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Christians and Health Care Acton Institute

WebChristians and Health Care. As the threat of a crisis in our current health care system looms larger and health care spending continues to increase, the sustainability of our current …

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Single-payer healthcare: A Christian view Acton Institute

WebIn the UK, our National Health Service was once described by a former Chancellor of the Exchequer as being the nearest thing we have to a national religion. It certainly gets a lot of support from religious …

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Healthcare, democracy, and freedom Acton Institute

WebHealthcare, democracy, and freedom. Just as in 1993, the issue of government healthcare has risen to the top of the public agenda, taking attention away …

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Health Care ‘Reform’ And Unintended Consequences

WebLate Tuesday, the administration said Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius would try to resolve the situation by issuing new regulations. The …

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Two recent essays on health care/insurance and reform

WebWith health care, there is already massive government intervention. The most obvious example is the double debut of Medicare and Medicaid in the 1960s. In addition, …

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Cold facts about COVID-19 Acton Institute

WebRoughly 12,469 people in the U.S. died from the swine flu from April 12, 2009, to April 10, 2010. Unlike COVID-19, which mainly kills older people with …

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Five Simple Arguments Against Government Healthcare

WebFive Simple Arguments Against Government Healthcare. by Hunter Baker • July 29, 2009. The argument from federalism: One of the great benefits of federalism is …

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Health care rights, and wrongs Acton Institute

WebIndividuals and families with health savings accounts would be better able to prioritize health care resource allocation through the marketplace, rather than distant …

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What’s behind COVID-19 racial health disparities

WebSoon after COVID-19 infection rates began to skyrocket in New York City and other densely populated urban areas, progressives and Democrats demanded data …

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National health care topples a Nordic government

WebThe government must ration care to control costs. Ultimately, Finnish citizens pay for a health care system they cannot use, then pay again for a private doctor to treat …

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A Christian prescription for health-care reform Acton Institute

WebA Christian prescription for health-care reform. Reform of the American healthcare sector is urgent. The current trend of ever increasing healthcare spending, …

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The truth about Cuba’s health care system

WebHere are six facts that reveal the truth about the Cuban health care system: 1. Cuban hospitals are a horror show. Michael Moore, the world’s most gullible leftist …

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The moral quandary of national healthcare Acton Institute

WebAlmost all discussions about health policy focus on whether different systems of providing healthcare are more efficient, more equitable, or lead to better health …

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NHS leader: Stop ‘prioritising’ your own health Acton Institute

WebA senior official in the UK’s single-payer healthcare system says that patients should stop selfishly putting their own health and well-being first in order to improve the …

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Subsidiarity and Health Care Reform Acton Institute

WebThe Health Insurance Portability Act of 1996 did not easily become law. Senator Ted Kennedy and other supporters of big government social and health care …

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Three core principles to evaluate the coronavirus stimulus

WebAs epidemiologists scramble to mitigate the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on public health, economists are evaluating its impact on the global economy. …

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Government subsidies not so sweet for health Acton Institute

WebThe production of HFCS is simply aggravating poor health around the world. According to recent estimates, 6.4 percent of the world population is currently diabetic, …

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Medical conscience rights: the next civil rights struggle

WebSomething authoritarian this way comes. Powerful forces are striving to impose a secular ethic on the entire medical professional which – in the name of …

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Health within limits: A reading of Wendell Berry Acton Institute

WebHealth within limits: A reading of Wendell Berry. A few months ago, a friend and I drove to Indianapolis on a pilgrimage to see and hear Wendell Berry. I was struck …

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Human Capital and Poverty Acton Institute

WebThe main purpose of economics is to understand and to help alleviate poverty, and there is an intimate and transparent relation between investments in human capital …

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A Biblical Perspective on Environmental Stewardship

Web2 Such advances in the West have been the fruits of freedom, knowledge, and hard work–all resting substantially on the foundation of biblical Christianity’s worldview and ethic of …

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