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Category: Health Care Reform

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Government Intervention in Medicine WILL Cost Lives

Posted on July 31, 2012 by D3 Support

The attacks on my pro-free market approach to medicine have continued for weeks without end, in the local newspaper read by a lot of pro-Obamacare zealouts. Below is my reply to the latest. Dear Cape Gazette, I recognize you may … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Health Care Reform

Doctors Put Up With Government Intrusion Lawyers Would NEVER Permit

Posted on July 24, 2012 by D3 Support

On the subject of doctors supporting socialized medicine, a reader writes: “In my experience, a lot of doctors are in the front line of ‘everyone deserves health care as a right.’ Is it because the caring and ‘altruistic’ go into … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Health Care Reform

The Doctor Is Out at the Worst Possible Time

Posted on July 16, 2012 by D3 Support

This is perhaps my favorite line from Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged with regard to doctors who support, or tolerate, socialized medicine: ‘Let them discover, in the operating rooms and hospital wards, that it is not safe to place their lives in … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Health Care Reform

Canadian Health Moves Private As USA Goes Socialist

Posted on July 11, 2012 by D3 Support

A DrHurd.com reader, Navy retiree Paul J. Gagalka, from Canada writes in: In Canada we have socialized Medicare, instituted by former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Eliot Trudeau, in the 1970s. I pay for my Medicare every month at the rate … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Health Care Reform

Many Obamacare Supporters Want Silence, Not Debate

Posted on July 10, 2012 by D3 Support

Reply to responses to Dr. Hurd’s commentary published in Cape Gazette (Lewes DE), 7/3/12 In my recent article criticizing Obamacare, a number of people said I didn’t have my facts straight. As a professional health care provider, the new laws … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Health Care Reform

Lack of Consumer Psychology is Destroying Health Care

Posted on July 9, 2012 by D3 Support

Gary Johnson, former Governor of New Mexico running for President as a third party candidate, said the following about the consumer psychology of medical care: ‘There’s no advertised pricing right now in healthcare. I would not have health insurance to … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Health Care Reform

Why Health Care is Not a Right

Posted on July 8, 2012 by D3 Support

The following is an excerpt from Dr. Michael Hurd’s chapter on health care reform in his book: Bad Therapy, Good Therapy: And How to Tell the Difference (2011). The book is available at Amazon.com, at DrHurd.com, and bookstores. The notion … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Health Care Reform

Doctor Payment “Capitation” — And What It Means For You

Posted on July 2, 2012 by D3 Support

In all the fuss over Obamacare, we hear about patients, insurance companies and businesses. All valid, to be sure. But we never hear word one about the people most affected of all by socialized medicine: Doctors. Ayn Rand said it … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Health Care Reform

Your Doctor is Now a Government Employee…Happy?

Posted on June 29, 2012 by D3 Support

Obama and advocates of socialized medicine have won. But have they, really? I was talking with a waitress I know just today. She asked me, “Can you explain, in terms that I’ll understand, what Obamacare actually means — to me?” … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Health Care Reform

Obama’s War on Women

Posted on June 19, 2012 by D3 Support

The following was written by Daniel G. Anderson of Rehoboth Beach, DE. It is reprinted here with permission. As the five members of the Supreme Court who are not committed socialists determine the fate of Obamacare any day now, it’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Health Care Reform

Obama’s Manipulation of Drug Companies: A Scandal, But No Surprise

Posted on June 11, 2012 by D3 Support

The New York Times reports that a new trove of emails shows President Barack Obama’s White House agreed to help drug companies block a proposal to bring down medicine prices so they would back Obama’s healthcare plan. House Republicans obtained … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Health Care Reform

Facts About Health Care Your President Never Told You

Posted on April 26, 2012 by D3 Support

I heard an interesting comment the other day on a call-in show. “If nobody had ever thought of health insurance, we’d all be able to afford a doctor today.” In a sense, this is true. However, the problem does not … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Health Care Reform
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