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Collective Neurosis in Maine: Big Government Bad, We Need Gargantuan Government
By: John R. Graham
11.11.2009
Gardiner Harris of the New York Times has a balanced feature on Maine’s experience with so-called “universal” health care. It even cites the Maine Heritage Policy Center’s Tarren R. Bragdon, whose research should have long convinced anybody that government attempts to impose “universal” health coverage are a sure-fire recipe for spiralling costs and reduced coverage. Unfortunately, Mr. Gardiner gives more than equal time for those who blame Maine’s failures not on government control, but a sick and poor population. Talk about blaming the victim! These folks also blame the fact that Maine has a single, dominant, health insurer – without recognizing the government policies that created this dominance, and ignoring Mr. Bragdon’s proposal that the New England states form a compact to allow their residents greater choices. Unfortunately, these folks don’t recognize their own neurosis (which means doing the same thing again and again, despite the fact that it no longer works). Big Government in Maine can’t solve the health crisis. Gargantuan Government from Washington, DC can’t solve it either.
— John R. Graham is director of Health Care Studies at the Pacific Research Institute.
This blog post originally appeared on State House Call.
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