The murder of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson inspired many voices on the left to demand the government take control of healthcare. Prominent Democrats such as Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tried to excuse the killing with claims that the anger towards private health insurance is warranted.
“I think what we need to ask ourselves when we talk about health care is why we are the only major country on Earth not to guarantee health care to all people,” Sanders said in the wake of the assassination. The leftists want to exploit the moment to advance single-payer, allowing the government to control healthcare completely.
It shouldn’t be surprising that Bernie Sanders and AOC champion this idea. But there are others who want to use this situation to push for more government control. One such voice is former Cigna executive Wendell Potter. Potter recently published an op-ed in the New York Times denouncing private health insurance and praising government intervention. He believes the answer is “Medicare for all” and led a group with this as its stated mission.
Bernie and co. may feel emboldened by the support for their proposals. But no matter who claims the government is the answer to healthcare, it’s not. In fact, the government is responsible for much of our healthcare woes.
Americans hate the high costs, limited options, long wait times, insurance haggling, and variable quality of our healthcare system. They should look at who made it this way. […]
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