Thursday, September 24, 2009

FIRM Articles And Editorials

Now that the health care issue is front-and-center on the political radar, our web designer Tod has added four new pages to the FIRM website which include a compilation (with links) of all of the health care OpEds and articles written by myself, Ari Armstrong, Brian Schwartz, Lin Zinser, etc.

So please feel free to steer people towards the list of "All Articles/Editorials", to the subpages for Ari, Brian, and myself, or to any individual pieces.

All Articles/OpEds: http://www.westandfirm.org/articles.html

Ari Armstrong: http://www.westandfirm.org/armstrong.html
Paul Hsieh: http://www.westandfirm.org/hsieh.html
Brian Schwartz: http://www.westandfirm.org/schwartz.html

The "All Articles" page lists the 44 OpEds and 3 health care articles published between January 1, 2007 (when Lin started FIRM) and September 23, 2009, listed in order of most recent to oldest. We have also included the revised 2007 version of Dr. Peikoff's "Health Care is Not A Right" as the top-most item in the Articles section. As we add more articles and OpEds, Dr. Peikoff's piece will always remain on top.

So to my fellow FIRM writers -- thank you for all your help and support!


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All Articles

Health Care is Not A Right
By Leonard Peikoff, PhD, updated by Lin Zinser in 2007
A powerful essay on the immorality of socialized medicine
(Printable PDF version)

How the Freedom to Contract Protects Insurability
By Paul Hsieh
The Objective Standard, Fall 2009

Mandatory Insurance: Wrong For Massachusetts, Wrong For America
By Paul Hsieh
The Objective Standard, Fall 2008

Moral Health Care Vs. 'Universal Health Care'
By Lin Zinser and Paul Hsieh
The Objective Standard, Winter 2007-2008


All Editorials

Republican plans for health care reform similar to Obamacare
By Ari Armstrong
Colorado Springs Gazette, September 18, 2009.

Is Your Doctor Getting Ready to Quit?
By Paul Hsieh
PajamasMedia, September 18, 2009

Restore free market to address preexisting conditions
By Linn and Ari Armstrong,
Grand Junction Free Press, September 14, 2009

Health Care Is Not a Privilege … Nor Is It a Right
By Brian T. Schwartz
Pajamas Media, September 8, 2009

The Free Market Is Not Another Form of Rationing
By Paul Hsieh
PajamasMedia, September 1, 2009

Debunking health care reform myths
By Linn and Ari Armstrong
Grand Junction Free Press, August 31, 2009

Rationing inherent in Obamacare
By Ari Armstrong
Colorado Springs Gazette, August 14, 2009

In health debate, left and right need to check premises
By Linn and Ari Armstrong
Grand Junction Free Press, August 3, 2009

The Federal Health Care Muggers
By Paul Hsieh
PajamasMedia, July 24, 2009

DeMint's health handouts violate liberty
By Linn and Ari Armstrong
Grand Junction Free Press, July 20, 2009

More poison, not an antidote: Mandating employer health insurance
By Brian T. Schwartz
Boulder Daily Camera, June 28, 2009
(Also in the Denver Daily News, August, 21 2009)

Reject political control of health care
By Linn and Ari Armstrong
Grand Junction Free Press, June 24, 2009

Health Care Reform vs. Universal Health Care
By Paul Hsieh
PajamasMedia, May 5, 2009

Health Insurance Industry Sells Its Soul to the Devil
By Paul Hsieh
PajamasMedia, March 22, 2009

HB 1273: Politicians cannot “guarantee” health care
By Brian T. Schwartz
Colorado Daily, March 7, 2009
(Also in the Denver Daily News, March 9, 2009)

Ayn Rand and the Tea Party Protests
By Paul Hsieh
PajamasMedia, March 2, 2009

America Doesn't Need a Health Care Czar
By Paul Hsieh
DC Examiner, February 23, 2009

Universal Healthcare and the Waistline Police
By Paul Hsieh
Christian Science Monitor, January 7, 2009

Polis vs. Polis on Cars and Health Care
By Paul Hsieh
Boulder Daily Camera, December 28, 2008

Liberty is best prescription for health care,
By Brian T. Schwartz
Rocky Mountain News, December 26, 2008

Asking For Trouble In Health Care
By Paul Hsieh
Colorado Springs Gazette, November 22, 2008

Free market reforms healthier than Amendment 56
By Paul Hsieh
Rocky Mountain News, September 19, 2008

Health Care: Unions Lie, Choice Dies,
By Brian T. Schwartz
Colorado Daily, July 14, 2008

Mandating health care coverage is a costly mistake
By Paul Hsieh
Denver Post, April 9, 2008

No Compassion in Forced Giving
By Brian T. Schwartz
Rocky Mountain News, April 6, 2008

Polis implies he'd represent the worst in us
By Brian T. Schwartz
Rocky Mountain News, February 26, 2008

"Universal" Health Care Kills
By Brian T. Schwartz
Colorado Daily, February 24, 2008
(Also in Hawaii Reporter, February 29, 2008; Salida Mountain Mail, March 3, 2008; Pueblo Chieftain, April 13, 2008)

Freedom is compassionate, force is not
By Linn and Ari Armstrong
Grand Junction Free Press, February 4, 2008

A Very Costly Health Care Solution
By Linda Gorman and Ari Armstrong
Rocky Mountain News, January 30, 2008

More Political Control of Medicine Comes With Higher Costs
By Linn and Ari Armstrong
Grand Junction Free Press, January 21, 2008

The Collective Punishment Model
By Brian T. Schwartz
TCS Daily, January 14, 2008
(Also in Colorado Springs Gazette, January 31, 2008; Rocky Mountain News, February 7, 2008; Pueblo Chieftain, February 10, 2008)

Insurance Mandates Threaten Your Health
By Linn and Ari Armstrong
Grand Junction Free Press, October 15, 2007

'Single-Payer' Health Care Is Anything but Free
By Paul Hsieh
Colorado Springs Business Journal, September 28, 2007

Government Control is Bad for Your Health, [print edition]
By Brian T. Schwartz
Rocky Mountain News, September 26, 2007

Reformers demand more labor for politically-run medicine
By Linn and Ari Armstrong
Grand Junction Free Press, September 3, 2007

Medicaid is Hazardous to Your Health, [print edition]
By Brian T. Schwartz
Daily Camera, August 26, 2007

Don't Model State Reforms on Medicaid [print edition]
By Brian T Schwartz
Denver Post, August 5, 2007

Health socializers ignore benefits of liberty, harms of controls
By Linn and Ari Armstrong
Grand Junction Free Press, June 11, 2007

Socialized Medicine is Wrong for State
By Paul Hsieh
Boulder Daily Camera, June 10, 2007

Free market holds key to ensuring quality for Coloradans
By Paul Hsieh
Rocky Mountain News, June 2, 2007

Government controls violate rights, raise costs, cut access
By Brian T. Schwartz
Rocky Mountain News, April 28, 2007

What's Right With Colorado Health Care
By Ari Armstrong
Independence Institute, April 8, 2007

Colorado Medical Socialism
By Ari Armstrong
Boulder Weekly, February 15, 2007

Government-Run Auto Repair? Yes!
By Brian T. Schwartz
Boulder Daily Camera, February 11, 2007