The Medical Freedom Channel

“We’re hearing a lot lately about the trend toward ‘consumer-directed healthcare’ and the need for strengthening the ‘ownership society’ in America. These ideas couldn’t be emphasized at a more important time. Here’s why … Currently, most Americans’ health-care choices are controlled by employers and government. Private businesses pay for approximately 27 percent of citizens’ health-care expenditures while government pays for 35 percent (18 percent federal and 17 percent state and local). It’s well known that he who pays the piper calls the tune. And when it comes to health care, employers and government are making important insurance decisions for the majority of Americans—deciding which treatments and providers are approved and which are not. So the sooner consumers become empowered payers of health care, the sooner they will be calling the tunes.” [editor’s note: The more this point is emphasized — that free market healthcare involved breaking the bondage to BOTH government AND corporate benefits — the better chance we have to make the change.- SAT] (12/05)