Op-Eds
It's time to unplug Medicare's third rail [Daily Caller] Monday, November 26, 2012
I'll Buy My Own Contraception, Thanks [Townhall.com] Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged: A Paean to American Liberty [The Guardian, U.K.] Friday, August 17, 2012
Will FDA choke off promising adult stem cell research? [The Daily Caller] Friday, August 10, 2012
How Important Is the Obamacare Litigation? [Daily Caller] Friday, August 12, 2011
Health Care Op-Ed Archive
Press Releases
Obama's Health Care Deception Tuesday, August 11, 2009
A "Uniquely American" Health Care Plan Friday, August 7, 2009
Health Care is Not a Right Monday, July 27, 2009
There Is No Right to Health Care Thursday, July 23, 2009
FDA Okays Safer Spinach but Not Tomatoes Thursday, September 25, 2008
Health Care Press Release Archive
Letters to the Editor
Supporters of Smoking Bans Are Ignoring a Crucial Danger Monday, March 23, 2009
Taking Trans Fats off the Menu Sunday, August 3, 2008
The Right to Sell and Use "Medical" Marijuana Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Supreme Court Rejects Right to Life of the Terminally Ill Wednesday, January 16, 2008
To Save Lives, Legalize Trade in Organs Friday, December 21, 2007
Health Care Letters Archive
Commentary & Analysis
Medicine: The Death of a Profession
Health Care Is Not a Right video presentation is also available, hosted by Americans for Free Choice in Medicine.)
The Forgotten Man of Socialized Medicine Ayn Rand Bookstore )
Memo to Foes of Health Reform: Repudiate the Morality of Need Investor's Business Daily
“If you like your plan, you’ll be able to keep it” (you’ll just have to pay more for it) By Jeff ScialabbaVoices for Reason
In Defense of Health Insurance Discrimination Voices for Reason
"I Think They Ought To Be Hit Over the Head with a Club." Voices for Reason
Government Health Care in America (Part 1 ) (Part 2 ) (Part 3 ) (Part 4 )Voices for Reason
The Health Care Speech: A Moral Obamination Voices for Reason
A Health Care Debate Worth Having Voices for Reason
How to Eliminate Health Care Injustices (Part 1 ) (Part 2 )Voices for Reason
The Irrational Argument for Rationing Health Care Voices for Reason
"The Forgotten Man of Socialized Medicine"—and Us Voices for Reason
What Free Market in Health Care? Voices for Reason
The Resurgence of Big Government The Objective Standard
Video & Audio
How to Free Health Care
(a print version of this talk is also available.)
An episode from The Leonard Peikoff Show (1995-1999)
An interview with Yaron Brook on Freedom Watch
In this Fox Business Network interview , John Lewis explains why health care is not a right.
ARC participated in this series of lectures at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, in which speakers argued for a free market in health care. The event was sponsored by Americans for Free Choice in Medicine (AFCM). Video recording hosted by AFCM .
Health Care Is Not a Right
An address delivered by Leonard Peikoff at a Town Hall Meeting in Costa Mesa, California, on December 11, 1993. Hosted by Americans for Free Choice in Medicine. (Also available in a PDF print version .)
An interview with Alex Epstein on The Thom Hartmann Show , recorded April 8, 2009.
An interview with Alex Epstein on The Thom Hartmann Show , recorded December 6, 2007. Requires RealPlayer® .
An interview with Alex Epstein on The Thom Hartmann Show , recorded October 1, 2007. Requires RealPlayer® .
An interview with Alex Epstein on The Thom Hartmann Show , recorded June 12, 2007. Requires RealPlayer® .
An interview with Yaron Brook on The Thom Hartmann Show , recorded December 19, 2006. Requires RealPlayer® .
An interview with Alex Epstein on The Thom Hartmann Show , recorded August 3, 2006. Requires RealPlayer® .
An interview with Peter LePort on The Peter Mac Show , recorded January 18, 2002. Requires RealPlayer® .
Ayn Rand on Government & Policy
“Man’s Rights” (an article)
“Collectivized ‘Rights’” (an article)
“The Nature of Government” (an article)
Conservatism: An Obituary (audio lecture)
“Let Us Alone!” (audio interview)
The Nature of Rights (audio interview)
Objective Law (audio interview)
Politics of a Free Society (audio interview)
The Structure of Government (audio interview)
Censorship: Local and Express (audio lecture)
The Moratorium on Brains (audio lecture)
The New Fascism: Rule by Consensus (audio lecture)
The Wreckage of the Consensus (audio lecture)
Commentary from Other Sources
From time to time, ARC posts commentary from outside sources that we think may be of interest to our readers. Please note that the following items were not produced by ARC and do not necessarily reflect our views. For commentary by ARC writers, please see the Op-Eds, Articles, Press Releases and Video & Audio sections of this page.
We Need Saving from Medicare The Orange County Register
ObamaCare: Insurers Need Permission to Survive; Citizens, to Live Pajamas Media , April 25, 2010
The Deadly Tax on Medical Innovation Pajamas Media , April 11, 2010
The Real ObamaCare Fraud Pajamas Media , March 26, 2010
Turning Medicine into Political Football The Denver Post
ObamaCare: The Coming Battles Pajamas Media , March 22, 2010
ObamaCare vs. the Hippocratic Oath Pajamas Media , March 18, 2010
Profit Vital to Quality Health Care The Orange County Register
What America Needs to Know What's at Stake with ObamaCare Gold Coast Chronicle
Can the Moral 'Narrative' of ObamaCare Be Defeated? By Paul HsiehPajamas Media , March 4, 2010
Republicans, Beware the Trap of 'Limited' Reforms Pajamas Media , February 25, 2010
Government Grab of Retirement Accounts a Matter of 'Social Justice' By Paul HsiehPajamas Media , February 22, 2010
Health Care Fight: What's Next? By Richard RalstonThe Orange County Register
America Doesn't Need a Health Insurance 'Czar' Pajamas Media , January 18, 2010
Mafia-Style Health Insurance: An Offer You Can't Refuse The Washington Examiner
Wrong Way to Think of Rights The Orange County Register
The History of HMOs (PDF) Americans for Free Choice in Medicine . Used by permission.
Health Care in Massachusetts: A Warning for America The Christian Science Monitor
Is Your Doctor Getting Ready to Quit? Pajamas Media , September 18, 2009
How the Freedom to Contract Protects Insurability The Objective Standard
What "Right" to Health Care? RealClearPolitics , August 3, 2009
I was a Victim of U.S. Government Care The Detroit News
The Federal Health Care Muggers Pajamas Media , July 24, 2009
Obamacare's Attack on Doctors Orange County Register
Dr. Orwell; Paging Dr. Orwell Orange County Register
It’s Time to Nationalize Grocery Stores Orange County Register
Health Care Reform vs. Universal Health Care Pajamas Media , May 5, 2009
Health Insurance Industry Sells Its Soul to the Devil Pajamas Media , March 22, 2009
FDA as Drug Research Censor Orange County Register
America Doesn’t Need a “Health Care Czar” The DC Examiner
Universal Healthcare and the Waistline Police The Christian Science Monitor ABC News
Moral Health Care vs. “Universal Health Care” The Objective Standard
Mandatory Health Insurance: Wrong for Massachusetts, Wrong for America The Objective Standard
How the FDA Violates Rights and Hinders Health The Objective Standard
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The Capitalist Manifesto
The Philosophic Basis of Capitalism
The Forgotten Man of Socialized Medicine
Medicine: The Death of a Profession
The Politics of Pragmatism
The "Diversity" Delusion
The Threats to Freedom: A Philosophic Dissection
The Philosophic Basis of a Woman's Right to Abortion
