Alain's Newsletter examines an overlooked component of the health care debate.
Health Care IS a Liberty Issue
To date, it seems like the recent debate over health care reform has focused primarily on fiscal and accessibility issues, in and of themselves. I certainly agree with the concerns people have about these. I think it’s a bad idea (and I have a gift for understatement) to allow the federal government to usurp authority over a sector that makes up over 15% of our economy with the attendant taxation and regulation that will come with that takeover. I also am quite concerned about the very real threat of rationing and the life issues involved. However, I think there’s an even more fundamental issue at risk here — and that is the matter of liberty.
To date, it seems like the recent debate over health care reform has focused primarily on fiscal and accessibility issues, in and of themselves. I certainly agree with the concerns people have about these. I think it’s a bad idea (and I have a gift for understatement) to allow the federal government to usurp authority over a sector that makes up over 15% of our economy with the attendant taxation and regulation that will come with that takeover. I also am quite concerned about the very real threat of rationing and the life issues involved. However, I think there’s an even more fundamental issue at risk here — and that is the matter of liberty.
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