The Price of Universal Coverage

The passage of Obamacare has created the largest expansion of the Federal government in over four decades. All the budgetary gimmicks in the world (like counting 10 years of revenue for 6 years of spending) cannot obscure the probable cost of this new middle class entitlement--in the trillions of dollars.

In the coming months there will be great debate over the costs of implementing the new program. Some will argue it will be revenue neutral -a laudable claim. Others will tout the boon to the economy, similarly ridiculous. The discussion will likely boil down to rationalizing some unimaginable sum and ascribe to it some sort of value benefit analysis in defense of this gargantuan expansion of federal control. Irrelevant.

Simply put, the fiscal cost is a secondary matter. Even if Americans did not need to contribute a single dime to Universal Health care, the cost of it would still be too high. What is it that we cede to the government in exchange for Universal Coverage? We surrender liberty and freedom of choice in exchange for the promise of a compassionate government. We are being asked to place our futures in the hands of an unseen bureaucrat. We are asked to accept that the warm embrace of the federal noose wrapped around our necks will save us in our fall from the tree of liberty.

For my part, I say that you may keep your Universal Coverage as I prefer liberty. Let my cries for liberty resonate against the cacophonous advance of the bloated Progressive agenda. There is nothing that they can offer me in exchange for my liberty. Freedom is far too precious to be traded away for a handful of empty promises.