Thanks, Dr. Hsieh, for another insight into the false economies of socialized medicine. I agree with silence do good’s implicit premise: it’s the immorality of the government trafficking in human lives (albeit in a more understated way now) that is so repugnant. The idea that the government may just reach into everyone’s wallet, help themselves to privately earned wealth and re-distribute it to all voters in politically connected groups is utterly immoral. Also immoral is the idea that freedom is passé, that individuals will not be allowed to plan their respective lives, retain control over the wealth they spend on medicine, choose doctors and treatment based on their own judgment but will have those “resources” taken and redistributed by the government. It’s immoral because there is no political freedom without economic freedom, and partial political and economic freedom is just a marker on the road to total tyranny.
That no one may opt out of it, which is the entire point of this Bill, is utterly coercive. This Healthcare Bill is not about our health or living longer. If those in government understood such a concept, let alone accepted it, they would get out of medicine completely and unconditionally, with lightening speed.
