| Government Health Care Reform Is A Contradiction Of Terms |
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| Written by Oliver Woods |
| Sunday, 16 May 2010 19:10 |
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As noted in the first article of this series, health care reform is clearly needed in America. To look to big government to provide this reform is like asking the fox to guard the chicken house. As usual, government presents itself as the cultural balm to heal all wounds. In reality it has become the cultural bomb to wound all heels. The "heels" of course are all those who desire to employ the power of government to give them something for which they are too lazy to work.
As noted in the first article of this series, health care reform is clearly needed in America. To look to big government to provide this reform is like asking the fox to guard the chicken house. As usual, government presents itself as the cultural balm to heal all wounds. In reality it has become the cultural bomb to wound all heels. The "heels" of course are all those who desire to employ the power of government to give them something for which they are too lazy to work. As details of the health care reform bill are more widely disseminated, the more evident it becomes that it is a blatant attack on freedom of choice and genuine health care reform. As flawed as the U.S. Constitution is, it provides no authorization for the federal government to provide for the health of American citizens. Moreover, health care is not a service provided by civil government in the Bible. The Crux of Socialized Medicine Frederic Bastiat made this abundantly clear in his little classic, "The Law," over 100 years ago. He first points out that the first and only purpose of the civil magistrate is to establish justice by applying the law to specific situations. Under the law no man is permitted to intrude upon the life, liberty or property of any other without incurring wrath and penalty. But socialism turns the law on its head, abusing its power to confiscate the wealth and property of one for the benefit of another. Or as Barack Obama puts it, "Health care is a right, not a privilege." By this means the law is perverted from a tool of justice to a tool of injustice. "The law has placed the collective force at the disposal of the unscrupulous who wish, without risk, to exploit the person, liberty, and property of others. It has converted plunder into a right, in order to protect plunder...The law has been perverted by the influence of two entirely different causes: stupid greed and false philanthropy." -Frederic Bastiat From this we conclude that government is totally out of its realm when it starts meddling in health care. Government cannot at the same protect private property and plunder private property. For government to go beyond enforcing laws against medical malpractice is to intrude on the right and responsibility of the church. Such actions invite the judgment of God. The Cost of Socialized Medicine A tyrannical government will look for opportunities to exploit crisis to impose its power on the private sector. As some in the Obama administration have put it, "Never let a good crisis go to waste." Here are a few of the dangers that accompany the ObamaCare legislation: * It will cost more than a trillion dollars * Health care will be rationed with life-threatening wait times * Pressure to take one's own life will increase with "End of life" counseling * Abortions will be paid for with taxpayers' money * It will give free health care to illegal aliens * An already shaky medical system will be pushed to the brink of insolvency Perhaps the most damaging aspect of government run health care is that it inhibits the development of cutting edge breakthroughs in medical science. These include therapies that have proven themselves effective for years overseas as well as discoveries within the United States. Government, which is supposed to protect freedom, becomes the great suppressor of that most fundamental of freedoms, freedom of choice. This is not academic because people die as a consequence. It matters not how effective a therapy may be, it may be suppressed for years at the whim of the health care bureaucracy. Medicine is a subset of science where this kind of prejudice has been operative for centuries. Only by a great upheaval are ineffective modes of theory and practice discarded. We saw this for example, in the Copernican Revolution, the Newtonian Revolution, and in Einstein's Quantum Revolution. The latter has opened up exciting new vistas on the role that underlying energy fields play in human health. DISCLAIMER: This article is provided as information only and is not to be taken as financial advice. The bio energy field and alkaline water represent two of the most dramatic recent developments in bio-chemical research. Oliver Woods is a life extension consultant focusing on these two therapies. Both have received the enthusiastic endorsement of many who have experienced a renewed sense of well-being. For more information dial 218-862-1300 (PIN=886161) at noon or 6pm (PST). |