From Mutual Aid to the Welfare State: Fraternal Societies and Social Services, 1890-1967

Show: 013 Top Priority Podcast | Healthcare Priority Initiative

Date Recorded: December 17, 2019

Host: Duane Lester, Manager of Issue Education, Grassroots Leadership Academy

Guests: Charlie Katebi, Health Policy Analyst, Americans for Prosperity

Elliott Fox, Director of Healthcare Initiatives, Stand Together

Show Notes & Timestamps

  • What is our Stand Together Community doing in the Healthcare space? min [3:45]
  • What external barriers keep people from accessing quality, affordable Health Care? min [7:20]

What is Certificate of Need? How is it a barrier to accessing quality, affordable Health Care? min [7:35]**

What is Scope of Practice and how are Scope of Practice revisions removing barriers? min [14:07]**

What are the barriers to Telemedicine that need to be removed? min [21:40]**

  • What internal barriers keep people from accessing affordable Health Care? min [24:44]
  • How our Community views Health Care through the lens of the first mutually-reinforcing principle—Equal Rights. min [36:45]

The violation of Equal Rights is forcing practitioners to beg for permission from the government to care for patients who want the service.

  • How our Community views Healthcare through the lens of the second mutually-reinforcing principle—Mutual Benefit. min [38:48]

We value win-win solutions for patients and doctors.

  • How our Community views Healthcare through the lens of the third mutually-reinforcing principle—Openness. min [41:22]
  • How our Community views Healthcare through the lens of the fourth mutually-reinforcing principle—Self-Actualization. min [42:50]
  • How to think about Healthcare solutions through the lens of “What if government didn’t do that?” min [44:17]

*Additional Resource*

  • Pessimists Archive Podcast hosted by Jason Feifer
  • EconTalk Podcast hosted by Russ Roberts with Dr. Keith Smith on Free Market Health Care
  • Dr. Keith Smith’s blog at Surgery Center of Oklahoma
  • The Free Market Medical Association
  • From Mutual Aid to the Welfare State: Fraternal Societies and Social Services, 1890-1967 by David Beito