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Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Health System Said to Deliver Too Much Care


“A dirty word in health-care reform is ‘rationing,’ a term that conjures up the image of faceless government bureaucrats denying lifesaving therapies in the name of cutting costs. But what if the real issue is not the specter of future rationing, but the haphazard, even illogical, way in which care is delivered today?” (Washington Post, Tuesday)

Where’s it written that the only alternative to nationalized insurance is the interventionist status quo?

FEE Timely Classic
“The Economics of Medical Care” by George Yossif


  • Sheldon Richman is the former editor of The Freeman and a contributor to The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics. He is the author of Separating School and State: How to Liberate America's Families and thousands of articles.