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Socialized medicare: a true story

BlazingCatfur has been the advocate for his Mom, as he tries to stop our dismal, ironically called ‘health-care’ system, from killing her: The attentive care of the paramedics was replaced by –...

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Medicare as means of coercion: as long as I pay your bills, you will obey my...

How many people’s parents used to say something equivalent to this: “As long as you live under my roof, you will obey my rules!” For those whose parents supported them while they studied in another...

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Who decides on your medical treatment?

For ever, I have been pointing out the shortcomings of socialized medicine:  what it boils down to is that the one who picks up the tab gets the final say in which treatments gets picked.  And, if that...

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Milton Friedman – Socialized Medicine

Sometimes, we all need a reminder.  Milton Friedman said this in 1978… Filed under: corruption, politics Tagged: corruption, economy, Milton Friedman, politics, Socialized medicare

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Feeling crankier than usual…

Today, I am feeling crankier than usual… Friday, I went to see my dentist, because a whole bunch of my teeth are so sensitive now that I could not, in good conscience, delay the visit any more.  My...

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Reason TV: Randy Barnett: Losing Obamacare While Preserving the Constitution

A little on the long side, but a very thought provoking video: While on the topic of socialized medicare, do read this article about a young man who died in a UK socialized medicare hospital - of...

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John Goodman on Curing the Health Care Crisis

  Filed under: corruption, society Tagged: corruption, healthcare, medicine, social engineering, Socialized medicare

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A Four-Step Healthcare Solution (by Hans-Hermann Hoppe)

Yes, I do fall into the category of unhealthy/infirm people. That is why I have all this time to blog – I am lying in my sickbed, with my laptop propped up on my chest – typing away,  instead of being...

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Don’t get sick on the weekend – if you have to use socialized medicare…

Like here, in Canada. A friend had a stroke on Saturday – a big one. Is paralyzed on 1/2 her body. They did all the scans in the hospital (she’s in the ICU) – but they will not have anyone  who will...

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FOX NEWS: Security, Trust and ObamaCare

OK, this story is interesting, or I would not have blogged it. But, it is rather obvious:  Obamacare was clearly going to be an epic disaster from the get-go.  Governments do not give good ‘customer...

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Canadian medical care and Canadian veterinary care: a stark comparison

My dog is one of the most affectionate creatures that ever lived:  he even tries to play with the squirrels. OK – he is not the smartest dog ever.  As a matter of fact, I had a beta fish that was...

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VA Recap: U.S. Vet on Cause, Solution, and Scale of Scandal

 Filed under: corruption, politics, society Tagged: bureaucracy, corruption, governance, healthcare, Obama, politics, socialism, Socialized medicare, society

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Yuri N. Maltsev: Soviet Defector on the Loss of Freedom in America

Tonight, we went out to dinner. Some cousins from up North (about a 15 hour drive north-west of Ottawa – their town only got a road built to it in the late 70’s/early 80’s) came down to Ottawa to visit...

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Going on holidays

Tomorrow morning, I am going on holidays – for a week. To a place with no internet access. Because, well, if it had internet access, my family (myself included) would not unplug… Usually, when I go...

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Venezuela: the shocking state of its health service

As someone who had lived the experience of a hospital on my own skin, this shows the inevitable evolution of health car under a communist system: H/T:  Vlad Tepes OK, the hospitals I experienced were...

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