OBAMA CARE: SOCIALIZED MEDICINE THE NEXT GENERATION

In 1948, Harry S. Truman told the Democratic Convention he wanted to provide every American with basic health care. After World War II, liberals in America's ally Great Britain promised “universal health coverage”, which resulted in The National Health Service Act of 1946. By 1948, The NHS was being implemented in Britain and American liberals were jealous. After the Democrats super majorities were diminished and they lost the White House in 1952, American Universal Health Care was on the shelf. During the 1960's Lyndon B. Johnson envisioned a “Great Society”, which lead to an expanded role for government in health care, education and civil rights. Johnson told advisers about his second term plans for national health care. In 1968, the Vietnam War killed those dreams. After that, Nixon flirted with it, Carter endorsed it and numerous losing Democratic nominees for President promised it.

It wasn't until Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton's election in 1992, that universal health care was back on the agenda. President Bill Clinton addressed a joint session of Congress after he made the controversial decision to appoint his wife Hillary Rodham to head the closed door Task Force on National Health Care Reform. Before making a formal proposal, Clinton's health care reform ideas were already in trouble. “..Over 37 million Americans, most of them working people and their children have no health insurance at all.” Clinton's attempt to personalize the health care reform issue ultimately failed.

The election of America's newest liberal icon once again started the health care debate. On July 22, President Obama made every promise imaginable to save his health care program. The most absurd of his promises was the mythical 'we need competition for private insurance companies', “It will keep government out of health care decisions, giving you the option to keep your insurance if you're happy with it.” That sounds good, but private insurance companies can't compete with government health care. Why? Private companies must make a profit to survive, government programs can lose money every year and stay in business. Social Security and Medicare are Trillions in the red, who cares? Big spending liberal politicians don't. Obama's fantasy reached epic levels with this statement, “So let me be clear. If we do not control these costs, we will not be able to control our deficit. If we do not reform health care, your premiums and out-of-pocket costs will continue to skyrocket.” That's right America, spending trillions more on government health care will lower the cost. If it wasn't so serious, it would be the number one comedy this summer.

After more than 60 years, Britain's National Health Service is an unqualified failure. In 2006, a commission found the NHS neglected elderly patients and treated them as a “low priority”, while an advocate for the elderly said they were “second class citizens” in the NHS. In 2003, a scandal emerged with reports of massive abusive "drugging" of older patients. Horror stories like these are all to common under the NHS. So why would liberals like Obama want to emulate the failed British System? That's what liberals do, they expand government and American liberals won't stop trying to nationalize health care. If we stop Obama today, we'll need to stop someone else tomorrow.