Socialized Health Care in the USA

[kandrathe]

...Oh wait, this is about socialism and not communism

<blockquote>"...the American way is not single-payer, government-controlled anything. That's a European way of doing something; that's frankly a socialist way of doing something. That's why when you hear Democrats in particular talk about single-mandated health care, universal health care, what they're talking about is socialized medicine."-- Rudy Giuliani</blockquote> <blockquote>Reasonable people can disagree over whether Obama’s health plan would be good or bad. But to suggest that it is not a step toward socialized medicine is absurd. -- Michael F. Cannon, Cato Institute (see also Obamacare to Come: Seven Bad Ideas for Health Care Reform)</blockquote>John Goodman from the National Center for Policy Analysis wrote an article, "Five Myths of Socialized Medicine", which I found insightful. The 5 myths of socialized medicine he describes are;

1. "You have a right to health care"<>
   
2. "The quality is higher"<>
   
3. "It is more efficient"<>
   
4. "We will have equal access"<>
   
5. "There will be less red tape"<>
   [st]And, it seems that even democrats are getting scared to raid the treasury for another trillion dollar spending program. The only die hard supporters that remain, are those who are blinded by their ideology. An ideology, which appears to me to be entirely socialist. The progressives are beginning to eat their own, such as MoveOn.org's ad, <blockquote>"California voters sent Senator Dianne Feinstein to Washington to fight for us. That includes fighting to pass President Obama's health care plan. A recent poll shows that 71% of California voters want a significant overhaul of the health care system now.
   
   But Feinstein has been dragging her heels, saying health care may just be too “difficult.”
   
   News flash Senator: We don’t expect you to lead just on the easy issues.
   
   Senator Feinstein, please: Fight for California. Fight for President Obama's health care reform now MoveOn.org Political Action is responsible for the content of this advertising."</blockquote>In his recent infomercial on ABC, Obama said, "Why would it drive private insurance out of business?" he said of the proposed public option. If private insurers "tell us that they're offering a good deal, then why is it that the government, which they say can't run anything, suddenly is going to drive them out of business? That's not logical." Well, the President forgets that the government runs things by deficit spending, which would result in bankruptcy for private companies.