And Another Thing
As noted in my last blog, now is the time for Republicans, libertarians, and those against state interference in medicine (I really mean MORE interference....we can see how Medicare and other state operated medicine is both bankrupt morally and fiscally) to string up the banner with NEW IDEAS for free market reform, indeed the separation of state and medicine altogether before the collectivists dust off their egos and get going again after our minds and bodies.
There must be at all levels of medicine the understanding that you, the patient, is the boss, and physicians of any kind are employees, to be used as we see fit, to be worked like the dogs they are (strike that...I might need a doctor one day) but most of all we must repeal all laws that interfere with the relationships we choose to have with these high priests of health. We, the people, must take control of our bodies, away from the state, and away from the medicine men.
Let's say you suffer from depression. In most circumstances, you must first make the decision as to what form of, if any, treatment you want. You recognize something is wrong, then you seek advice. From books, from websites, perhaps leading you to a practitioner of voodoo, or a psychologist, psychiatrist, perhaps a rabbi, or friend, or all or none of the above. That right, to choose how and where to get help has not yet been taken from you, but once you enter "the system" you are at the mercy of a medical monopoly that decides for you, from then on, how to treat you. You. You. That's you I'm talking about, and there is only one of them.
The system must be changed so that when we seek advice, we have the right, given by God, to control our bodies. That's the beginning.
The oligarchy of medicine will end when patients demand it and understand that they must understand enough not only to choose their healers, but to a great extent, understand their advice. And choose to accept it or not, and if not, travel the road that man has created, the medical trail, and either look elsewhere for help or medicate yourself.
There are plenty of arguments from the medical establishment against a free market in medicine. If I were a doctor, I might say that only we have the ability, knowledge, and understanding of the living being to make decisions of life and death. If you believe that, then you should use only MD's for advice. If you do not, then you should be free to consult with any other practitioner of healing, who should be free to treat you in any way acceptable to you. The only way that MD's can keep the monopoly they now have is by the use of the state, the use of force, that undermines your ownership of the self. Either you own you or the state does. Right now, it is the government.
Make your own decisions or consult a trusted advisor, who in a free market, will be able to treat you in any way you choose. Buy your medicine across any counter in any drugstore, or take the advice of a physician.
We're talking about your health now. Your health...Know it, understand it, and help to free us from the force of the state, that interposes itself between healthcare giver and receiver. It is a monopoly that keeps you in a slave state, where you and your health belong to our minders.
Joe Postove
There must be at all levels of medicine the understanding that you, the patient, is the boss, and physicians of any kind are employees, to be used as we see fit, to be worked like the dogs they are (strike that...I might need a doctor one day) but most of all we must repeal all laws that interfere with the relationships we choose to have with these high priests of health. We, the people, must take control of our bodies, away from the state, and away from the medicine men.
Let's say you suffer from depression. In most circumstances, you must first make the decision as to what form of, if any, treatment you want. You recognize something is wrong, then you seek advice. From books, from websites, perhaps leading you to a practitioner of voodoo, or a psychologist, psychiatrist, perhaps a rabbi, or friend, or all or none of the above. That right, to choose how and where to get help has not yet been taken from you, but once you enter "the system" you are at the mercy of a medical monopoly that decides for you, from then on, how to treat you. You. You. That's you I'm talking about, and there is only one of them.
The system must be changed so that when we seek advice, we have the right, given by God, to control our bodies. That's the beginning.
The oligarchy of medicine will end when patients demand it and understand that they must understand enough not only to choose their healers, but to a great extent, understand their advice. And choose to accept it or not, and if not, travel the road that man has created, the medical trail, and either look elsewhere for help or medicate yourself.
There are plenty of arguments from the medical establishment against a free market in medicine. If I were a doctor, I might say that only we have the ability, knowledge, and understanding of the living being to make decisions of life and death. If you believe that, then you should use only MD's for advice. If you do not, then you should be free to consult with any other practitioner of healing, who should be free to treat you in any way acceptable to you. The only way that MD's can keep the monopoly they now have is by the use of the state, the use of force, that undermines your ownership of the self. Either you own you or the state does. Right now, it is the government.
Make your own decisions or consult a trusted advisor, who in a free market, will be able to treat you in any way you choose. Buy your medicine across any counter in any drugstore, or take the advice of a physician.
We're talking about your health now. Your health...Know it, understand it, and help to free us from the force of the state, that interposes itself between healthcare giver and receiver. It is a monopoly that keeps you in a slave state, where you and your health belong to our minders.
Joe Postove
posted by Mr. Liberty at 9:35 AM
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