[mmichaels1970]

If the man cannot support his family by being self employed, then he needs to find a way to do so.

Exactly. To me, on a micro scale, this post shows how SCHIP and nationized health-care provides a disincentive for businesses to contribute to health care coverage. Why should a business contribute to health care for employees when the government will do it? Just one less thing for a small business to worry about.

[Alberta's Child]

Just one less thing for a small business to worry about.

Just one less thing for ANY business to worry about . . . which is my major U.S. corporations can be expected to be among the strongest supporters of a government-run health care system.

What many people don't understand is that the purpose of a government-run health care system in the U.S. is not to cover those who are currently uninsured . . . it's to reduce the costs of those who ARE insured -- by providing uniform, substandard health care in a way that gives people no way to complain about it.