Relying on deception again

First, there are 46 million uninsured people in the United States. This isn't just misleading, it's an outright lie, as anyone in this country can get health care by checking into an emergency room.

In terms of sincere debate on this topic, the only legitimate concerns for society are categories 4 and 5, (4) people with severe pre-existing conditions who are turned away by insurance companies; and (5) people who are too poor to purchase insurance - and they number a small fraction of 46 million - so why not be honest and report the number in those categories, instead of exaggerating?

Another deception is the claim that there will be no rationing of health care. We already have rationing of health care, accomplished by family budgets, doctors and insurance companies. Government run health care will transfer such decisions to bureaucrats. So, why not be honest and simply state that rationing will continue and will be done by a different entity?

Another deception is that citizens can keep their existing health care plans. Is anyone going to continue to pay $500 per month for a private health policy when a policy, subsidized by the U.S. taxpayers, is available for $300 per month? Folks will choose the cheaper plan, resulting in single payer health care. How much would it hurt to simply tell the truth?

Another misleading claim is that the majority of people in Canada or the U.K. are happy with their government run systems. Of course the majority of Canadians are happy. Most Canadians are not ill. The people who are unhappy are those with a serious illness, or those with an illness that requires immediate treatment. Wouldn't it be more truthful to focus on what those who have experienced such systems think of them than those that haven't?

Then there's the old faithful life expectancy canard, that the U.S. has a lower life expectancy than some other developed nations. "Texas A&M health economist Robert Ohsfeldt and health economics consultant John Schneider calculated that when accidental deaths and homicides are removed from such calculations {neither having anything to do with health care}, life expectancy in America ranks at the top of all developed countries."

So why don't proponents of the "public health option" just come clean and admit that the U.S. has, far and away, the best health care system on the planet?

You know the answer.

[And if you don't: It has nothing to do with health care. Consider: poll after poll show that more than 70% of Americans are happy or very happy with their health care. That leaves room for improvement, but how does that fact support the incessant claim that our system is 'broken'? It's about more money and power for the government.]

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