>>So the government can tell you how to run your own personal life health care like they can tell you how fast you can drive, how powerful (weak) your cell phone can be, etc.?
I'm not sure if some of that was supposed to be irony. In terms of healthcare, the government pays almost half of the cost of providing care in this country. Not only does it give massive tax breaks to employer provided health insurance plans it also directly writes the regulations that govern almost every aspect of healthcare. In a sense, the government is already running your healthcare if not outright paying for it or compensating the hospital then running the system that provides or incentivizes the structure of the health insurance plan you have.
Breaks? One of the medications I was paying for on my personal plan recently is costing my new employer 3 times !!! what I was paying. Breaks? Puh-lease, are you brain-washed by deep thinkers like John Stewart?
I'm not sure if some of that was supposed to be irony. In terms of healthcare, the government pays almost half of the cost of providing care in this country. Not only does it give massive tax breaks to employer provided health insurance plans it also directly writes the regulations that govern almost every aspect of healthcare. In a sense, the government is already running your healthcare if not outright paying for it or compensating the hospital then running the system that provides or incentivizes the structure of the health insurance plan you have.