“It sounds so virtuous to insist that “healthcare is a right.” Thus, if you do not believe medical care should be free, you are not a moral person.
This technique echoes Aldous Huxley’s view that “the propagandist’s purpose is to make one set of people forget that the other set is human.” (Of course, bearing arms is a constitutional right, but guns are not given away for free. Indeed, gunowners are thought by some to be horrible people).
Free medical care for all is short, simple, and seductive.
The promise: Medical services are free.
Reality: Government may deny the request for prior authorization for your treatment, or ration treatments for older folks, such as hip and knee replacements and cataract surgery.
In the government health system 307,000 Veterans might have died waiting for medical care.
The promise: Drugs are free.
Reality: The medication your physician thinks is best for you is not on the government’s formulary.
The promise: There are no out-of-pocket costs.
Reality: Private health insurance is abolished, leaving no consumer choice.
The promise: It’s free!
Reality: Your taxes will be raised to heights unknown.
“Free” is America’s new verbal Potemkin village of health care, where Susie gets a free birth if she survives her abortion, free medical care for life, and even free food. All Susie has to do for herself is breathe.
This is a panderer’s view of America. In fact, we are a country of individuals who want to govern their own lives and of physicians who want the freedom to properly care for their patients.”
Source: Propaganda, Pandering, and Politics – AAPS | Association of American Physicians and Surgeons
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