Just In Time for Halloween: The Return of Hillary Care
Buckle up—it’s going to be a wild, expensive ride on the socialist express if Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton is elected the White House in November ’08.
Senator Clinton has introduced her repackaged edition of 1994’s Hillary Care, a grandiose scheme that will be a center piece of her leftward-lurching candidacy for the presidency. Democrats like Senator Clinton have come to the wrongheaded conclusion that health care is a federal responsibility, an entitlement similar to those forced upon Americans by the New Deal and the Great Society.
The plan, introduced by Comrade Clinton last week will, according to Beth Fouhy at the AP, “mandate requiring every American to purchase health insurance as the only way to achieve universal health care.” Not only does Clinton’s plan mandate that Americans have health insurance, it also requires that already over-worked small (and large) business owners verify that a prospective employee has health coverage before hiring them.
In a master stroke of titanic overreach, Clinton’s plan intends to do what Democrats have been planning for quite some time: to build and finance a cradle-to-grave entitlement state that fosters an ultimate, never-ending dependency on government. This is a truly brilliant plan to crush what freedom and individual choice remain in this nation and replace it with a program for keeping us all feeding at the Washingtonian trough, sapped of our spirit and left for broke.
There are a few details that Senator Clinton refuses to discuss. First, your taxes will go up. In an age when we work from January 1 to early May of each year just to finance the grotesque Goliath in Washington, the Clintonistas are proposing that you—Mr. and Mrs. Hardworking American—be required by federal law to have health insurance and buy said insurance for those who cannot afford it.
Second, what if you don’t want it or need it? Unfortunately, you are out of luck, as the government, in its vast and infinite wisdom and ability can best decide what is right for you. I am assuming that the next step is to declare that since it is important to drive to work everyday, that each American must own a vehicle, and if someone can’t afford one, other taxpayers will generously pony up for it.
Third, what in God’s name makes anyone think for one second that the federal government can handle such a thing? This is the same federal government that can’t rebuild a levy, secure its borders, balance a budget, escape from a Mesopotamian civil war, or even deliver the mail without bending it despite the “Do Not Bend” label.
Mrs. Clinton desires nothing more than a system of government that is everything to everyone. Republicans have this fleeting moment of hope to speak out for their values and for the millions of Americans who know that this plan is bad news.
Republicans have not been extremely brave as of late. They have gone along with big government expansion like No Child Left Behind, the breakdown of sovereignty such as the North American Union and NAFTA, and have sided with illegality in place of protecting the rule of law in situations such as the illegal immigration debate and Bush’s wiretapping program.
Republicans must return to their roots of limited government and personal freedom and declare once and for all that health care is not a right, nor is a federal health care system permissible under the Constitution. Doctors, patients, and medical providers can make the best choices about health care plans, not the “pointy-headed bureaucrats” that George Wallace warned us of.
The Democrats under FDR gave us a massive explosion of federal meddling under the New Deal. Truman’s Fair Deal tried to take over private industry (see Youngstown Sheet and Tube V. Sawyer), and LBJ’s Great Society told us that we are entitled to just about everything. Now, we’ve got Hillary and her proposed mandating of health insurance and John Edwards’ asinine “college for everyone” that tries to guarantee that everyone is entitled to a college education.
Time is running out. Republicans and moderate Democrats need to declare that enough is enough, defeat Hillary’s health insurance scheme, and keep the private health care choices of Americans away from the federal beast that lurks on the shores of the Potomac.
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It's interesting that sometimes people don't take issue with government taking over or running things; it so rarely is a question of can they handle it…no they can't and that's only one small piece of the huge puzzle. We have to get insurance and then they'll tell us what we can have on our insurance. No longer will people be harassed regarding diet, smoking, etc….the Fed will have the power to withhold insurance for those that don't live according to the "government" vision. Bad idea and I haven't even scratched the surface…why does she already have her costume on?
Exactly 100% dead-on Blandly. It is not insurance but government-managed health care. Anyone in favor of this please show an instance where the government managed anything successfully and I will jump on board. And it is not like either side of the political fence can do any better. The Repubs were all over immigration in the 80's and look how that turned out.
To see the force of Clinton's plan for universal health care system is to understand the growing gap between haves and have-nots. It is an attempt to prevent the rich from stealing as much from the poor as the opponents of universal health care will encourage them to steal. The majority of the American people no longer believe in the American dream. America has enjoyed unparalleled power and wealth for a decade, but has not used either its power or its wealth to make things better for the poor in the U.S. This seems to me to be a great tragedy.
Also, check out the Massachusetts Health Plan which requires all to have health insurance. While, I am covered, so it doesn't affect me, I think it needs work. Info: http://mass.gov
I’m so tired of people picking on Hillary’s plan. She’s a human and she’s learned her lessons, which is something that Republican’s have a hard time admitting because they think that they’re perfect. You know, it's easy to sit here and criticize someone elses health care plan, when those crooked, double standard, ethically challenged Republican cronies can't put forth their own ideas except to say that tired old cliché, "less taxes, less taxes"! Or better yet, please put forth one of your own ideas instead of Monday night quarterbacking I don't think Clinton's plan is, as you so eloquently put it, government run, however I do believe that it's government mandated, which if one were to browse the Webster's dictionary, would find a noticeable difference between the terms. My recommendation is that all of the critics out there put their money where your mouth is instead of their foot, and come up with a plan before they begin criticizing someone elses. Oh yeah, I forgot, none of the Republican's except Mitt has one, and he's running away from the one he created. Indeed, be thankful that most of the critics out there have health insurance because there may come a day when they don't have health insurance and my tax money, instead of their health insurance (government or private), will go to pay their bills. And, if they haven't had the misfortune of having to visit a doctor to be treated for something not covered under their policy, a dentist to have cavities filled and find out that the filling isn’t covered, or even get something as simple as eye glasses which many health insurance policies don’t pay for, then they may not have realized how out of control the current system is. Has anyone been told by their insurance company that something so minute as glasses, isn't covered under their plan? So before any critics preach from their lofty role in a legislators office, a government payed for desk, a $300 toilet seat, or some dark and musty blogging closet, please please come up with a plan to solve that might actually have a decent chance to solve health care crisis before attacking someone elses, that even the health industry has endorsed.
Tony– I don't have a plan. Neither should these clowns, especially Hillary. Government should not have a health care plan because it is not a function that government should not partake in. I did note the difference between government "mandate" and "run" and I oppose both in this case. Government can't possibly run such a system, but it is even worse that they would try to mandate something that belongs in the private sector! It's like government mandating that all Americans have internet access. It sounds great, but it is going to a) cost somebody somthing, b) ensure that a private vendor will lose out to government, and c) go well beyond what the government should do. Hillary should do what she has needed to do for 15 years: go away. Nathan
First off, I fear the nanny-state that America seems to be embracing more and more as time goes on, but the argument regarding freedom of choice and health care is simply niave. I hate the fact I have to use a seatbelt in a car (I ride a bike), the criminilization of marijuana (I don't smoke), and the power of the police to enforce ridiculous laws, but the argument that health care will somehow hampers one's freedoms is ridiculous. Almost no one would willingly deny low cost health care. Everyone having health care is a GOOD thing. ——— Are any of the canidates plans particularly good, no, but we should all move towards creating responsible, well constructed health care for all. Health care is a matter of accepting social responsibility for the population we are all a part of. Like KITH said, "we're all in this together." (Leave it to a music blogger to end his comment with a lyric) Sorry for the weird spacing, ID is acting up.
Would you argue that Medicare for seniors be also abolished since it's government run? Seniors, who are retired and living off of their savings and social security pension and consequently, a fixed income. I would argue that we treat health care in America like we treat welfare recipients. If you can do something to get your own health care (i.e. work), than you should be forced to do it, but I do believe that there are people who can't get their own health insurance because employers aren't willing to offer it or they are too poor to pay for it.
I think it is important for a rich country to provide its citizens with national health care plan in which citizens of that country can take pride. The future of the U.S. depends on such a pride. I find Tony's approach more patriotic.
p.s. that is the worst picture of Hillary!
Universal Health Care proposals are the Democrat politicians way to earn points with the left. Just like when the Republicans talks about family values and religion. It looks great on paper but it ain't ever gonna happen.
Hillary'shealth care plan is terrible. ttttthe only perple who support it are those who refuse to admit working and saving themselves is the only solution. The government can not do it all.Wake up.