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 →
Drug Companies Want to Use the State to Shut Down the Competition
May 28, 2018 – Hunter Lewis …… Some special interest groups don’t want customers to even have the option of buying other products. Continue reading →
The Solution to Canada’s Failed Universal Health Care System: Consumer/Physician Freedom
March 30, 2018 – Lee Friday …… The only way to ensure the prompt availability of high quality health care to the greatest possible extent is to defend the right of any consumer and any physician to enter into a voluntary exchange without any interference from a third party! Continue reading →
Universal Health Care in Canada: A Colossal Government Failure
March 12, 2018 – Lee Friday …… Many Canadian consumers of so-called universal health care are left wanting, as they have universal access to ‘waiting lists’, but not to actual health care. Continue reading →
A Fabricated Justification for Universal Health Care in Canada
March 2, 2018 – Lee Friday …… The government said health care was being denied to many poor people, thus justifying the imposition of universal health care in Canada in 1966. The evidence does not support the government’s claim. Continue reading →