Archive for the ‘published’ Category

No compassion in forced giving

Sunday, April 6th, 2008

The Rocky Mountain News published a commentary of mine about the inherent immorality of government-run charities and a proposal to challenge such charities to compete with voluntarily-funded charities.

“Universal” Health Care Kills

Thursday, March 13th, 2008

(Thanks to Amy at the Independence Institute, versions of the following article were published in the Colorado Daily, Hawaii Reporter, and the Salida Mountain Mail. What good is having medical insurance if you cannot get medical care? Peddlers of "universal health care" -- from Hillary, Obama, to Colorado congressional candidate ...

Jared Polis implies he’d represent the worst of us

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

Update: The Rocky Mountain News published a more polished version of this as a Speakout (web only) on Feb. 27. Jared Polis is a Democrat running for U.S. Congress representing Colorado's 2nd District. In a Speakout in Wednesday's Rocky Mountain News, he writes: First, let us not delude ourselves into thinking ...

Mandating Insurance is Compulsory Punishment

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

So says the headline of my article in today's Colorado Springs Gazette.  An image of the print edition is here.

Compulsory Medical Insurance as Collective Punishment

Monday, January 14th, 2008

Published in today's TCS Daily: Update: Versions have also published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, the Rocky Mountain News (on-line), the Pueblo Chieftain, and the Independence Institute (with references.) Remember how in grade school, the teacher would punish the whole class for the actions of just a few disruptive students? This ...

If you care about children, phase out SCHIP

Saturday, October 6th, 2007

To my pleasant surprise, the Boulder Daily Camera printed a few of my comments about the State Children's Health Insurance Program ("SCHIP") that I'd posted on their Virtual Editorial Board [pdf of print edition]. I simply pulled quotes from a Cato Institute brief by Michael Cannon, Sinking SCHIP.

Government control bad for your health

Sunday, September 30th, 2007

Last week the Rocky Mountain News published an opinion piece I wrote summarizing my case for free-market health care reforms. A scan of the print edition is here. The 208 Commission is spending your tax dollars to inject poison into our health-care system — the very same poison already crippling ...

Warning: Medicaid is hazardous to your health

Sunday, August 26th, 2007

So says the headline of my article in the Boulder Daily Camera today. A scan of the print version is here. The first half of the article is pretty much the same as the one that appeared in the Denver Post a few weeks ago. The second ...

My article in the Denver Post: Medicaid is Hazardous to Our Health care

Sunday, August 5th, 2007

Today 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 ...

Government controls violate rights, raise costs, cut access

Saturday, April 28th, 2007

The 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 ...