Barry Goldwater once said that we would be better off if we saw off the northeastern seaboard and let it float away. I do not share the same bluntness as the former Senator about the east coast, but I certainly do think that we have a problem out here in the West. It's called San Francisco. Now do not get me wrong. I happen to agree with the civil libertarians out there who believe that gays should get married and that abortion is a woman's right.
But lately, that place has been going to far. First off, the city/county has been caught harboring illegal immigrants (some of them young drug dealers) and then sending them out to neighboring counties. Now, I do believe we should have open borders, but for the sake of decency and the rule of law, please contain your criminals and do not send them to other places.
The latest outrage form San Francisco, however, is its "citywide healthcare system". This is SF's miniature of the common liberal's fantasy: universal health care. And with the 9th Circuit of Appeals upholding it, it seems that such idea is well on its way to greater prominence. Governor Schwarzenegger got a boost of confidence because of this court decision and is probably plotting to ressurect his idea of a statewide health care system. It won't be long if the idea is finally done in the national arena.
Which scares me.
Get this: if the government provides your health care, then the gvvernment has control over your health care. That is the philosophical argument. But maybe that won't cut it.
But what if I told you that government intervention in health care is the reaosn behind skyrocketing prices? In my opinion, and reasonable economists would agree, that the government's intrusion in health care (i.e. Medicare; its mandates on employers to provide health insurance to workers, etc.) has driven up the costs for individual insurance buyers to the point that folks are choosing to be uninsured instead. If we truly want to drive down the cost of health care and allow people to purchase cheap health insurance, it is time to pull the plug on government health entitlements and return control of health matters to where it belongs: private individuals.
ORIGINAL ARTICLE: http://www.latimes.com/features/health/policy/la-fi-sfhealthtax1-2008oct01,0,4967157.story
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