"Once the government gets into the business of providing our health care, the government gets into the business of deciding whose life matters, and how much. It gets into the business of deciding what we "really" want, where what we really want can never be a second chocolate eclair that might make us a size fourteen and raise the cost of treating us."
Read the full blog post here.
I mean is that any different from the status-quo, where private insurance companies decide what we want? I know that in theory we as consumers can choose which private insurance plans to join, and therefore ultimately, we're the ones who choose which services to subscribe to -- but in reality, there's much less latitude for consumers to decided what kinds of choices to make. You either get healthcare from your employer or you don't, and frequently there are few real options.
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