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International Advocates for Health Freedom
The founder, John Hammell, has been fighting for health freedom for 10 years, and first got involved with alternative medicine after recovering from a life threatening illness via a suppressed alternative treatment (orthomolecular medicine) after mainstream methods almost killed him. He believes it to be highly immoral for anyone to try to restrict the availability of herbs and supplements or to do anything which would hamper consumer access.

Americans for Free Choice in Medicine
Promotes the philosophy of individual rights, personal responsibility and free market economics in the health care industry.

Institute for Health Freedom
Established to bring the issues of personal health freedom to the forefront of America's health policy debate, IHF's mission is to present the ethical and economic case for strengthening personal health freedom.

Association of American Physicians and Surgeons
A non-partisan professional association of physicians, dedicated to the highest ethical standards of the Oath of Hippocrates and to preserving the sanctity of the patient-physician relationship and the practice of private medicine.

The Dangers of Socialized Medicine
This collection of essays makes the moral and practical case for a complete free market in healthcare.

National Center for Policy Analysis: Health Care Issues
The NCPA has one of the largest collections of papers and articles on health care policy online.

Cato Institute Health & Welfare Studies
This list of online papers from the Cato Institute includes studies on demonstrating the practical superiority of Medical Savings Accounts over managed health care type plans, moving the FDA's pharmaceutical and medical device approval responsibilities into the private sector, and allowing Americans to opt-out of Medicare and into private insurance arrangements.

Citizens' Council on Health Care
A citizens' resource for designing the future of health care.

Council for Affordable Health Insurance
Promotes a free-market approach to reform, and works to preserve freedom of choice and quality of care while addressing the issue of affordability.

Galen Institute
A research organization focusing on free-market health care reform and tax policy.