Barboo
11-08-2009, 09:36 PM
Please let me know if you find good links pertaining to our topics, and I will post them here. I will also re-post links from our forum threads under the appropriate heading here so that they can be easily found for other posts.
Bill H.R.3962
H.R.3962 (http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:H.R.3962:)
This has links to the "Affordable Health Care for America Act"
both as introduced in the House and as passed in the House.
In Favor of the Reforms
GOVERNMENT SOURCES
Health Reform.gov (http://www.healthreform.gov/)
The White House: Health Care (http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/health-care)
BILL MOYERS
Transcript Editorial - Sept. 2, 2009 (http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/09042009/transcript3.html)
Special Feature: Reforming Health Care (http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/healthcare/)
This page includes numerous links.
TPM
Editorial: Adventures in the Rabbit Hole
by Josh Marshall (http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2009/08/adventures_in_the_rabbit_hole.php)
Excerpt: "This is the most accurate and graspable explanation of what's being proposed."
Against the Reforms
CATO INSTITUTE
Yes, Mr. President: A Free Market Can Fix Health Care (http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=10646)
Make sure you notice the PDF at the bottom of the introductory article.
That's the actual policy analysis paper. It's 16 pages long.
On Health Care Reform (http://healthcare.cato.org/obama-congressional-plans)
Numerous links.
FIRM
Freedom and Individual Rights in Medicine
FIRM website (http://www.westandfirm.org/)
FIRM was founded by Lin Zinser JD, with assistance from Paul Hsieh, MD and others.
Numerous articles.
Mafia-style Health Insurance: An Offer You Can't Refuse (http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columns/OpEd-Contributor/Mafia-style-health-insurance_-An-offer-you-can_t-refuse-8537964-70149222.html)
By Dr. Paul Hsieh, published in the Washington Examiner.
GALILEO BLOGS
Making Socialized Medicine Real (http://galileoblogs.blogspot.com/2008/02/making-socialized-medicine-real.html)
A YouTube video titled "A Short Course in Brain Surgery" criticizes Ontario's single-payer health care system.
THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION
The Heritage Foundation:Healthcare Reform (http://www.heritage.org/research/healthcare/healthcarereform/)
Numerous Links.
Doing Health Care Right: The Empowering Patients First Act (http://www.heritage.org/Research/HealthCare/wm2682.cfm)
THE HOOVER INSTITUTION
Comparative Medical Care Statistics between USA, Canada, and the UK (http://www.hoover.org/publications/digest/49525427.html)
THOMAS SOWELL
The 'Costs'of Medical Care
Part I (http://jewishworldreview.com/cols/sowell110309.php3) Part II (http://jewishworldreview.com/cols/sowell110409.php3) Part III (http://jewishworldreview.com/cols/sowell110509.php3) Part VI (http://jewishworldreview.com/cols/sowell110609.php3)
ROB TRACINSKI
You Will Lose Your Private Health Insurance (http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/12/10/the_sheer_arrogance_of_obamacare_99479.html)
Government Control Leads to Denial of Care (http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/10/19/government_control_leads_to_denial_of_health_care_ 98776.html)
Neutral
How Our Laws are Made (http://thomas.loc.gov/home/lawsmade.toc.html)
The U.S.Senate (http://www.senate.gov/)
The U.S.House of Representatives (http://www.house.gov/)
*****
New Yorker Magazine
Article: The Cost Conundrum
by Atul Gawande (http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/06/01/090601fa_fact_gawande?currentPage=all)
This is a very long article about what makes health care so expensive, and it's quite thought-provoking.
I haven't finished reading it yet, so I'm not sure where to put it. But so far it doesn't seem to be
aimed directly toward one side or the other.
* * * * *
Bill H.R.3962
H.R.3962 (http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:H.R.3962:)
This has links to the "Affordable Health Care for America Act"
both as introduced in the House and as passed in the House.
In Favor of the Reforms
GOVERNMENT SOURCES
Health Reform.gov (http://www.healthreform.gov/)
The White House: Health Care (http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/health-care)
BILL MOYERS
Transcript Editorial - Sept. 2, 2009 (http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/09042009/transcript3.html)
Special Feature: Reforming Health Care (http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/healthcare/)
This page includes numerous links.
TPM
Editorial: Adventures in the Rabbit Hole
by Josh Marshall (http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2009/08/adventures_in_the_rabbit_hole.php)
Excerpt: "This is the most accurate and graspable explanation of what's being proposed."
Against the Reforms
CATO INSTITUTE
Yes, Mr. President: A Free Market Can Fix Health Care (http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=10646)
Make sure you notice the PDF at the bottom of the introductory article.
That's the actual policy analysis paper. It's 16 pages long.
On Health Care Reform (http://healthcare.cato.org/obama-congressional-plans)
Numerous links.
FIRM
Freedom and Individual Rights in Medicine
FIRM website (http://www.westandfirm.org/)
FIRM was founded by Lin Zinser JD, with assistance from Paul Hsieh, MD and others.
Numerous articles.
Mafia-style Health Insurance: An Offer You Can't Refuse (http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columns/OpEd-Contributor/Mafia-style-health-insurance_-An-offer-you-can_t-refuse-8537964-70149222.html)
By Dr. Paul Hsieh, published in the Washington Examiner.
GALILEO BLOGS
Making Socialized Medicine Real (http://galileoblogs.blogspot.com/2008/02/making-socialized-medicine-real.html)
A YouTube video titled "A Short Course in Brain Surgery" criticizes Ontario's single-payer health care system.
THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION
The Heritage Foundation:Healthcare Reform (http://www.heritage.org/research/healthcare/healthcarereform/)
Numerous Links.
Doing Health Care Right: The Empowering Patients First Act (http://www.heritage.org/Research/HealthCare/wm2682.cfm)
THE HOOVER INSTITUTION
Comparative Medical Care Statistics between USA, Canada, and the UK (http://www.hoover.org/publications/digest/49525427.html)
THOMAS SOWELL
The 'Costs'of Medical Care
Part I (http://jewishworldreview.com/cols/sowell110309.php3) Part II (http://jewishworldreview.com/cols/sowell110409.php3) Part III (http://jewishworldreview.com/cols/sowell110509.php3) Part VI (http://jewishworldreview.com/cols/sowell110609.php3)
ROB TRACINSKI
You Will Lose Your Private Health Insurance (http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/12/10/the_sheer_arrogance_of_obamacare_99479.html)
Government Control Leads to Denial of Care (http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/10/19/government_control_leads_to_denial_of_health_care_ 98776.html)
Neutral
How Our Laws are Made (http://thomas.loc.gov/home/lawsmade.toc.html)
The U.S.Senate (http://www.senate.gov/)
The U.S.House of Representatives (http://www.house.gov/)
*****
New Yorker Magazine
Article: The Cost Conundrum
by Atul Gawande (http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/06/01/090601fa_fact_gawande?currentPage=all)
This is a very long article about what makes health care so expensive, and it's quite thought-provoking.
I haven't finished reading it yet, so I'm not sure where to put it. But so far it doesn't seem to be
aimed directly toward one side or the other.
* * * * *