All Posts Tagged With: "government health care"
Obamacare and the Legacy of Progressivism
In the end, the bill will be whatever the White House wants it to be. The ultimate legacy of “Progressivism” is that political debate no longer matters.
23Dec2009 | William L. Anderson | 4 comments | ContinuedAmerican Health Care edited by Roger Feldman
Independent Institute · 2000 · 429 pages · $39.95 Reviewed by Vincent Cangello, M.D. American Health Care is the work of 15 writers expert in different facets of the health-care delivery debate. I regard it as one of the best books on the problems in our health-care system since Paul Starr’s 1982 prize winner, The [...]
1Aug2001 | Vincent Cangello M.D. | 0 comments | ContinuedSmoke Got in Their Eyes
Economics pervades life. Many people (not Freeman readers) will misinterpret that remark to mean that money is all that’s important. That common misinterpretation testifies to the dearth of economic education in America. To say economics pervades life is the same as saying that choice pervades life. Everything we do volitionally requires that we choose one [...]
1Mar1999 | Sheldon Richman | 0 comments | ContinuedGuess Who Paved the Road to Socialized Medicine?
Nearly one year ago, Congress passed and President Clinton signed into law the largest expansion of government health care since 1965, when Medicaid and Medicare were created. This new federally funded program, titled “State Children’s Health Insurance Program” (SCHIP), gives states the authority to enlarge government health insurance programs for children, including medical services in [...]
1Jul1998 | Sue A. Blevins | 4 comments | Continued-
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