Government health care Archives - Page 9 of 9 Voice For Liberty

Jul

Wichita tea party planned to protest government-run health care

WICHITA -- Healthcare is the focus of another round of tea parties taking place this week across the country. The Kansas chapter of the grassroots group Americans for Prosperity will organize a rally this Friday in Wichita. The Wichita protest, at 11 a.m. Friday, July 17 outside Sen. Sam Brownback’s office (245 N. Waco, Wichita), will be held simultaneously with hundreds of other local tea parties nationwide outside the offices of members of Congress. (more…)

Jul

By Bob Weeks

European health care rationing boards: coming to America?

Following up on a letter in the Wichita Eagle written by Brad Beachy of Wichita: He's making the case that nationalized health care of the type found in Europe is both cheaper and better than what we have in America. Cheaper, yes. Better? Let's take a look. Beachy, in his letter, states: "European countries such as England spend about 8 percent of their gross domestic product on health care while covering every single resident." The eight percent of GDP figure is commonly cited, and that's about half what the United States spends. So how does England do it? Last week…

Jul

By Bob Weeks

World Health Organization ranking biased, not reliable

A letter in the Wichita Eagle written by Brad Beachy of Wichita makes the case for "so-called socialized medicine" to be brought to the United States. Part of Beachy's argument relies on a ranking produced by the World Health Organization. That ranking has a number of problems. The ranking Beachy refers to was produced in 2000, and hasn't been updated since then. So it's getting a little old. Worse than that, it contains a number of techniques and biases that work against countries that rely on markets instead of government to provide health care. A recent paper from the Cato…

Jun

By Bob Weeks

In Wichita, protest of ABC’s Obama coverage

Here's a message from a local patriot and activist. She is rightly concerned about ABC News -- the national organization, not the local affiliate -- and its upcoming coverage of the Obama administration: Protest in Wichita in front of ABC affiliate KAKE news TV at 1500 N. West St., Wichita this Wednesday, June 24th starting at 4 p.m. until 6:30 p.m. Please join us! We are protesting how ABC is propagandizing the American public and deceiving them. What is she concerned about? The editorial ABC Self-Nationalizes For Obama supplies some background: Media Bias: As much of the U.S. private sector,…

Jun

By Bob Weeks

Government health care rations by making patients wait

David Gratzer, a physician born and raised in Canada, gives us in the United States a preview of what government health care is all about: the waiting. His recent Wall Street Journal piece is titled Canada's ObamaCare Precedent: Governments always ration care by making you wait. That can be deadly. He tells this story: "But Canadians wait for practically any procedure or diagnostic test or specialist consultation in the public system. The problems were brought home when a relative had difficulty walking. He was in chronic pain. His doctor suggested a referral to a neurologist; an MRI would need to…

Jun

By Bob Weeks

Wichita’s Galichia provides what government health care doesn’t

A recent editorial in The Wichita Eagle (Dr. Bill Roy: Universal care is most economic, efficient) contains several mistaken impressions. One may be disproved by recent developments in Wichita. The writer states "It has never been a secret that a single-payer system is the most economic, efficient and fair way of providing universal care." Here's something interesting that I'm sure the author of this opinion piece knows, but somehow disregards. In Canada, home to the type of health care system the writer favors, many people come to the United States for care. In fact, Wichita is now providing service to…