...not universal health care. An essay by Lin Zinser and (Dr.) Paul Hsieh (of Geek Press).

Contrary to claims that government-imposed “universal health care” would solve America’s health care problems, it would in fact destroy American medicine and countless lives along with it. The goal of “universal health care” (a euphemism for socialized medicine) is both immoral and impractical; it violates the rights of businessmen, doctors, and patients to act on their own judgment—which, in turn, throttles their ability to produce, administer, or purchase the goods and services in question. To show this, we will first examine the nature and history of government involvement in health insurance and medicine. Then we will consider attempts in other countries and various U.S. states to solve these problems through further government programs. Finally, we will show that the only viable long-term solution to the problems in question is to convert to a fully free market in health care and health insurance.

What a concept...

Finally some sense about medical costs!

Personally, I think it can be summed up as this: Medical insurance will not work as long as it is expected to be used. You do not buy insurance expecting to use it - that is fraud. You buy insurance and pray to never need it!

I would add one thing to the summary.

Expecting to use insurance means what we really have is enforced savings. I think a habit of savings is admirable, but paying others to make us do it seems dumb. Paying from that account is even dumber as it removes us from the market as the buyer and makes us unobservant when it comes to prices.

I wouldn't used enforced savings to collect money from my paychecks to pay for my lunches. I also wouldn't have others doing the buying because hamburgers would cost $100 before long.