...why the American people would even give the slightest consideration for government health programs. They don't want the government to deliver their automobiles, or their videocassette recorders, or their food... The best way to deliver healthcare is the way we deliver all goods and services in a free society.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Paul argues that government should not provide health care because people already reject government delivery of other goods; the market should handle health services.
- In plain terms
- Health care belongs in the free market, not government.
- What can you take from it?
- Implement health services through private competition.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How would uninsured individuals get care?
- What safeguards protect against price gouging?
Another view
Ignores market failures and access issues for low‑income patients.
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