Today's New York Post posted an op-ed piece by Rich Lowry discussing what he calls the 'fallback' plan of the Obama administration concerning healthcare--relying on the sheer gulibility of the American people.
Mr. Lowry points to the current whoppers being told by the administration and the small amount of common sense that easily shows them as false. He lists:
1. Believing that a new government program which spends over a trillion dollars will restore fiscal health to the country.
2. Not realizing that through budget figure manipulations, you can increase taxes in the beginning of a program while postponing some of the spending in order to make its negative impact on the deficit seem less than what it actually is.
3. Believing that, contrary to the studies on the subject, preventive care will save significant amounts of money (we should believe that because the President keeps repeating it?).
4. Believing that the government group in change of approving healthcare will not begin to ration healthcare as the costs of the program spiral out of control.
The article lists many more ideas being put out by the administration that simply defy common sense. There are so many serious problems with the current healthcare proposals that we need to scrap everything that has been done so far and start over. There are some good ideas out there--The Healthy Americans Act is one--and I am sure there are others.
Generally speaking, if you want an industry to serve the American people well and to prosper, the best thing you can do is get the government out of the way. That is what we need to do with health care!
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