Freedom from the FDA
By Richard E. Ralston
November 28, 2008
It took the Food and Drug Administration more than a century to grow into a massive, expensive, wasteful, inflexible, ineffective, distant and indifferent bureaucracy. It now violates a founding principle of the practice of medicine: "First, do no harm." . . . [ full article ]
The Politics of Health Insurance
By Richard E. Ralston
October 27, 2008
There are some noteworthy differences between the health care policies advocated by Senators McCain and Obama. Both candidates, however, share fundamental flaws that make either set of proposals largely undesirable and impossible to implement. . . . [ full article ]
Who Broke Health Care?
By Richard E. Ralston
October 25, 2008
Many politicians now tell us that health care in America is "broken."
The best initial response to that is to ask yourself whether you think that your own health care is broken. And if it is, do you want to turn your decisions about your own health over to politicians who claim they can fix health insurance? Or, if you are generally satisfied with your health care, do you want politicians to take your current care away and replace it with a uniform government system? That is what they want to do, whether you think your own health care is broken or not. . . . [ full article ]
Government Medical Care Always Becomes Political Medical Care
By Richard E. Ralston
June 13, 2008
Americans did not invent democracy. What America rightly did, for the first time in history, was institutionalize the concept of limited government—based not on majority rule, but on individual rights. Sadly, this foundation is not properly recognized and is rapidly giving way to an ever-expanding government. . . . [ full article ]
Let's Keep Health Care Reform Simple
By Richard E. Ralston
April 29, 2008
The status quo in American health care is indefensible—an expensive regulatory and bureaucratic mess. What that calls for, however, is not more layers of regulation and complicated mandates. Nor should government take over health care completely and run it as part of a political spoils system. . . . [ full article ]
Free-Market Health Insurance Is Not the Enemy
By Richard E. Ralston
February 4, 2008
Much of the current debate about health care is between those who want the government to wipe all insurance companies out of existence and those who instead want the government to force everyone to buy regulated private insurance. Both sides ignore the fundamental context for any discussion of health care in America: individual rights and personal choice. . . . [ full article ]
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