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Single Payer (Public Option) Health Care

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With the Obama Administration aggressively pursuing “comprehensive health care reform,” interest in single payer health care is again on the rise. But single-payer is neither a new idea, nor a particularly good one. In a single payer health care system, all health care is purchased by the government so that individual consumers no longer have to pay for their treatments. However, such a system is unsustainable and inevitably leads to rationing of health care services. The following articles explain in depth the dangers of a single payer system.

Articles on Single Payer Health Care

Nationalized Health Care Will Cut Costs? It Just Ain’t So! ^[1] by Gene Callahan and Robert Murphy
Medical Misunderstanding ^[2] by Sheldon Richman
What NBC Didnt Tell You About Health-Care Reform ^[3] by Dr. Jane Orient
Let’s Not Throw American Medicine into Boston Harbor ^[4] by Dr. Jane Orient
Socialized Failure ^[5] by John Goodman
Health-Care Demagogues ^[6] by Doug Bandow
Free-Market Medicine ^[7] by Larry Van Heerdan
Health Care: Over the Canadian Cliff? ^[8] by Doug Bandow
Single Payer: Neither Simple Nor Smart ^[9] by Dr. Michael Glueck and Dr. Robert Cihak
Twenty Myths About National Health Insurance ^[10] by Mr. John C. Goodman and Mr. Gerald L. Musgrave

Audio on Single Payer Health Care

Healthcare Policy: The Case for Freedom, not Government ^[11] by Jane Orient, M.D.

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[1] Nationalized Health Care Will Cut Costs? It Just Ain’t So!: http://www.thefreemanonline.org/featured/nationalized-health-care-will-cut-costs-it-just-aint-so/

[2] Medical Misunderstanding: http://fee.org/articles/tgif/medical-misunderstanding/

[3] What NBC Didnt Tell You About Health-Care Reform: http://www.thefreemanonline.org/columns/what-nbc-didnt-tell-you-about-health-care-reform/

[4] Let’s Not Throw American Medicine into Boston Harbor: http://www.thefreemanonline.org/featured/lets-not-throw-american-medicine-into-boston-harbor/

[5] Socialized Failure: http://nrd.nationalreview.com/article/?q=MDFjODUzM2E0ZTdmMGM4NzgyZDE0M2QzNGYwMDI1MGQ=

[6] Health-Care Demagogues: http://www.thefreemanonline.org/columns/health-care-demagogues/

[7] Free-Market Medicine: http://www.thefreemanonline.org/featured/free-market-medicine/

[8] Health Care: Over the Canadian Cliff?: http://www.thefreemanonline.org/columns/health-care-over-the-canadian-cliff/

[9] Single Payer: Neither Simple Nor Smart: http://www.heartland.org/publications/health%20care/article/667/Single_Payer_Neither_Simple_Nor_Smart.html

[10] Twenty Myths About National Health Insurance: http://www.mackinac.org/article.aspx?ID=260

[11] Healthcare Policy: The Case for Freedom, not Government: http://fee.org/audio/70/

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