COLUMN: 09-19-2007

Senator Clinton finally announced her "universal" health care plan this week. Just like all of the other Democrat plans, this is a very bad addition of more big government bureaucracy that tries to incorporate elements to benefit her corporate lobbyist contributors. It's the worst of the worst and should be avoided at all costs. If all Americans should have healthcare, it should be done in such a way to give them the most choices in the free market. The most recent expansion of government-operated health care, Medicare Part D drug coverage, proves that the worst possible outcome will result from our current lobbyist-controlled political environment. The lies and cover-up about cost projections, the forbidding of price negotiation (where the taxpayers are forced to pay well above retail price), and the infamous "donut" policy (where seniors pay a premium and receive no benefits) are all proof that our current legislative and executive branches will all ultimately develop something to the detriment of the American people that they are elected to represent.