What's Wrong with Government-Run Healthcare?

Whenever you hear someone say "The government oughta do something," smack them with a two-by-four. Most of the problems in healthcare today are the result of the government doing something. Look at all the other examples from history. Washington's fur trading scheme. Lincoln's Transcontinental Railroad. Both were examples of the government reaching beyond the restraints imposed by the Constitution, just as interference in the healthcare and health insurance industries are, and all are miserable failures. Yes, we need regulation, limited, very limited regulation. Policing. That's the government's job. No more...