>>>> Government-subsidized coverage for people already sick is welfare. We can debate whether this is good, but let’s discuss it honestly. Calling welfare “insurance” muddies thinking. <<<<<<
Good point by Stossel.
“Health care reform” is almost entirely about (a) providing “health welfare” to those who don’t now have it, and (b) to 25 million++ illegal aliens.
And the middle class gets to pay for it through (a) reductions in their current coverage, (b) rationing, and (c) increased costs.
I agree that it’s about the illegals. This is a two-step plan because he’s going to need that voting bloc and then we really will have one party rule from here on out. A conservative will never get elected again if he makes them citizens.
The problem is that reform is undefined. The natural outcome of the market is improvement or innovation. What we have had for decades now is a reformed system nominally under government control through fiat/mandates/direct payments.
Real reform would move us away from the current system toward a freer one.