AFCM signed on as part of another brief amicus curiae, in support of the plaintiffs in the State of Florida, et al., vs. U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. Brief (PDF)
U.S. district court strikes down mandatory insurance provision of health care law.
View the Memorandum Opinion of the Court (PDF)
October 4, 2010
AFCM and Pacific Legal Foundation signed on as "friends of the court" in support of Virginia's civil action against the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's individual mandate. View the documents in PDF: Motion | Brief
National Press Club
Washington, D.C.
September 19, 2009
Part 1
Welcome
Richard E. Ralston, Executive Director, Americans for Free Choice in Medicine www.afcm.org
"Individual Rights and Health Care Reform"
John David Lewis, Ph.D., Duke University;
Author, Nothing Less than Victory: Decisive Wars and the Lessons of History www.classicalideals.com
"How a National Health-Insurance Mandate Would Affect Your Privacy"
Sue Blevins, M.P.H., M.S., President, Institute for Health Freedom www.forhealthfreedom.org
Part 2
"Health-Care Policy: Diagnosing the Problem and Prescribing the Cure"
Arthur Astorino, Jr., M.D., Chairman and Founder, Americans for Free Choice in Medicine www.afcm.org
Question Period
Part 3
"The Problem with Mandates and the Benefits of Free-Market Consumer Health Care"
Greg Scandlen, Senior Fellow and Director, Consumers for Health Care Choices, Heartland Institute www.chcchoices.org
"Medical Innovation — and Why It’s Important Not to Kill the Goose that Lays the (Health-Care) Golden Eggs"
Paul Howard, Ph.D., Director, Center for Medical Progress, Manhattan Institute www.manhattaninstitute.org
Part 4
"Gaining the Moral High Ground: Why Government Health Care Is Immoral"
Yaron Brook, Ph.D., President, Ayn Rand Center for Individual Rights www.aynrandcenter.org
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