uninsured" to recognizing the pernicious effects of too much insurance.
5 Steps to Better Health Care
by Tully (libertarian)
Published: July 17, 2009
The most appropriate response to today's health care system woes is neither a single-payer bureaucracy nor a head-in-the-sand refusal to see a problem. Here are 5 rational proposals to improve health care access and reduce costs.
FDA and Acetaminophen
by Dave Chance (libertarian)
Published: July 1, 2009
There has been passed a measure that recommends that the FDA ban both Vicodin and Percocet.
Delusional Health Care Reform
by Joel S. Hirschhorn (libertarian)
Published: June 25, 2009
Unless we replace the awful, inefficient and profit driven private health insurance industry with a government single payer system there is no real health care reform.
An Open Letter to John Cornyn and the Congress
by John Kozy (centrist liberal libertarian)
Published: June 19, 2009
If private insurance companies had any interest or desire to provide Americans with a high-quality healthcare system, it has had half a century to do it and hasn’t. Private industry has no interest in solving social problems. Never has, never will have. It’s only interest is profit. And profit buys no medicine.
Just Say "NO" to Socialized Medicine
by Chuck Angier (libertarian)
Published: June 19, 2009
After at least 47 years and $13 trillion in public funding, isn't it time to look in a different direction?
Health Care Socio-Fascism
by Todd Andrew Barnett (libertarian)
Published: June 17, 2009
Americans who support President Obama’s “health care reform” plan involving the creation of a new public “government” insurance plan that would require private companies except for small businesses to provide it ought to be a red flag.
The "50 Laboratories" Model
by Jake Towne, the Champion of the Constitution (libertarian)
Published: June 8, 2009
Much of what our federal government is doing right now is not just illegal and unconstitutional, it's also just plain stupid. How about using some "Common Sense"?
Re: Health Care - An Open Letter to Congressman Dent from Jake Towne
by Jake Towne, the Champion of the Constitution (libertarian)
Published: June 4, 2009
The federal Congress is not authorized by the Constitution to legislate on health care without a constitutional amendment. Obviously, there is some disagreement with this as the Democrats are pushing their "ObamaCare" plan very hard. What are your thoughts?
Health Care Cartel Announces Price Cut
by Gene DeNardo (libertarian)
Published: May 15, 2009
Representatives of the Health Care Industry offer to adjust prices for the President.
Don't Close the Borders
by George Phillies (libertarian)
Published: May 13, 2009
Libertarians condemn the notion that we should seal our borders to stop the spread of H1N1, which is already inside the United States.
Vaccines Part 1 (The Big Five)
by -savoy (libertarian)
Published: March 10, 2009
Keep on shooting up your kids with mercury infused degenerative viral solutions. And keep hoping for something to change.
The Democratic Party Death Cult
by Vox Populi...Sometimes (libertarian)
Published: February 11, 2009
Nationalized health care leaves little care indeed.
Healthcare Crisis
by Joe W. (libertarian)
Published: December 23, 2008
My take on a real crisis in America.
A New Look on Health "Care"
by C.M. Padilla (conservative libertarian)
Published: December 16, 2008
An opinion on weather or not America deserves national health care and an attempt to redefine what health care is.
Who Could Have Predicted This?
by RS Davis (libertarian)
Published: October 22, 2008
Hawaii ends its Universal Healthcare for children...
Complaint re: Veteran Suicide Cover-Up by Department of Veteran Affairs Mental Health Division
by Jake Towne, the Champion of the Constitution (libertarian)
Published: October 5, 2008
Did you know that 18 American war veterans die every day? And did you know that Veteran's Affairs has no idea why? And did you know....
The Kent Snyder $400,000 Reality Check
by Bob Nightingale (libertarian)
Published: July 14, 2008
Long-time Ron Paul confidant Kent Snyder died recently at the age of 49. He had no medical insurance and left his family with a bill of $400,000.
Health Care vs. Pizza
by George Dance (libertarian)
Published: July 6, 2008
If we want pizza as available as health care, we know which reforms to adopt. Conversely, if we want health care as available as pizza, we know which to abolish.
Company developing a promising anti-aging therapy from FDA approved drugs
by Michael McDonnough (libertarian)
Published: May 22, 2008
A US corporation is in development of an anti aging or rejuvenation therapy using only FDA approved prescription and non-prescription drugs
John Edwards' bane. The McCain health plan.
by Michael Stahl (libertarian)
Published: May 15, 2008
McCain's health plan has some good points, but also the glaring flaw of tort reform.
How to Get Universal Health Care
by Joel S. Hirschhorn (centrist liberal libertarian)
Published: May 2, 2008
Americans deserve to get the constitutional right to affordable universal health care.
FDA Follies
by RS Davis (libertarian)
Published: May 1, 2008
How many people does the FDA kill? And how many are we willing to let it kill?
Finding a Cure For AIDS
by Troy Camplin (libertarian)
Published: April 22, 2008
We are looking for a cure for AIDS when we should be trying to find a cure for it. This is a question of incentives.
a forgotten merit of socialized medicine
by Carter Brown (libertarian)
Published: April 4, 2008
We generally think of those who want universal health care as left wing flunkies and poor people, and the irresponsible, but that isn't true.
Remote Area Medical : The Healthcare Savior?
by JJJ (libertarian)
Published: March 2, 2008
Is Remote Area Medical the wave of the future for health care to the poor? Find out what may become tomorrow’s solutions for health care...
US Health Care Is An Oxymoron
by Jahfre Fire Eater (libertarian)
Published: February 28, 2008
The unintended consequences of government manipulation are explored through my recent personal health crisis and recovery.
Health Care to consume 20% of GDP by 2017
by Chuck Angier (libertarian)
Published: February 26, 2008
The HHS Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, (CMS), announced today that health care would be consuming 20% of our GDP by 2017
Health Insurance: Problem or Solution?
by Chuck Angier (libertarian)
Published: February 18, 2008
Is universal, mandatory health insurance what we want, or do we really want to provide health care to those that need it?
Universal Health Care and Clean Drinking Water
by World (libertarian)
Published: January 30, 2008
Our nation is blessed with great wealth. Can we not provide basic health services for all citizens?
What's Wrong with Having to Choose Between Food and Medicine.
by rtbohan (libertarian)
Published: January 12, 2008
The argument for universal health care is that people shouldn't have to hoose between food and medicine. But somebody will make the choice.
Partnership with Government Can Create Healthcare Nightmare For All
by Steven McDuffie (libertarian)
Published: January 8, 2008
This article is written as a response to Rep. Jim McDermott's Op/Ed piece endorsing socialized medicine.
The actual cost of social medicine
by Steve Jones (libertarian)
Published: January 3, 2008
Why a single payer system is a bad idea to give us affordable health care. Government monopolies raise costs and do nothing to actually lower the cost of the care.
Ron Paul Smokes'em On Marijuana For Sickos
by Scott from Oregon (libertarian)
Published: December 31, 2007
The Republican Presidential Field Has Only One Doctor When It Comes To Using Marijuana To Relieve The Symptoms Of The Sick
Free Health Care
by Sterling (libertarian)
Published: December 14, 2007
Free Health Care may not be free.
Exodus Secrets can Save America
by Melinda Pillsbury-Foster (libertarian)
Published: October 19, 2007
You thought that the Manna that rained down from Heaven was a myth. Wrong. It was real. Hear the truth; a story that pulls back the veil, bringing with it solutions to the most egregious problems we face today rebuilding our economy and giving all humankind hope.
A Better Way To Handle Rising Health Care Costs For Children
by Walt Thiessen (libertarian)
Published: September 27, 2007
Why is it that anytime a discussion comes up in Congress about having yet another way to fund Health Care at taxpayers' expense, neither major party actually talks about reducing the cost of health care?
Two Health Care Options
by Walt Thiessen (libertarian)
Published: August 28, 2007
It has become clear that the politicians at all levels of government are determined to push this country into nationalizing health care, one painful step at a time. For those who don't want to live under nationalized health care (for good reason), it's time to discuss having two, separate health care systems.
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