The malady of socialism, whether we are aware of it or not, is spreading fast. There are many Americans that know better and cannot be talked into or politicized to believe that “free” is a justified norm that a society should provide. Nevertheless, there is a strong movement which includes the media that is focused on gradually persuading everyday Americans into believing that this is the right path by which we should all follow. This is very far from the truth.

As human beings, we will always be different in our wants and needs. As much as we are very much alike, we are also very, very different. For a government to propose an agenda that minimizes our individualism is to go against the very grain of our American substance. Yet, this is precisely what would happen if our government becomes our healthcare supplier. To start, this would mean that our doctors would have to fall in line with whatever the government would set in place with respect to reimbursement. This would eliminate any doctor from being able to effectively compete and charge a different fee for their services. This approach encourages and rewards mediocrity. It sets and accepts lower expectations.

This is a far cry from our American spirit which has throughout always viewed competition and hard work as the reason for our success. Our healthcare system needs reform, but not be handed over to our government to manage for us. Our government will never be an efficient operator of any business or any industry.

Our healthcare system through private industry is today a model that will evolve and our ability to attain affordable individual health insurance and family health insurance will improve. Our healthcare is and should be one of our most important industries. This industry needs support and reform, not to be scrapped. One has to just look at our government run Medicare system to imagine how more of that type of an operation would be under a public health plan.