Timothy Terrell traces the historical origins of the American healthcare cartel, beginning with Ronald Hamowy's 1979 article documenting how the AMA used state licensing laws not to protect patients but to restrict physician supply and raise incomes.
Ryan McMaken dismantles three persistent myths of American healthcare before tracing the origins of social insurance to Bismarck's deliberate scheme to bind citizens to the state "by the chains of gratitude" and closing with Mises' 1944 prediction that a population half-dependent on government healthcare would never vote to dismantle it.
The US government coverup of the origins on the covid virus that hit the world in 2020 was bad enough, but now we know that the CIA itself was involved.
As the socialistic Canadian medical system runs aground, the government actively promotes physician-assisted suicide as a way to save the system and promoting “die with dignity” at the same time.
As the socialistic Canadian medical system runs aground, the government actively promotes physician-assisted suicide as a way to save the system and promoting “die with dignity” at the same time.
The purpose of medical licensing is not to protect consumers but the financial interests of privileged trade organizations allied with Big Pharma.
A Rothbardian view of vaccines and society is that no government should have the power to coerce someone into having a vaccine. Their safety is irrelevant for this argument, although we definitely should have an interest in their safety for people.
Dr. Keith Smith recounts how the Surgery Center of Oklahoma and the Free Market Medical Association are exposing the hospital–insurance cartel—posting honest, bundled prices, triggering price wars, and proving that free-market medicine can deliver higher quality care at a fraction of the cost.
Bob Murphy talks with Keith Smith, MD, about an alternative to the cartel of big hospitals and insurers.
Thanks for government intervention, the US healthcare system has been breaking down. Unfortunately, with each healthcare setback, the prescription is for more intervention, which triggers even more crises.
