The only way universal health care will have any chance of working financially is if it is modest, covering the basics and leaving the optionals to people’s own private decision making and budgets. But the Left isn’t about freedom, it is about the raw exercise of power, hence, humility is not what health Obama health care reform is going to be all about.
Now, President Obama wants to force employers to create wellness centers to induce their employees to live healthier lifestyles. From the story:
Any health care reform plan that Obama signs is almost certain to call for nutrition counseling, obesity screenings and wellness programs at workplaces and community centers. He wants more time in the school day for physical fitness, more nutritious school lunches and more bike paths, walking paths and grocery stores in underserved areas.
Leave aside for the moment that Obama smokes, do you see how insidious health care controlled by the government will be? And do you think we will be able to print money fast enough to pay for all of this?
Health care cost containment will become the catch-all excuse to control almost every aspect of individual lives and the private business sector. It will be the excuse for bureaucrats to encroach substantially on personal liberty, force grocery stores to open in places that may be unprofitable, destroy politically incorrect enterprises, punish lifestyle crimes—such as overeating or emulating the POTUS by consuming cancer sticks (but never promiscuity, a politically correct way of living that is more dangerous in the near term than other unhealthy lifestyles).
Health care reform should be about ensuring greater access to basic medical treatment for more people. Period. Don’t get me wrong: I have no problem with a public relations campaign by the star couple to persuade people to eat better and live healthier. JFK made a big splash when I was a kid urging people to take 50-mile hikes. But making this a subject of government regulation and legislation as a legal mandate is to grant the government way too much authority.
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