SACOFTOMATOES

THE PROBLEM WITH HEALTH CARE

The New York Times today ran an editorial titled The Lopsided Bush Health Plan It seems the left goes to its tried and true play book. within the editorial you read " the accounts favor the healthy and wealthy at the expense of the poor and chronically sick" Its unfortunate that the push for nationalized health care continues, and that we don't realize the problem is government, not health care. If there where a label sewed on to all the problems associated with healthcare you would read made in Washington . Starting with the King-Anderson bill which became known as Medicare. Its interesting to read the report from Congressmen Morris K. Udall written in June 1962 "Opponents of the bill (and of Social Security in general) talk a great deal about the actuarial soundness (or unsoundness) of Social Security financing. They compare the Social Security system with private insurance companies and say there should be money "in the bank" now to meet future needs. What they fail to recognize is that under a universal government program full cash reserves are not necessary. A social insurance program of this nature is financially sound if future income will support future disbursements. Like Social Security itself, this addition to the system can function successfully without recourse to general taxation." I wonder if he would now take back his words. So the legacy of the Fabian Society marches on with its tactic of "permeation"

posted by pappy @ 10:44 AM