Health Care Archives — News From London, Ontario, And Beyond

The False Promise of Canada’s Health Care System

September 20, 2019 – Lee Friday …… In Canada, it is estimated that between 25,456 and 63,090 Canadian women may have died as a result of increased wait times for health care between 1993 and 2009, despite the government’s promise to make sure that people would have access to health care “when it was needed.” Continue reading →

Walmart’s Healthcare Experiment Has Begun, It May Be A Game Changer

September 17, 2019 – Gary North …… Here we see two rival strategies to marketing healthcare services. The status quo is based on insurance payments and price secrecy. Walmart’s strategy is based on price competition. Continue reading →

Google Is Burying Alternative Health Sites to Protect People from “Dangerous” Medical Advice

August 15, 2019 – Barry Brownstein …… For their unorthodox views, some physicians are being treated as medical heretics. Google’s search engine algorithm has essentially ended traffic to their websites. Continue reading →

Are Canadian Doctors Playing God when they Refuse to Assist with their Patient’s Suicide?

June 12, 2019 – Lee Friday …… No, doctors have a right to decide which treatments they will offer. In contrast, Canada’s universal health care system is run by politicians and bureaucrats who are indeed playing God, with fatal consequences. Continue reading →

Canada’s Contradictory Cigarette Taxes and Regulations

April 22, 2019 – Lee Friday …… Politicians and bureaucrats appear to be more dangerous to our health than smoking. Continue reading →

Mick Jagger Has Heart Surgery in New York

April 17, 2019 – Randall Holcombe …… Why would Mick Jagger choose to have surgery in the United States rather than get “free” health care from the British National Health Service? Continue reading →

Media Fail Marvelously in Mocking Rand Paul for Surgery in Canada, “Land Of Universal Health Care”

March 5, 2019 – Brittany Hunter …… While many would like to condemn Paul’s decision to go to Canada for medical treatment as hypocrisy, it is actually right on brand for the senator. Continue reading →

This Single Mom Was Told to Raise $10k for a Heart Transplant and People Are Outraged. They Shouldn’t Be.

December 12, 2018 – Jon Miltimore …… Using the market to fund your operation is not a failure of capitalism, but an example of its success. Continue reading →

The ‘Right to Try’ War Was Actually Won on the State Level

September 26, 2018 – Michael Maharrey …… On May 30th, President Donald Trump signed the federal Right to Try Act into law, which allows terminally ill patients to access investigational treatments that have not received final FDA approval. The passage of the law got most of the attention, but in truth, Congress and Trump simply smeared some icing on the cake. Continue reading →

FDA Approves Medical App for Contraception

August 23, 2018 – Raymond March …… The government loves to take credit for what the market has already provided. Continue reading →