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False Alternative: “Is Health Care a Right or a Privilege?”

Thursday, September 3rd, 2009

by Michael Cloud

“Do you believe health care is a right or a privilege?” the CNN host asked two guests.

“Health care is a right, not a privilege,” said speaker after speaker at televised memorials for the late Senator Ted Kennedy.

“Is health care a right or a privilege?” ask hosts and guests on NPR, PBS, CNN, and MSNBC. You’ll read the question dozens of times on Big Government Blogs and websites. In essays and articles by Big Government partisans promoting Government-run medical care, or Government Monopoly-Funded medical insurance.

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“6 Simple Ways to Dramatically Cut Costs of Medical Care – at Zero Expense to Taxpayers”

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009

by Michael Cloud

Imagine that the federal and state governments imposed laws, regulations, restrictions, and mandates on medical care that drastically increased the cost – without improving medical care.

What if it were possible to cut your medical care costs by 20% or 30% or even 50% now – while keeping current levels of quality and service – by repealing and removing these government-created burdens and barriers?

If this were possible, would you want it?

Would you want the U.S. Congress to repeal and remove these laws, regulations, restrictions, and mandates?

Would you want your state legislature to do the same?

Yes? Well, these government-imposed burdens and barriers DO exist – and your federal and state legislators CAN repeal and remove them.

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“Why We Need More UNinsured Americans”

Monday, August 17th, 2009

by Carla Howell

This column was originally published April 13, 2006. The cost of insurance premiums have risen steadily since then.

Socialized medicine’s true believers – who dominate the ranks of mainstream news reporters and politicians – try to bludgeon us into believing that the lack of medical insurance is a crisis, a disaster, and a never-ending emergency.

Here’s an example of how a news report typically casts the “uninsured”:

“The number of uninsured or underinsured people in the United States is estimated to be about 46 million… they sit on the edge of catastrophe.” (Journal Times, Wisconsin, February 27, 2006)

But “uninsured” Americans are usually nowhere near “catastrophe.” They have plenty of access to urgent care when they need it.

Moreover, they save themselves a boatload of money by steering clear of one of America’s biggest money pits: health insurance.

We don’t need more insurance in America. We need much less.

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