United Liberty

Nationalizing any sector of society is a bad idea, but nothing makes me cringe like the idea of government-run health care.  I’m old enough to remember when Bill Clinton was in office and the nation expelled a breath of relief when Hillary’s attempts at universal health care were abandoned as impractical and unwanted.  Well, a decade and a bit later, not much has changed.  Hillary is still pushing for government mandated healthcare, and it’s still impractical and unwanted.

A recent poll by the Kaiser Family Foundation shows that 17% of Americans would prefer to buy their own insurance and another 39% want to continue buying it from their employer.  Hardly a resounding mandate for the government to take over the industry.  But that’s not stopping our elected officials from making it a reality.