Health Care Myths

Everybody who supports nationalized health care should read this...

From David Hogberg & Tonya R. Barr in today's The American Spectator:

When health care is made to seem "free" at the point of consumption, demand for health services will rise uncontrolled unless it is restrained by something other than cost. If market forces do not allocate health-care resources, then long waiting lists, limited access to specialized care, and government-rationed supply will characterize the health-care system. These consequences, described by John C. Goodman, Gerald L. Musgrave, and Devon M. Herrick in Lives at Risk: Single-Payer National Health Insurance Around the World, are endemic in nations that have adopted a system of single-payer national health insurance.