As expressed by Ron Paul:
1. Assuming a “right” to medical care (or a “right” to be given any good or service for free) contradicts liberty, because government must take from one to provide for another.
2. National healthcare requires an authoritarian government.
3. The idea that quality can be achieved only by government force & taxation is an old economic fallacy.
4. Government monopolies always cause higher costs and lower quality. (ahem, post office)
5. Government does have a roll in sticking up for economic ethics and efficiency. (???)
6. Government should do no harm. Repeal the laws against competition in the medical field.
7. The debasement of our currency contributes to high prices. (Shhh! See no money printing, hear no money printing, think no money printing.)
8. Bureaucrats shouldn’t interfere with doctor-patient relationships.
9. Tax credits are a better way to help the sick.
9 1/2. Tort laws push costs higher.
10. Legalize competition. Let insurance competition across state lines.
11. Legalize competition. Long term insurance policies should be available to young.
12. Insurance should measure risk, not cover all costs. (Car insurance doesn’t cover gas.)
13. The relationship between government and medicine needs to end.
14. Imposing fines on uninsured is a huge boon for insurance companies.
15. Legalize competition. End or ease licensing. The 1910 Flexner Report closed medical schools, eliminated doctors, and tipped the field away from homeopathy.
16. Legalize competition. Remove obstacles to holistic medicine – regulations are pushed by drug companies.
See also:
What do doctors say about healthcare?
