This Just In: Health Care in Massachusetts--A Warning for America

From Yahoo Opinion.

"In his recent speech to Congress, President Obama could have promoted healthcare reforms that tapped the power of a truly free market to lower costs and improve access. Instead, he chose to offer a national version of the failing "Massachusetts plan" based on mandatory health insurance. This is a recipe for disaster."
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"Mr. Obama's plan is based on the faulty premise that the government should guarantee a "right" to healthcare. But healthcare is not a "right." Rights are freedoms of action (such as the right to free speech), not automatic claims on goods and services that must be produced by another. There is no such thing as a right to a car – or a tonsillectomy."

Speaking of rights, health care only falls under "general welfare" when it helps THOSE IN NEED (permanently disabled, permanently severely mentally disabled, and those who absolutely, positively cannot lift a finger to do anything for themselves)--Stephen Hawking can't stand, speak, or move by himself, yet HE still works and provides himself with health insurance through his job!

I haven't seen HIM out protesting in favor of the public option!! If anybody deserves it, it's be him--at least he gives us a return for our money.