A Journal for Western Man-- Issue V
Richard G. Parker, MD
The principle cause of this relationship is not the patient’s need, but the skill and ability of the physician. Socialized medicine and its various acronyms (HMO’s, managed care, PPOs, etc.) destroys the causal nature of the physician-patient relationship by attempting to enslave physician and patient.
An individual can only act in accordance with his nature. By waving a gun in the air and decreeing that the laws of nature are to reverse, the government cannot change the fundamental nature of the physician-patient relationship—it can only destroy this relationship and ultimately destroy medicine.
Such free market “reforms” as Medical Savings Accounts and 100% tax-deductibility for medical expenses and insurance premiums offer America a practical and moral means of improving the quality and availability of health care. These free market reforms hold the promise of restoring the integrity of the physician-patient relationship and improving the quality and availability of health care for all Americans.
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