David Limbaugh takes apart the proposed Obamacare in an article today on Townhall.com entitledMore Health Care Lies. Once again, I recommend you read the whole thing.
He makes the same point about the VA Hospitals that I did yesterday. The problem with the VA Hospitals is not that the doctors and nurses who work there don't want to provide quality care for their patients, but the government budgeting process itself. There is a tendency to want to show off the new, the sexy, and to take funds at the expense of the not so glamorous.
One other point that Obama says is supposed to be a feature is that the "government option" provides a way to keep the private sector honest. Unfortunately, it is Obama who is selling snake oil here. If he wanted to regulate minimum standards of services that all health care providers must offer, he could do that without competing against them using their, and our, money to do so. What Obama really hopes to do is slowly entangle each and every American in a government run health insurance scheme. At that point, the government would be able to dictate every aspect of our lives if they can tangentially claim a hook to health. Red meat is already being blamed in certain circles for causing cancer and heart attacks. A dedicated crusade, with astroturf groups springing up like wild flowers, and funded by some foundation with an axe to grind might result in the loss of your hamburger. Now a nice McDonald's hamburger doesn't sound like much, but right now it is your choice to eat one or not. Soon enough, you will no longer have that choice. What else won't you be allowed to choose?
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