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Forced Isolation of Patients in the ICU Is Barbaric and Counterproductive

Bureaucracy and RegulationHealthMedia and CultureThe Police State

Blog09/08/2023

When covid restrictions were at their tightest, many people died alone in ICUs, as friends and family were kept away in the name of "public health." A more accurate assessment of the policy is to call it barbaric.

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The Unwelcome Return of Covid Restrictions and Lockdowns

Bureaucracy and RegulationHealthProgressivismThe Police State

Blog08/30/2023

The covid restriction machinery is being ramped up in time for fall, despite the fact that covid poses little danger.

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The British NHS More Resembles a Statist Cult Than Advanced Healthcare

HealthProgressivismSocialism

Blog08/02/2023

The seventy-fifth-anniversary celebration of the British National Health Service masked the real failures of this system, one that only can become worse over time.

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American Dissident: The Legacy of Murray Rothbard

HealthLibertarianismThe Police StateHistory of the Austrian School of Economics

Blog03/21/2023

Murray Rothbard was an elite economist, historian, and avowed enemy of the state. His legacy lives on nearly three decades after his untimely passing.

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Are Large Hospitals the Problem with US Healthcare?

Bureaucracy and RegulationCronyism and CorporatismFree MarketsHealthPrice ControlsProgressivism

Blog03/07/2023

Two "distinguished" healthcare analysts have examined the medical system in the USA and conclude that the REAL problem is . . . large hospitals. Dale Steinreich applies economic analysis to their claims.

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In Government-Regulated Healthcare, There Is No Competition Like No Competition

Bureaucracy and RegulationFree MarketsHealthProgressivism

Blog11/04/2022

Progressives are quick to blame escalating healthcare costs on free markets, yet it's government rules and policies that are responsible.

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China's Draconian Lockdown Policies: Major Consequences to Follow

AntipoliticsHealthThe Police State

Blog07/08/2022

In an attempt to stymie the spread of covid-19, the Chinese government has imposed reckless and harmful lockdown policies in several cities. This will not end well.

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Covid and Its Statist Legacy: How Did We Get to This Point?

AntipoliticsBig GovernmentHealthInflation

Blog05/30/2022

The legacy of covid-19 ultimately will be the vast expansion of government on many levels. Not surprisingly, the statism is worse than the virus itself.

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How Fully Private, No-Insurance Hospitals Help the Common Man

Bureaucracy and RegulationFree MarketsHealth

Blog04/14/2022

The standard line with progressives is that unless government controls medical care, prices will skyrocket. But what if the free market model costs less than government-directed care?

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Lockdowns, Not the Pandemic, Created Havoc

Big GovernmentHealthThe Police State

Blog04/06/2022

Those responsible for locking down much of the US during covid blame the pandemic itself for the economic and social havoc that followed. Perhaps they should look at the lockdowns themselves.

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