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

Free is the Same as Unfree, According to British Columbia’s Supreme Court

September 22, 2020 – Lee Friday …… British Columbia’s Supreme Court affirms the illegality of a wide range of private health care services, and shamelessly denies that this violates anyone’s freedom. Continue reading →

The Evidence Keeps Piling up: Lockdowns Don’t Work

September 12, 2020 – Ryan McMaken …… Extraordinary measures require extraordinary evidence. Have the advocates for lockdowns made their case? The data suggests they have not. Continue reading →

The WHO Doesn’t Deserve a Blank Check from Taxpayers, Especially after Its COVID-19 Debacle

July 14, 2020 – Ross Marchand …… Continuing to fund the WHO will only waste limited tax dollars and undermine public health at the expense of integrity and best practices. Continue reading →

Do Lockdowns Work? Mounting Evidence Says No.

May 22, 2020 – Ryan McMaken …… Most of the world’s regimes enthusiastically destroyed their economies and consigned millions to destitution (and a rising tide of resulting health problems) in pursuit of a trendy and unproven theory. There’s still not evidence that the lockdowns worked. Continue reading →

Coronavirus Globaloney

May 4, 2020 – K. Lloyd Billingsley …… Government health care bureaucracies receive far too much credit. Continue reading →

Why Central Planning by Medical Experts Will Lead to Disaster

April 13, 2020 – Gary Galles …… Medical experts have tunnel vision when it comes to disease and public policy, and they greatly overestimate their own abilities to anticipate unintended costs and consequences. Continue reading →

Markets vs. Socialism: Why South Korean Healthcare Is Outperforming Italy with COVID-19

March 26, 2020 – Matthew Tanous …… The Italians could learn some lessons about healthcare from the South Koreans, who still maintain a robust private market in health insurance. Although the Koreans have relatively ample resources for COVID-19 patients, Italy’s state-dominated system is quickly running out of options. Continue reading →

Socialism Always Fails

February 12, 2020 – William L. Anderson …… To a socialist socialism is a moral imperative, and the only thing holding back the implementation of this system in the US has been the failure of socialists to present a plausible alternative — something that socialists claim now is being done. Continue reading →

What Year Did Healthcare Become a “Right”?

February 11, 2020 – J. Kyle DeVries …… Was healthcare a natural right two hundred years ago? If so, how is it that this “right” to eighteenth-century medicine morphed into a right to MRIs and chemotherapy? Do rights change with technology? That’s not how rights work. Continue reading →

In Healthcare, a Little Bit of Market Freedom Goes a Long Way

January 2, 2020 – Andrew Moran …… Clearly marked prices on private-sector cash-payment surgeries are a great thing. In fact, the competition of for-profit surgery centers drives down prices at more “traditional” (i.e., highly bureaucratized) hospitals. Continue reading →