Meet the Recipients

February 3, 2012
The Lucidicus Project is pleased to award kit #102 to Daniel R., a second-year medical student at Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia, PA. Daniel considers himself politically conservative and a supporter of free markets. He notes that there is a course at his school on the business of healthcare, but that it promotes the mistaken view that healthcare is a right. He rejects that view, and believes that young doctors should not feel as though they need to further the liberal agenda in order to be a part of American medicine. He wishes that more people would be encouraged to discuss market-based solutions. Daniel heard about The Lucidicus Project through a friend who is also currently in medical school.

January 24, 2012
The Lucidicus Project is pleased to award kit #101 to Derek D., a student at Allegheny College in Meadville, PA. Derek is studying Political Science and pioneering a self-designed, interdisciplinary major in Public Health in order to understand how social and economic conditions affect health, disease, and the practice of medicine. He plans to go into medicine after graduating. In response to the social justice agenda in which he says young healthcare professionals are steeped in the academy, he has turned to moral philosophy and begun to explore the free-market schools of thought. He believes that the concept of rights is something medical professionals must understand and use more consistently. Derek plans to continue studying public policy as he heads towards medical school. He heard about The Lucidicus Project through Twitter.

January 17, 2012
The Lucidicus Project is pleased to award kit #100 to Alexander G., a third-year medical student at Boston University. Alexander is planning a career in pathology and medical research. He was first introduced to free-market ideas in high school when he read Milton Friedman's classic book, Free to Choose. Alexander writes that Friedman's argument that economic freedom is essential to political and personal freedom changed the way that he viewed the rights of the individual and the role of government. Later, when he studied at the University of Chicago, he continued to read philosophical texts and became convinced that the free-market is not only a more efficient economical system, but is also a universal moral imperative. Now as a medical student at BU looking ahead to a lifetime in medicine, he would like to improve his understanding of how free market principles can be used to reform healthcare. He would eventually like to get involved in promoting these ideas as well.

January 4, 2012
The Lucidicus Project is pleased to award kit #99 to Sirus S., a junior at the University of Kansas who is studying human biology. After visiting with many healthcare providers and learning about the U.S. healthcare system, Sirus has developed some skepticism as to whether the system is working in favor of providers and patients. He believes the effectiveness of the system is being hindered by external factors, and that free-market ideas might hold the answer on how to improve healthcare. He is interested in reading more about these ideas so that he can enter the medical field with a more open mind. He sees this as important to his individual success and his success as a future physician. He heard about The Lucidicus Project from a friend.