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By: The Problem with Black Market Medicine

The Problem with Black Market Medicine — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 02:22:46 +0000

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Psychopolitik 2.0 » Run the numbers — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:26:01 +0000

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By: Alexander S. Peak

Alexander S. Peak — Sun, 24 May 2009 09:05:23 +0000

Although I have often said that if I could only abolish a single department of the U.S. government it would be the murderous FDA, I do agree that other reforms–including the dismantling of the patent system, the abolition of licensing for medical personnel, and the freeing of trade with other drug-producing countries–are needed as well. The ultimate goal must be the complete and total separation of healthcare and state, for as long as the two are tied together, (1) health insurance will remain exorbitant and options limited, (2) healthcare costs will remain exorbitant, (3) life-saving drugs and medical procedures will be kept off the market, and (4) people will needlessly die.

Yours,
Alex Peak

By: Ben Doherty

Ben Doherty — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 04:23:03 +0000

Great post, Kevin.

This has been on my mind a lot of late, having just had a year-long brush with working with a state institution myself – As you said, the culture is focused on Money and not the Consumer. Just as it is with healthcare.

I would have no problem convincing you that the waste I see just on bad IT decisions and software purchases was beyond reproach. The culture of state government is lazy and its bureaucracy is ineffective and stifling. If change is going to happen in health care, it needs to be a sea change: the stodgy paid-for software (read: Microsoft) and vendor model must be abolished.

I think now is the right time, at the cusp of mandated health-care reform, that a group of Open Source contributors can come together and forge a plan for a free-software-oriented health care system, and have a model ready for when RFPs come spilling out of the federal government. I would love to see a system that was made by the people, for the people: Not made by insurance companies for its stockholders and executives. It would run on cheap hardware and free software – what better way to save the system? This only represents a small part of the fiscal savings that such a bold move would produce; paper records, all the printers / ink / media, storage, insurance on that physical storage, mailing / faxing fees, everything.)

NOW is the time.

By: Stephan Kinsella

Stephan Kinsella — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 04:03:00 +0000

Good post, Kevin.

(BTW do you mean “currently” when you say “presently”? 🙂

By: (Still) Against the Medical Cartel « Upturned Earth

(Still) Against the Medical Cartel « Upturned Earth — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 03:26:01 +0000

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By: Sepp Hasslberger

Sepp Hasslberger — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:18:53 +0000

Heresy indeed, but a good one. Will be sharing it on the next health supreme newsgrabs. And here is a post over on the Global Swadeshi Ning group by Vinay Gupta, that goes in a very similar direction. Health insurance for $10 per year using the network

By: Mike Gogulski

Mike Gogulski — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 02:16:14 +0000

This is, of course, heresy. Heresy which would improve the lot of hundreds of millions of people, and do so while increasing human freedom and reducing costs to all but a tiny elite who have been bilking the public for a century.

I’m reminded of a piece of advice I saw perhaps ten years ago to those who can’t afford health insurance or most treatment in the US. Broke your leg? Go to the emergency room, expect to walk away with a $10k bill. Go to a vet, finished and done for maybe two hundred lousy bucks, if you can find one who puts healing above obedience.

By: Open Source Healthcare « Little Alex in Wonderland

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