This is the property of the Daily Journal Corporation and fully protected by copyright. It is made available only to Daily Journal subscribers for personal or collaborative purposes and may not be distributed, reproduced, modified, stored or transferred without written permission. Please click "Reprint" to order presentation-ready copies to distribute to clients or use in commercial marketing materials or for permission to post on a website. and copyright (showing year of publication) at the bottom.
Subscribe to the Daily Journal for access to Daily Appellate Reports, Verdicts, Judicial Profiles and more...
You have to be a subscriber to view this page.

Focus (Forum & Focus)

Jun. 28, 2007

New Meaning for 'Sicko': Universal Health Care Is a Prescription for Disaster

Forum Column - By Gen LaGreca - Growing calls for greater government intervention in medicine get one thing wrong: There is no right to wellness.

FORUM COLUMN

By Gen LaGreca

      Michael Moore says he made the film "Sicko" to "ignite a fire for free, universal health care." How absurd is it for someone seeking proper health care to take an odyssey to Communist Cuba?
      People like Moore believe capitalism is the disease and government takeover the cure for our health care ills. They think people have a right to free health care simply beca...

To continue reading, please subscribe.
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$795 for an entire year!

Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)

Already a subscriber?

Enewsletter Sign-up