Not that we needed proof that those who advocate socialized medicine are insane, but here is an article from Newsbusters that details huge problems with the French healthcare system. This is the kind of system Liberals in the United States want to have here in America. 50% of a workers paycheck in France goes to unemployment, retirement, and healthcare. FIFTY PERCENT! I would venture to say Canada, Sweden and other universal healthcare countries are on par with that amount as well. Liberals always want to point out that the U.S. is ranked rather low in the World Health Organization studies on a nation's health, which is why many say we need universal healthcare to increase access. That line of thinking is wonderfully debunked in this column.

As the saying goes there is no such thing as a free lunch and that applies to everything. We MAY get more access in a universal system and it MAY be cheaper for some, but it will not be as good from a quality care standpoint as what we presently have and it will be nowhere near as innovative as our present system. Healthcare in the U.S. doesn't need a government takeover the prescription for healthcare is competition. Lets insurance companies compete for business. Let doctors set their prices for procedures. Let consumers decide what is needed for their health after good consultation from their doctor with no insurance middle man involved. All universal healthcare will do is take out the insurance middleman and replace him with a government middleman.

Is it not enough, watching our government squander the Social Security system or all the fraud and inefficiency that inundates the federal government, to keep us from buying into the insanity of socialized medicine. Those politicians who advocate universal healthcare want one thing and that is more governmental control over our lives. They want voters dependent upon more and more entitlements because that ensures they keep getting votes from the government dependents. The Federal Government in its present form is the antithesis of what the Founding Fathers envisioned and it is shameful for politicians to further the governments power for their own personal job security. Where have all the statesmen gone?