Posted on 09/18/2007 7:57:44 PM PDT by Kaslin
Medicine: Sen. Hillary Clinton has fired the first shot in the war between socialized health care and consumer-friendly reform. The Bush administration sees less danger in acting now, before a new president takes office.
Once the former first lady — who in 1993 failed spectacularly in her attempt to nationalize the massive health care sector of the economy — unveiled a new plan, the issue was bound to zoom to the front of public discourse. What has been unexpected, however, is Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt announcing President Bush's desire to establish universal coverage. Leavitt told USA Today that the president wants "to see the larger debate begin," adding that "the very best opportunity we have may well be in the next 15 months." That "opportunity" may actually be a last chance to prevent the hard left from imposing a disastrous European-style, single-payer system on America, in which nightmares like waiting long months for bypass surgery and other necessary procedures would become a routine reality, as they are now in so many other countries.
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All things aside, I find it amusing people are willing to actually to trust our government with universal health care.
Bush looking for legacy. Best he deal with the Iran file. Let’s try and win this time.
Health reform now?
Yes.
We need to get gov’t completely out of healthcare and institute reasonable tort reform. If we still need some form of welfare, VA or medicare, turn that over to the private sector as well.
“You want to take the best health care system in the world and hand it over to the people who run the post office?”
This is the best summary and it needs to be our mantra.
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