Gregg's hare-brained proposal
"Op-Ed Contributor: Health reform possible without growing government" By Sen. Judd Gregg (R-N.H.)
"To be effective, health care reform must include insurance coverage for everyone, encourage prevention measures, and reform the inefficiencies in our system to ensure the future strength of our economy. CPR—Coverage, Prevention, Reform—is a plan I have proposed that sets up a system where every American will be required to purchase meaningful health insurance to ensure each family will be protected against bankruptcy if a family member becomes seriously ill or injured."
WTF?
Under what authority does the government FORCE people to buy insurance?
I've heard the argument made that people are forced to buy car insurance by law. Not so! That's only required if you're going to operate your car on public roads, and only to cover damage you may cause OTHER people, and on top of that if you can show financial responsibility and post a bond you don't even have to do that! And there's NEVER any legal requirement that you have insurance to cover the damage to your own car.
Here's another thing I never hear mentioned under this "mandatory" insurance idiocy: How do they plan to get the ILLEGAL ALIENS to "contribute"? What about the homeless, the "poor", the insane, the unemployed?
Those people are already a huge percentage of the cost problem. How's THAT addressed?
This is exactly why the GOP is a party that's not worth one lick of support. Yet another example of their limp-wristed approach to politics: yield the agenda to liberals, then offer a slightly less odious alternative. What a bunch of complete wienies.
I am SOOOOOOO glad I quit that pathetic excuse for a party and re-registered as an Independent.
12 June Update:
Yeah, here we go. The REAL truth comes out, and it's scary.
Health-Nazism
"HHS' Sebelius touts Obama health insurance plan"
"Sebelius told Nebraskans she met with that the health reform plan needs to be much broader than just addressing the problems with health insurance because the current system doesn't do a good job of preventing disease and managing Americans' health and wellness."
I don't know about y'all, but I do NOT want the government "managing" my "health and wellness", telling me what I have to do because I may not be living up to some damned government-set standard of behavior.
Hell, that's one of the reasons I never considered a career in the Army. WAAAAAY too much "supervision", not NEARLY enough autonomy.
"Autonomy".... another word for "FREEDOM"!