So close, and yet so far
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008 By Mike Maurer
“The health insurance industry is coming to Columbus to tell us they can be trusted to fix the health insurance mess and Americans know that that is just ridiculous,” he said.
So says a “consumer advocate,” anyway. (Gongwer reports; sorry, it’s proprietary so no link.)
He’s absolutely right. Only problem is, he wants the government to give you all the health care you want, for free.
Now that’s ridiculous. There’s only one thing the government can do truly well, and that’s shoot you when you get out of line. In this case, literally, because there sure will be a long line for free health care, especially when it’s sold on the idea that no one ever gets sick, or even old.
