Liberty Maven

A few weeks ago a new match-making site for freedom-loving people called Ron Paul Singles was in the news. Some news outlets used it as another opportunity to marginalize Ron Paul. Others seemed genuinely curious about how a 70+ year old politician’s name could play cupid.

While this rather unimportant news item was brought up on CNN and other outlets another type of “date” was swept under the rug because if it became common knowledge the health care debate may be quite different. Admittedly, I went for a low-brow ridiculous play on words to get to my point but here it is:

In many states there are requirements (mandates) that force private health insurance companies to pay for certain procedures.

Those on the Right complaining of socialized medicine don’t realize that we already have socialized medicine. Those on the Left defending the so-called “public option” don’t realize how much money can be saved by simply abolishing health care mandates. Doing so would help restore the free market in health care and help lower costs.

I’m tired of both sides of the debate missing the fundamental point. The Left and the Right need to realize we haven’t had a free market in health care for approximately 30-40 years.

The health care system is broken and needs “fixing”. The government does not have the answer. On health care the government should not lead, it should not follow, it should just get the hell out of the way!

There is no such thing as a government solution. The government only causes more problems.

To understand how ridding ourselves of health care mandates can reduce health care costs please watch Shelly Roche (bytestyle.tv) give details in the video below. This is the kind of information people need to hear when they accuse others of “just complaining and not offering solutions”.