BBC comedy sketch on government schools
Friday, September 12th, 2008If only... [youtube LLDb2V86Ei0] (Via the Texas Public Policy Foundation)
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If only... [youtube LLDb2V86Ei0] (Via the Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Subsidize consumers, not producers (if you must subsidize)
Friday, August 15th, 2008People who think government has a role in making sure everyone has access to health care or education often conclude the the only way to do this is to force taxpayers to fund government-controlled insurance (Medicare, Medicaid, SCHIP) and government schools. But this does not follow from their stated concern. It ...
Rocky Mountain News on D.C. vs. Heller
Sunday, June 29th, 2008The Rocky Mountain News published Ari Armstrong's piece on the recent Supreme Court ruling that recognizes our right to defend ourselves with a firearm. Here are the opening paragraphs: Self-defense is a fundamental human right. Now the Supreme Court has affirmed what most Coloradans have long held and what our state's ...
I’m quote-worthy for an extreme free-market view
Saturday, October 20th, 2007Last Saturday Jason Salzman of the Rocky Mountain News cited me and Ari Armstrong as people in Colorado he'd quote for "an extreme free-market view": In response to my last column documenting how Denver journalists love and embed the conservative/libertarian Independence Institute, some people asked whom I'd quote instead of institute ...
John Stossel on health care
Monday, September 10th, 2007I posted the following on the health care blog at Bell Policy Center, a left-leaning think tank in Colorado. I look forward to their comments. This week's 20/20 will be about health care in the United States. The story on the ABC News website reads: Healthy in Cuba, Sick ...
My article in the Denver Post: Medicaid is Hazardous to Our Health care
Sunday, August 5th, 2007Today the Denver Post ran an article I wrote about Medicaid. A scan of the print version is here. In the submitted version I included a reference to Michael Cannon's excellent Cato Institute study, "Medicaid's Unseen Costs." This was my main reference for the article, so I ...
Two letters in response to my Rocky Mountain News article
Monday, May 14th, 2007The business section of the Denver Rocky Mountain News published two letters in response to my article published there on April 28. Terry W. Donze of Wheat Ridge appreciated my article, so that's certainly nice to see. According to my web search, he's a geophysicist with at least ...
Government is still hazardous to our health care
Thursday, May 3rd, 2007Indeed, I am on a roll. Two more letters just today: 1. Rocky Mountain News Kudos to the Rocky Mountain News editorial board for explaining how “community rating” regulations on health insurance plans drive up premiums and discourage small companies from offering insurance (“Too quick off the mark,” April 10). I ...
There is no right to health care - Denver Post letter
Monday, April 30th, 2007Another letter: Letter-writer Pam Lacey writes that "health care should be a right" (April 26 Open Forum). If health care is a "right," people can claim the time, energy and wisdom of doctors and taxpayers who provide the care, whether the providers consent or not. This turns the providers into indentured ...
Government controls violate rights, raise costs, cut access
Saturday, April 28th, 2007The Denver Rocky Mountain News published a 500-word op-ed I wrote summarizing my health care reform proposal. Policies cripple market Government controls violate rights, raise costs, cut access By Brian T. Schwartz April 28, 2007 Measured by access, survival rates and mortality rates, the United States has the best health care in the ...
