Fears that nationalized health care will lead to rationing of services and denial of life-sustaining treatment for the elderly are ludicrous.
Congress ultimately will be the health care decider if the government takes over, and Congress never says no to anybody, least of all a voting bloc as potent as senior citizens.
What we ought to be worried about is an explosion of services and treatments extended to every advocacy group that wheels a sob story before a congressional committee. Congress will have no will to contain costs at the expense of votes.
Universal government health care will work just like Social Security and Medicare.
Congress has known for decades that both programs are hurtling toward a cliff. Social Security has an unfunded liability of $100 trillion — a number impossible to get your mind around.
By the time I’m eligible to get my spoonful of gravy in a dozen years or so, the program will require 25 percent of all tax dollars to stay afloat.
Almost looks like a backhanded slam!
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