Liberty MavenGovernment outlaws free health care
October 30th, 2009 1:37 pm | by Mike Miller | Published in Big Government, Health Care, Liberty, Market Regulation, Politics, law | 0
As noted in a story by James W. Harris at The Advocates for Self-Government, a group that wants to provide free medical care to out nation’s poor is being blocked by government bureaucrats:
An organization of volunteer doctors and other health care professionals wants to provide free medical care to tens of thousands of poor people across America.
But — incredibly — government bureaucrats won’t let them.
That’s the extraordinary story told by journalist David Freddoso in the Washington Examiner newspaper.
The article begins this way:
“Stan Brock just wants to help. The former co-star of ‘Wild Kingdom’ wants to deliver free medical, dental and vision care to the poor. … Brock simply wants to provide care free of charge, at the hands of unpaid volunteer doctors and dentists using donated equipment.
“Brock’s group, Remote Area Medical, wants to bring its services to Washington [D.C.], and soon. He wants his volunteer eye doctors to grind new glasses on the spot for those having trouble seeing.
“He wants his dentists to pull rotten teeth and perform root canals in badly neglected mouths. He wants to give checkups and HIV tests to the uninsured and the underinsured. No questions asked.
“The only question is whether the bureaucrats will let him do it.”
