LewRockwell By Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.
Rick Rozoff recently sent me a message that helps us understand a basic feature of socialized medicine. It is closely associated with death. Socialists complain that the free market makes medical care âtoo expensiveâ for the poor and middle class. Because of this, they propose to provide âfreeâ medical care for everybody. Of course, it isnât free. Itâs either paid for by taxes or inflation, which is itself a cruel tax.
But once the âfreeâ care is offered, there is a problem. At a zero, or very low, price, there will be much more medical services that people demand than can be provided. Suppose, for example, that you are having back pains. Should you get an MRI taken of your back? If you had to pay for the test yourself, you would hesitate. But if it is available âfree,â why not take it? Many more people will want MRIs than the available machines make possible. As everybody knows, this means long wait times.
Thereâs another way the socialists can solve the problem of shortages. This by killing people. If there are fewer people around, demand will go down.
Do you think that this is too bizarre to put into practice, even for socialists? If you think so, you are giving the socialists too much credit. Thatâs exactly what they are doing in Canada. The Canadian government makes euthanasia available to people for free. If youâve got a problem, why not âsolveâ it by ending tour own life? A crazy Canadian âdoctorâ enjoys killing people. She recently snuck into an Orthodox Jewish nursing home and killed an 83 year old resident, even though Jewish law prohibits euthanasia. She was not prosecuted for this gross violation of property rights or subject to any sanctions. She remains free to go on her with her murderous ways.
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