Voice For Liberty

Tag: Health care

  • World Health Organization ranking biased, not reliable

    A letter in the Wichita Eagle written by Bread 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.

  • Obama-style health care: the effects in England

    In the debate of what to do about health care, advocates — such as President Obama — cite countries that spend much less than the United States. An example is the United kingdom. The president believes that if we can control costs through better medical practice and efficiency gains, we too can have more health…

  • Articles of interest

    Chemical security, national health care, global warming cost, school order.

  • 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…

  • 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. He ends up asking “Why are [Americans] rushing into a system of government-dominated health care when the very countries that have experienced it for so long are backing…

  • Government-run health care focus of June 6 demonstration

    This Saturday, Wichita-area citizens will have an opportunity to let their fellow citizens and the Obama administration know of the dangers of government control of health care. The event will be on Saturday, June 6, 2009, from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm.

  • Demonstrating against government control of health care

    Today a dedicated group of citizens worked for two hours to get out the message that government control of our health care is not in our best interest. Another protest will be held on June 6. One of the banners (and an adorable puppy) promoted the website Free Market Cure.

  • Sedgwick County industrial park chasing uncertain industries

    Sedgwick County is considering becoming a developer of an industrial park. The county is limiting itself to deals described as a “home run,” meaning a company that plans to hire more than 1,000 workers. The problem is that there are few of these deals each year. Maybe just five to eight. But Sedgwick County’s policy…

  • The audacity of hopelessness

    By Gregory L. Schneider President Barack Obama has had his way with business in his first hundred days in office. He is the only president in American history to fire a CEO of a private business, Rick Wagoner of General Motors. He called bondholders of Chrysler Corporation speculators after they refused a government-financed deal that…

  • Government-run health care focus of May 24 demonstration

    Next Sunday, Wichita-area citizens will have an opportunity to let their fellow citizens and the Obama administration know of the dangers of government control of health care.

  • Is it greed when someone else pays?

    A letter to the editor in today’s Wichita Eagle under the title “Greed rules” states, in part: “There is no reason that the United States remains the only civilized nation in the world not to have a single-payer health system except that greed rules our country.” I wonder: Is it greed to want someone else…

  • Walter Williams on the housing crisis

    Economist Walter E. Williams explains the causes of the housing crisis. Then, why would we let these same people who caused the housing crisis take charge of health care? Short and worthwhile viewing.