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Health Care Is Not a Right

WEBDelivered under the auspices of Americans for Free Choice in Medicine at a Town Hall meeting on the Clinton Health Plan, Red Lion Hotel, Costa Mesa, California, …

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No Right to “Free” Health Care

WEBHealth insurance costs so much today because the government, on the premise that there exists a “right” to health care at someone else’s expense, has promised Americans a …

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The Right Vision Of Health Care

WEBThe solution to this ongoing crisis is to recognize that the very idea of a “right” to health care is a perversion. There can be no such thing as a “right” to products or services …

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50 Years Down the Road of Socialized Medicine

WEBFifty years ago, on July 30, 1965, President Lyndon Johnson signed into law Medicare and Medicaid, marking America’s first major steps towards the socialization of …

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Medicine: The Death of a Profession

WEBBUY THE BOOK. This lecture was delivered at the Ford Hall Forum on April 14, 1985, more than twenty years after Ayn Rand’s talk to the New Jersey doctors, and was published …

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What About Private Health Emergencies

WEBWhat About Private Health Emergencies? by Tom Bowden | April 08, 2010. Just when swine flu was expected to peak, it has mysteriously faded from view. Now …

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Medicare and Medicaid Turn Fifty

WEBMedicare and Medicaid, which today pay the medical bills of one in three Americans, were passed on the premise that medical care is a right which individuals …

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Understanding the Arguments for Universal Health Care [Video]

WEBUniversal health care, a system in which the government guarantees everyone a certain level of medical care, is considered by many an ideal. In countries …

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What Happens To The Sick Under Capitalism

WEBMichael, a reader, asks, “Under capitalism, what happens to a sick person who can’t pay for health care? Does he just die on the street corner?”

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Voices for Reason

WEBAdvocates of universal coverage seek to create a society in which, if you can’t afford health insurance, the government forces others to provide it for you. What is …

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The Road to Socialized Medicine Is Paved with Pre-existing …

WEBWashington’s control of medicine has grown slowly, evolving piecemeal over decades. Even before Obamacare, half of all heath care spending was controlled by the …

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The Road to Socialized Medicine Is Paved with Pre-existing …

WEBAfter some careful deliberation, you decide to launch the business. You launch the first health insurance company. Your idea quickly catches on, and soon other …

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Socialized Medicine Comes to Vermont

WEBAt Vox.com, Sarah Kliff documents efforts in Vermont to socialize the financing of medical care in the state. The relevant legislation was signed into law in …

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Message to Future Doctors: You Matter

WEBTonight I’m speaking at a panel event for medical students at Georgetown University. Titled “The ACA and the Evolution of Our Health Care System,” the event will …

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POV: How Not To Fight Against Socialized Medicine

WEBHow Not To Fight Against Socialized Medicine. by Ayn Rand. (This is a condensed version of a talk given by Miss Rand on February 6 at a meeting of the …

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Obamacare vs. Medical Innovation: You Can’t Have Both

WEBIn The Wall Street Journal, Scott W. Atlas of the Hoover Institution discusses various government policies that are threatening medical innovation. He identifies …

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Who cares about inequality

WEBWho cares about inequality? 5 toward oligarchy is real and gives little reason for optimism about where the United States is headed.” 6 The bottom line, according to Obama, is …

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The Myth about Ayn Rand and Social Security

WEBIn contrast, the advocate of Social Security on Rand’s view is not the victim but the supporter of legalized plunder, whether he realizes it or not. This fact morally …

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Join us for the Atlas Shrugged Revolution Dinner in New York City

WEBDon’t miss the eighth annual Atlas Shrugged Revolution benefit dinner in New York City on Thursday, September 29, 2016.. Please join Lars Christensen, co-founder …

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