FROM THE AP: WASHINGTON – House Democrats are crafting a plan  that would require all Americans to carry health insurance and would help families making less than $88,000 pay the premiums. Employers, too, would have to help foot the bill.

It's the latest development in President Barack Obama's push to fix the ailing U.S. health care system by getting the government more deeply involved.

Obama has said the final legislation must rein in costs, guarantee choice of health plans and medical providers, and ensure that all Americans have access to affordable coverage. But he's leaving it to Congress to work out the details. (emphasis mine)

I promised myself that I wasn't going to get political at all on this blog. But the phrase in red hit me so hard I had to comment. I"ll make it short. The "ailing" health care system is only ailing because the government is already deeply involved. Every time the government gets "deeply involved" in something, it functions less effectively at greater costs. One small step towards socialism for a man, one great leap towards socialism for mankind. This is health care we're talking about. And it's worrisome.

But even more worrisome is the word in the first bolded sentence in purple, is the word "required" – Require all Americans to carry health insurance. Require a free citizen to do something that the government thinks may be
good for his health. This is scary stuff, boys and girls. This goes way beyond socialism. I guess liberal democrats don't care about SOME civil rights. According to them, we have the right to freedom, unless the lack of freedom
is "good for us."

This makes me angry. And scared.

Editor's Note: A former Journalist and MTW contributor, Matt Bennet blogs on anything and everything he deems relevant. Want to know more? Check him out at Life of the List.