Why healthcare reform is not about healthcare for patients

As the health care debate rages on and we hear so many different options coming out of the government, it can be easy to forget one key fact. Health care reform is not about health care. The government doesn't care weather or not you live an extra 3 or 4 years or that you get all of your shots in a timely manner. It's more money coming out of the coffers that they could otherwise spend on pet projects. Health care reform is about one thing and one thing only. Control. Let's walk through this together.

Let's say the government imposes their "universal form of medicine" on all of us. It will initially contain many of the aspects they speak about today, such as an "option" for your employer, and the ability to "opt out" if you wish. But just like social security and medicaid the government will incrementally take over more and more of your life. Here's how. First after a period of time (let's say 1-2 years) they government will say that the costs are "just too high", and the only way to keep the level of health care that you currently enjoy we will need to do one of 2 things. Raise taxes or impose limits. Nobody wants their taxes to go up so everyone will get behind the limits idea. Congress, of course, will do both. They will say that every person has a limit of around 2500 dollars a year for basic care and that major events will be covered as usual.

Then they will suggest that one reason costs are so high is because people who smoke cigarettes get cancer, and that drives up the cost for everyone else. So they will limit the amount of smoking a person can do. Then they will move onto say that obesity is causing people to have heart attacks and strokes and that also is driving up costs. So they will limit first what restaurants can sell, then they will limit where you can eat and when and how much. Next they will say that certain types of vehicles are "accident prone" and they can't cover the costs of helping accident victims from those vehicles. So again they will dictate what type of car you can drive, and even how far you can drive every day.

After than they will say that women are at greater risk of certain injuries when they have more than (x) number of children. So they will limit the number of children you can have. If you wanted a big family and you do not get approval from the government before you go over your limit then they will impose huge tax penalties on you every year to cover their cost of caring for that child from cradle to grave. Plus they already control your health care so it would be a short step to forced sterilization.

None of this is hypothetical, it has all already happened in dictatorial countries like North Korea. The socialists in the government want to control EVERY aspect of your life. They do not think you are smart enough to make decisions on your own. They know if they can get their hands on health care they can ratchet up the pain until they own you. This is now what the framers of our Constitution and Declaration of Independence wanted for our country. I can't say this enough...so I will say it loudly. SOCIALISM HAS FAILED EVERY TIME IT HAS BEEN TRIED. IT LEADS TO TYRANNY AND THE FALL OF MANKIND. In the words of a great man if we don't stop this..."one of these days we are going to spend our sunset years telling our children and our children’s children, what it once was like in America when men were free."-Ronald Reagan.