Never Trust Anyone Over 30 … In Government
Readers of a certain age will remember the slogan “Never trust anyone over 30.” When it comes to health care, we would all do well to remember a modified version of that expression: Never trust anyone in government to manage your health care.”
Two people of very different political views do take that to heart, and they’re worth listening to today.
David Boaz, libertarian, speaking in the mid-1990s to Republicans who were eager to use government to fix social ills: “One reason conservatives shouldn’t set up well-intentioned government programs is that they won’t always be in power to run them.”
Maggie Mahar, progressive, writing recently in the Washington Post: “I’m also wary that in four or eight years, someone else — someone less sympathetic to my views — may be in the White House. And conservatives could once again control Congress. So I am relieved that we don’t seem to be headed toward a single-payer system. We simply cannot count on ‘good government’ overseeing our health care.”
Different views, same fears. Both wise.
From Cato-at-Liberty.
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There is a bit of truth to this statement, especially when discussing the current health care reform bill. We really need to focus on the future generations of this country throughout this debate; an aspect I feel has been completely neglected. I read an article recently by a group of doctors and medical professionals, and there was a statistic in the article that places the U.S. as #37 regarding health care. http://www.ourblook.com/component/option,com_sectionex/Itemid,200076/id,8/view,category/#catid107
In many ways this is not very surprising. The entire health care structure needs an overhaul. Information and Communication Technologies need to be updated to be more efficient and handle patient information. We need to question spending in health care and find solutions to some of the smaller issues as well as national necessities. It is time to take care our younger citizens as well, considering that they make up, within one percent, half of the 45+million uninsured Americans.