by Runaway Slave | Sep 23, 2009 | Current Affairs, Essays & Articles, Free Market, Freemarket, Health, Health Care, health insurance, Libertarian Curmudgeon, Obamacare
My readers in their comments about medical care uniformly show a great, and on the evidence, inexplicable trust in Uncle Sam’s ability to do exactly what he promises. They show an equal distrust of ‘greedy’ insurance companies. While mistrust of insurance companies is...
by Runaway Slave | Sep 11, 2009 | Essays & Articles, Government, Health, Libertarian Curmudgeon
A persistent assertion from those hoping for the passage of ObamaCare is that government competition in the insurance market will lower costs.Not much is said about how this will come about, or why the massive Medicare and Medicaid programs haven’t already provided...
by Runaway Slave | Jul 4, 2009 | Economics, Essays & Articles, Government, Health, Libertarian Curmudgeon
You would think that the destruction of capitalism would be enough to keep our new president busy for at least a year or two. Nationalizing the banking, finance, insurance, and automobile industries is a pretty big bite to chew. But as they say in the ads, there’s...
by Runaway Slave | Apr 29, 2009 | Health, Libertarian Curmudgeon
Critical Alert: The Swine Flu Pandemic – Fact or Fiction? By Dr. Mercola American health officials declared a public health emergency as cases of swine flu were confirmed in the U.S. Health officials across the world fear this could be the leading edge of a global...
by Runaway Slave | May 24, 2006 | Essays & Articles, Fraud, Health, Libertarian Curmudgeon
To a crime investigator a coincidence is a clue. Scientists on the other hand assume that clues are only coincidences until proven by experiment. The rule in science is that correlation does not prove cause. Clearly it doesn’t. For example, we...
by Runaway Slave | Apr 26, 2006 | Costa Rica, Essays & Articles, Health, Law, Libertarian Curmudgeon
Shortly after I turned 50 I had a medical checkup in Key West. I remember only one specific piece of information the doctor gave me during that exam. He said, “There is no reason anyone should ever die of colon cancer.” An annual preventive colonoscopy would detect...
by Runaway Slave | Aug 31, 2005 | Education, Essays & Articles, Health, Libertarian Curmudgeon, Politics
"I’m investigating things that begin with the letter "M.” — The Mad Hatter in Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland. The term “mad as a hatter” has its roots in a tragic occupational hazard of the early hat making industry. Mercury nitrate...
