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October 18, 2008
Aloha Socialized Medicine
Posted by Dave Blount at October 18, 2008 10:11 AM
Obama recently said in a debate that having the government force other people to pay for your healthcare is a right, confirming that he plans to impose socialized medicine. You don't have to leave the country to see what this means; Hawaiians already know:
Hawaii is dropping the only state universal child health care program in the country just seven months after it launched.
Gov. Linda Lingle's administration cited budget shortfalls and other available health care options for eliminating funding for the program. A state official said families were dropping private coverage so their children would be eligible for the subsidized plan.
"People who were already able to afford health care began to stop paying for it so they could get it for free," said Dr. Kenny Fink, the administrator for Med-QUEST at the Department of Human Services.
Incredibly, this actually seemed to surprise the bureaucrats. BHO has spoken ominously about imposing a similar plan on the country as a whole. When it crashes and burns, costing the taxpayers a fortune as well as quick access to first-class healthcare, let's hope we can reverse course as quickly as Hawaii. Better still, let's hope voters are smart enough not to step off this cliff in the first place.
On tips from V the K and Matt L.
