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I have always been opposed to government-control healthcare just because the government always makes a mess of anything it tries to "help".

President Reagan said it best: "The nine most terrifying words in the English language are 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help'!"

After reading a few news stories (two I remember specifically out of Canada and Austrialia) about doctors/courts ordering patients killed against the wishes of their families because their case was "hopeless" I am terrified of socialized medicine.

This has a personal connection to me because last fall my cousin had a massive stroke during surgery to remove a tumor behind her eye and the doctors basically said the situation was "hopeless" but her family refused to give up. She began to be responsive two months later and can now speak in sentences, recall information (like phone numbers & song lyrics), sit up on her own, and even stand if holding on to a walker.

I shudder to think of what would have happened had the govenment been in charge of deciding when to give up.