“President George W. Bush concocted the connection between al-Qaida and Saddam Hussein to justify the Iraq invasion. Now President Barack Obama is concocting an equally fantastical theory to justify a de facto government takeover of health care.”
“He is claiming that the way to slash health care costs and achieve universal coverage is by creating a Medicare-style government insurance plan that is open to everyone. In the world that Obama and other universal health care advocates inhabit, Medicare allegedly has done a far superior job than private plans of keeping a lid on rising medical costs. Forcing these plans to compete with a plan modeled after it will–in Obama’s words–”keep them honest and keep prices down.” ”
“But before demanding honesty from others, Obama will have to show some himself, especially concerning the performance of Medicare.”
Full column by Shikha Dalmia @ http://www.forbes.com/2009/06/16/obama-health-care-reform-opinions-columnists-medicare-medicaid.html