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November 20, 2008

Tom Daschle as Secretary of Health and Human Services

and the death of private healthcare in the United States. The One doesn't seem concerned that Mrs. Daschle is a registered lobbiest. Messiah's are allowed to change Their minds, after all.

Daschle, head enforcer of The One's Truth Squad, is just the kind of lefty in a moderate Hartmarx suit that Obama prefers.

The former Senator has never met a tax he didn't like and loathed with a passion allowing taxpayers to keep even a crumb or two of their own money in 2001. Putting Daschle in as HHS Secretary ought to cause chills down one's spine because of three little words:

Federal Health Board



From Publishers Weekly
The U.S. is the only industrialized nation that does not guarantee necessary health care to all of its citizens, and as former senator Daschle observes, Skeptics say we can't afford to cover everyone; the truth is that we can't afford not to because U.S. economic competitiveness is being impeded by the large uninsured population and fast-rising health costs. Daschle's book delineates the weaknesses of previous attempts at national health coverage, outlines the complex economic factors and medical issues affecting coverage and sets forth plans for change. Daschle proposes creating a Federal Health Board, similar to the Federal Reserve System, whose structure, functions and enforcement capability would be largely insulated from the politics and passion of the moment, in addition to a merging of employers' plans, Medicaid and Medicare with an expanded FEHBP (Federal Employee Health Benefits Program) that would cover everyone. There is no more important issue facing our country, Daschle asserts, than reform of our health-care system, and the book's health-care horror stories bring this immediacy home.

Say hello to nationalized healthcare and goodbye to freedom of choice.

(h/t DRJ @ Patterico)

Posted by Darleen at November 20, 2008 06:31 AM

Comments

Good. The US has the worst health care system in the industrialized world.

Posted by: Josh at November 20, 2008 09:54 AM

Darlene:

I was tempted to leave you some snarky, troll-like comment, but will instead opt to ask a serious question: 1) do you think the healthcare system in the US is broken (skyrocketing costs with no sign of abetting, tens of millions either uninsured or underinsured and growing) and 2) what is your solution to fix these issues?

Cheers.

Posted by: Jay at November 20, 2008 10:34 AM

My solution would be to expand Medicare or something like it to cover people who can not afford heath coverage.

I pay for my own health insurance now, its somewhat expensive but also high quality, I do not want to lose that quality.

Trying to build false ceilings into healthcare costs will only cause quality to suffer.

Posted by: ML at November 20, 2008 11:58 AM

ML:

Thanks for the answer.

Costs for healthcare have gone up over 100% in less than a decade and don't seem to be slowing down. Will you continue to pay for your own indefinitely? Is that realistic?

Cheers.

Posted by: Jay at November 20, 2008 12:44 PM

Jay, not only that, but the Obama plan doesn't require people drop their private insurers, just that everyone be covered with health insurance (much like every driver is supposed to have insurance).

Darleen fails to understand the Feds are about to give a boon to the private insurers of a bunch of 23 year olds who cannot afford insurance as it is currently constituted and will be able to afford the new discounted policies.

But, then again, if I recorded everything she doesn't understand about policy or politics or philosophy, I'd need a very large book.

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Posted by: allegra at November 24, 2008 11:04 PM

"Say hello to nationalized healthcare and goodbye to freedom of choice."

I pray that you are right.

Posted by: russ at November 29, 2008 03:51 PM