Health Care Lies

Cal Thomas

In the words of Cal Thomas:

So many lies have been told about the Senate and House bills that correcting them all might take more pages than the 2,000-plus pieces of paper that is the Senate version. Most people haven’t read them, but those who have are sounding the alarm. Dr. Stephen E. Fraser of Indianapolis wrote a letter expressing his objections to the House bill to Sen. Evan Bayh, Indiana Democrat.

Dr. Fraser’s critique reads like an indictment for violating many constitutional principles, including invasion of privacy and the power of life and death without due process that under other circumstances would raise the hackles of the ACLU. Even though the Senate bill has differences with the House measure, both bills have much in common and in conference the hard left in the House will push for the adoption of most of their measures.

Among the outrages cited by Dr. Fraser about the House bill are these: “A government committee will decide what treatments/benefits you get (p. 123); The Health Choices commissioner will choose your health care benefits for you … you will have no choice (p. 42); health care will be provided to all non-U.S. citizens, illegal or otherwise (p. 50, section 152). . . .

Dr. Fraser has dozens of other examples of government taking over the most personal and intimate decisions any family or individual can make, including “end of life” and even marriage counseling. All of this adds up to the federal government deciding your worth and whether it will pay for surgery or medication based on whether you cost more than you contribute to the government.

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