Government programs and policies allegedly aimed at keeping Americans healthy achieve the very opposite result. Medicare, Medicaid, and Obamacare all subsidize demand without increasing supply, causing prices to rise. The result is that health care has become absurdly expensive. Consequently, almost no one is able to purchase health goods or services as needs arise. So …
Category Archive: Slave Plantation Healthcare
Aug 15
Not one of the government’s Obamacare promises has been kept
According to economist Stephen Moore, Obamacare has fueled an industry of “charities” who promote ever-more regulation of health care and ever-more tax dollars. These lobby groups include the American Medical Association, the AARP, the American Heart Association and the American Lung Association. “If you are donating money to any of these groups, you might want …
Aug 03
Government policies create shortage of primary care doctors
A free market in health care would immediately produce high quality medical goods and services at prices so low that even the poorest Americans could afford them without insurance. But our masters in government have long imposed a slave-plantation level of control and regulation on the industry. Becoming a doctor requires as much as $400,000 …
Jul 31
Obamacare has caused millions to lose health care. Many have died.
“Obama and those in his administration knew that more than 40%-67% of those people in the individual market would likely lose their plans” at the time they were pushing Obamacare. The Act has already added hundreds of billions of dollars to America’s national debt. “The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) reported that between 2012 and 2022, …
Jul 31
The FDA has killed millions, saved only a few thousand
Government programs and agencies always achieve the very opposite of their stated purposes. Antipoverty programs impoverish. “National security” efforts make societies less secure. Health and safety regulations make people less healthy and safe. Here is a website dedicated to tallying the numbers of Americans who have died because of FDA-approved drugs, vaccines and medical devices. …
Jul 28
Congress passes “bipartisan” bill to grow government by subsidizing hearing aids
Republicans have been winning elections for years with promises to limit government. They now control the majority of legislatures and governor’s mansions across the country as well as both branches of the U.S. Congress, the presidency and (arguably) the majority of judgeships (at the state levels, at least). The people want cuts in government, taxation, …
Jul 19
Bob Barr: the Nightmare of Single Payer Health Care
Baby Charlie, a British infant suffering from an incurable disease, has been ordered to be “humanely” killed by British courts. This is against the wishes of his parents who are desperate to explore all options to extend his life. In the words of Bob Barr, “In the healthcare system in a free society, the ability …
Jul 07
British “health” officials knowingly poisoned thousands with HIV-tainted blood
The British government imposes “single payer” slave-plantation “health care” (as many Americans claim to want). Brits are not allowed to purchase health care supplies on the open market. For years, British “health” officials knowingly supplied HIV-tainted blood products to victims . . .er, “patients,” of the National Health Service. See here. New documents revealed officials …
Jul 04
Montana’s experiment with state-run health clinics has already failed
It is the dream of every government truster: a system of government-run (“single payer”) medical providers and clinics, built on the model of an 1852 Virginia slave plantation. In this fantasy world, loyal subjects needing health care or treatment would simply line up at the master’s porch. “Care” would be provided for “free.” Montana’s legislature …
May 21
Obamacare’s devastation continues
Obamacare has: (1) Increased, rather than decreased death rates. (2) Caused numerous health insurers to got out of business or abandon markets. Aetna has pulled out of the Exchanges. Blue Cross in Maryland, Virginia and D.C. has already requested a 52%, 35% and 29% increase for 2018 respectively. Aetna has already lost $500 million since …