Annals of Government Medicine

Powerline ^ | July31,2010 | John Hinderaker

[Hojczyk]

For reasons I have never understood, some people think it would be a good idea to put the government in charge of their families' health care. Most who favor government health care would admit that socialism, whenever and wherever it has been tried, has been not just a failure but a debacle. Still, they seem willing to give socialism a try where it matters the most.

The United Kingdom, which has as much experience with socialized medicine as nearly any country, is moving to decentralize its system and put patients and doctors back in charge. This change is driven by public outrage over the poor quality of medical care that many receive from the National Health Service. This horror story illustrates what happens when health care providers no longer have to compete for your business: "Girl Texted Pics of Herself Dying."

[JohnBovenmyer]

An impressive travesty of health care from Obama’s favorite model. Trial lawyers aren’t thinking far enough ahead. When the government runs all health care they won’t be able to get rich off cases even this flagrant. They can’t sue the government.

[RoadTest]

“For reasons I have never understood, some people think it would be a good idea to put the government in charge of their families’ health care. “

For many people, the thought of freebies is irresistible. Wicked men know this and play on it, baiting the hook with “We’ll take complete care of you” and then hooking them with taxes and poor or no healthcare when it’s too late.