Warnings about Obamacare
By Paul Hsieh, MD

The Health Policy Consensus Group has been tracking the trends in various
proposals for "universal health care" and has issued an important warning about
the following elements (PDF version)) which have been floated repeatedly:

• A new government health insurance plan
• An employer "play-or-pay" mandate
• A uniform, government-defined package of benefits
• A mandate that individuals must purchase insurance
• A National Health Insurance Exchange extending federal regulatory powers over
private insurance
• Federal interference in the practice of medicine through a federal health
board, comparative effectiveness review, and other government intrusions into
medical decision-making

Their paper discusses each point in greater detail here:

http://www.galen.org/component,8/action,show_content/id,13/category_id,0/blog_id\
,1187/type,33/

I believe their economic analysis is essentially correct. The American people
should know these facts.

If you're opposed to these ideas and wish to support free market health care
instead, please sign the Galen petition:

http://donoharmpetition.org/home.html

For additional information go here:
http://www.westandfirm.org/blog/2009/04/warnings-about-obamacare.html