{"id":12584,"date":"2021-12-30T05:00:03","date_gmt":"2021-12-30T10:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/blog\/?p=12584"},"modified":"2022-09-04T10:11:14","modified_gmt":"2022-09-04T13:11:14","slug":"739-freedoms-cure-for-the-sick-politics-of-health-care-paul-mckeever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/archives\/12584","title":{"rendered":"739 &#8211; Freedom&#8217;s cure for the sick politics of health care | Paul McKeever"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/739-HEALTHcarePOLITICS-168x100-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"168\" height=\"100\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-12585\" \/><audio controls preload=\"none\"><source src=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/BROADCASTS\/20211230-justRIGHT-739-GUEST-PaulMcKeever-FREEDOMsCureForTheSICKpoliticsOfHEALTHcare.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\"><\/audio><br \/>\nAs <strong>leader of the Freedom Party of Ontario, our guest Paul McKeever<\/strong> understands that the number one issue facing Ontarians and their provincial government is, and has been since its adoption in 1969, \u2018socialized\u2019 health care.  <\/p>\n<p>Indeed, <strong>since the beginning of the government\u2019s declared \u2018Covid pandemic,\u2019 the number one stated objective of politicians everywhere has been to \u2018save the health care system\u2019<\/strong> \u2013 apparently, at the cost of health care itself. Unfortunately, the \u2018system\u2019 being \u2018saved\u2019 is not health care, but socialism.  <\/p>\n<p>Destined to fail from the very beginning, <strong>the health care \u2018pyramid scheme\u2019 considered by many to be a proud defining characteristic of Canada is now in the process of its inevitable final collapse.<\/strong>  In Ontario, that process began from the very beginning in 1969 when the Progressive Conservative government of the time created a state-funded, \u2018single-payer\u2019 socialist health care system based on the <strong>rationing of health services<\/strong> according to demand.  <\/p>\n<p>Naturally, being \u2018free\u2019 (to the consumer, not to the taxpayer) the demand on health care services eventually became so great that governments were forced to ration ever smaller and smaller \u2018portions\u2019 of a limited service supply to ever-increasing demands on that service.  <strong>Today we have reached a point where many people are simply no longer able to access health care.<\/strong> Current generations are now paying the price for previous generations while being denied the benefit of health care services themselves. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Covid pandemic has served as a perfect distraction to justify and explain this particular failure of socialism.<\/strong> When politics gets entangled with health care, it&#8217;s hard to tell them apart.  It\u2019s hard to separate government from medicine.<\/p>\n<p>Government, by its nature, creates and enforces laws (justly or unjustly) through the use of physical force. Health care by its nature does not operate on any principles of force.  Science, medicine, human behaviour, and even nature itself all play critical roles in the maintenance of an individual\u2019s health.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Each individual has different health care conditions and needs; a socialistic one-size-fits-all mandated &#8216;preventative\u2019 measure fits none.  And that\u2019s why the moral way to govern is to defend freedom of choice.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Warns Paul:  \u201cPreventative medicine and mandatory vaccinations go hand-in-hand.\u201d  Unfortunately, he\u2019s Just Right.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/blog\/739-topics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/images\/buttons\/topics.gif\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/blog\/739-clips-credits\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/images\/buttons\/clips_and_credits.gif\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you found this presentation valuable please consider supporting us:<br \/>\n&#x1f9e1; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.me\/justrightmedia\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">PayPal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As leader of the Freedom Party of Ontario, our guest Paul McKeever understands that the number one issue facing Ontarians and their provincial government is, and has been since its adoption in 1969, \u2018socialized\u2019 health care. 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