Doctor Capitalism writes to http://rexcurry.net to call for the repeal of socialized medicine and to explain why healthcare is not a right:
Please consult all of Dr. Capitalism's healthcare alerts:
"Socialized Medicine is explained" at http://rexcurry.net/doctor3.html
and take as needed "Socialized medicine promotes sickness and death" at http://rexcurry.net/doctor.html
Dr. Capitalism also prescribes "Healthcare is not a right" at http://rexcurry.net/doctor2.html
Healthcare professionals who want what is best for their patients do not
support an immoral "single payer" (more accurately termed "taxpayer") supported
system.
Our rights were correctly identified by the founders of the United States:
we are entitled to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. If we study
these rights, we can see that they are negative rights. Essentially, we are
granted the right not to have our lives, freedom, or property taken away.
These are our moral rights. Period. The proper (and original) role of our
government is to protect the rights, or true entitlements, of its citizens.
We are not entitled to the materials or services (labor) of another person
without that person’s consent. In a free society, those providing a good
or service are compensated for it by receiving fair market value. This is
the value set by free exchanges in the open market place. To quote Leonard
Peikoff in "Health Care is Not a Right," http://www.bdt.com/pages/Peikoff.html
"Health care in the modern world is a complex, scientific, technological
service. How can anybody be born with a right to such a thing?" "You have
the right to work, not to rob others of the fruits of their work, not to
turn others into sacrificial, rightless animals laboring to fulfill your
needs."
Every problem with our current healthcare system in the United States is
caused by interference with the free market system: by providers who lobby
politicians to grant them an exclusionary law to provide services (yes, doctors
are guilty but certainly not exclusively so), by consumers who have been
indoctrinated to believe that they aren’t smart enough to compare their options
and make a choice, and by the government: elected officials who already run
two massive national health insurance companies (Medicare and Medicaid),
create ever more restrictive licensure laws, and design bureaucratic and
bloated organizations such as the FDA who "protect" us from making our own
choices and taking our own risks.
Let’s all recognize the basic fact here. No government creates revenue. The
only governmental source of revenue is the taxes it takes from its citizens.
To say that the Canadian system is simply underfunded is to say that the
people are simply under-taxed. I challenge you to find one Canadian who agrees
with that.
We must consider other options. There are lots of choices, for example, some
version of medical savings accounts. Give citizens some of their tax dollars
back and let them pick what they want o spend their health care dollars on.
Minimizing government involvement is what will make the system more efficient
and effective. Socialistic systems such as "nationalized health care" are
immoral.