LINKS: The Healthcare Reform Bill

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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

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

The White House: Health Care




BILL MOYERS

Transcript Editorial - Sept. 2, 2009

Special Feature: Reforming Health Care
This page includes numerous links.



TPM

Editorial: Adventures in the Rabbit Hole
by Josh Marshall
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
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
Numerous links.




FIRM
Freedom and Individual Rights in Medicine

FIRM website
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
By Dr. Paul Hsieh, published in the Washington Examiner.




GALILEO BLOGS

Making Socialized Medicine Real
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
Numerous Links.

Doing Health Care Right: The Empowering Patients First Act




THE HOOVER INSTITUTION

Comparative Medical Care Statistics between USA, Canada, and the UK




THOMAS SOWELL

The 'Costs'of Medical Care

Part I Part II Part III Part VI




ROB TRACINSKI

You Will Lose Your Private Health Insurance

Government Control Leads to Denial of Care






Neutral


How Our Laws are Made

The U.S.Senate

The U.S.House of Representatives



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New Yorker Magazine

Article: The Cost Conundrum
by Atul Gawande
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.


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