This essay upholds the rational right to buy all the medical care one wishes from willing providers. It shows how the displacement of this right by a pseudo-right to medical care based on need, has created all aspects of the medical crisis. Originally published in 1993, the essay contains a thorough-going analysis of the Clinton plan for socialized medicine, which can be taken as the starting point for the legislative proposals likely to be made in the near future, should the Democrats win the 2020 elections. The essay shows not only how a free market in medical care would solve the medical crisis and make medical care progressively better and more affordable, but also what specific steps need to be taken to achieve such a free market. It is full of powerful intellectual ammunition designed to enable the advocates of individual rights and economic freedom to take the offensive on this vital issue.