"Lessons from Soviet Medicine" is a revised version of Yuri Maltsev's "What Soviet Medicine Teaches Us" article that was discussed previously in the LIBERTARIAN BIOETHICS BLOG. Tonight I focus on the Americans Want Reform, Not Socialism section of the article, which delineates Hans-Herman Hoppe's 1993 healthcare reform proposal. The LIBERTARIAN BIOETHICS BLOG strongly endorses Hoppe's 4-step proposal:
STEP #1: "Eliminate all licensing requirements for medical schools, hospitals, pharmacies, and medical doctors and other health care personnel.
STEP#2: "Eliminate all government restrictions on the production and sale of pharmaceutical products and medical devices."
STEP #3: "Deregulate the health insurance industry."
STEP #4: "Eliminate all subsidies to the sick or unhealthy."
I humbly request that Hoppe consider adding a step 5 to his non-coercive proposal. "Eliminate the state" is my suggestion for this STEP #5. Yet, on further reflection, for the sake of simplicity, Hoppe should really scrap the first 4 steps for STEP #5.
STEP #1: "Eliminate all licensing requirements for medical schools, hospitals, pharmacies, and medical doctors and other health care personnel.
STEP#2: "Eliminate all government restrictions on the production and sale of pharmaceutical products and medical devices."
STEP #3: "Deregulate the health insurance industry."
STEP #4: "Eliminate all subsidies to the sick or unhealthy."
I humbly request that Hoppe consider adding a step 5 to his non-coercive proposal. "Eliminate the state" is my suggestion for this STEP #5. Yet, on further reflection, for the sake of simplicity, Hoppe should really scrap the first 4 steps for STEP #5.
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