That’s what this Colorado doctor is warning.
Free market advocate Paul Hsieh writes that a “nanny state on steroids” is the inevitable result of any government-sponsored universal coverage plan.
“Any government that attempts to guarantee healthcare must also control its costs,” he writes, and says that the “inevitable next step will be to seek to control citizens’ health and their behavior.”
There is a fine balance to how intrusive governments should go in controlling patient’s lifestyles. A federal ban on smoking for instance, would be something I can see supporting. But how much is too much? Would checking waistlines over the age of 40, as Japan does, fly here in the United States? How about banning television advertising for eggs, as Britain is trying to do?
Dr. Hsieh wants to nip nanny statism in the bud, and says that rejecting government-sponsored universal care is the first step to do so.
