Comrade Obama, his staff, and his supporters always seem to cry out when you refer to his health care plan as “centralized health care” or “universal health care”. Well, technically, they’re right. It’s just government insurance. But it amounts to the same thing, and I’m going to explain both why it is the same and why it will not work.

The most obvious thing to note is that this is funded by we, the taxpayers. I’m paying for someone else’s health care whether I like it or not, even though I already pay for my own insurance from a private company. It’s a form of welfare, which is immoral.

Now, let’s get into the basic laws of economics and politics. When the government starts a new program like this, it’s going to cost money. So they’re going to raise taxes. And in an effort to make sure these new tax dollars are spent wisely, regulations are going to accompany these tax hikes. The effects of these regulations and tax hikes are many. First, the average consumer has less money in his pocket because he is paying more taxes. Second, private hospitals and private insurance companies are going to have to raise their prices and lay off employees to keep their profit margins the same. Some will even go out of business. So because the consumer has less money and insurance costs more, Joe Sixpack won’t be able to afford private insurance. So he either has to settle for the government insurance, or he has to go without. And with more people going to government insurance, supply of private insurance goes down because companies are going out of business. As supply does down, it creates a shortage. The laws of economics state that as supply decreases, demand increases. With low supply and high demand, prices increase further. Eventually, no one at all will be able to afford private insurance. Everyone will have to use “free” government insurance, and in order to keep up the government will again have to raise taxes or simply let people die. Probably a little of both. Higher taxes begin to affect other industries, and the cycle repeats itself. Higher taxes create unemployment, which encourages reliance on the government, which results in even higher taxes. The end result is the average working man having less money and less purchasing power.

And since the government will have no competition in the health care market, there is no one to keep them in check. Quality will deteriorate, costs will skyrocket, taxes will skyrocket, doctor shortages will come about, and waiting times will shoot through the roof. Stop and think about your local, government hospital. It’s usually _____ General (Denver General, here in Denver). I don’t know how it is where you live, but in Denver the General hospital is where you go when you have no other options. It is the worst hospital in the state. But under Obama’s plan, all hospitals will suck that bad.

The only way we’re going to dodge this bullet is if Obama fails to raise taxes enough to pay for it, which may happen. But don’t be fooled; the government has no business in our health care.

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