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Middle of the Road in Healthcare Leads to Socialism

- Ron Paul -

Dr. Paul reveals with this article the perils inherent in being an ideologue. He advocates for health care based on a free market system. He sees the need for health insurance, but does not want the government involved. It is a position totally in keeping with Libertarian philosophy. However, to proclaim it, one must remain ignorant of health care systems in every other western nation (including Japan). If results are to be the criteria by which we judge systems, with a health care system we need to look at both the actual cost of the program as well as medical outcomes. There is no nation in the western world with such high cost per citizen as America. And as best as i can recall, if life expectancy is used as the criteria employed to judge medical outcomes, Americans die at a younger age than do the citizens of the other countries.

Citizens of these nations live longer, pay less for their health care and marvel at the incredible stupidity of Americans on this issue. The free market does not always deliver the best outcome and that applies to more fields than just health care. If you live in a jurisdiction where the public utilities were sold to private enterprise, you are almost certain to be paying more for your water, electricity or what have you than before.

So then, while free markets are wonderful things, they are not so in every instance and in the area of health care, the numbers make for an incontrovertible case for socialized medicine. One can only argue otherwise if one is prepared to state that paying more to die sooner is preferable.

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Beginning of the headline :The ever-expanding role of government in healthcare provides an excellent example of Ludwig Von Mises' warning that "The Middle of the Road Leads to Socialism." Beginning in the 1940s, government policies distorted the health care market, causing prices to rise and denying many Americans access to quality care. Congress reacted to the problems caused by their prior interventions with new interventions, such as the HMO Act, ERISA, EMTLA, and various federal entitlement programs. Each... Read More

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