Be careful what we wish for

Sometimes, what sounds logical isn’t logical at all when we carry it forward. Worse, no matter how good it sounds at first blush, when it’s actually put into action, it might not really be what we ever wanted at all!

In this entertaining think piece, Mike Feehan takes off the masquerade and cuts to the chase at where we’re really heading with all of these efforts to make sure we're healthy and fit, have perfect children, and the highest life expectancy in the world. ....

Why isn’t health care compulsory?

I say it’s time for Congress to face up to Americans’ needs, and make health care compulsory. I’m not talking about health insurance. I’m talking about health care....

Once this concept is understood, it's clear what must be done. First, all health care professionals become employees of the Federal Government, paid a living wage from public funds. Second, hospitals, clinics, labs and other facilities are nationalized and their staffs also become employees of the Federal Government. Fair compensation is paid to the former owners just as for the condemnation of any other private property for public use. Third, the Federal health care professionals examine any person who wants health care, and issue health care orders to anyone who is determined to actually need health care. Fourth, it is illegal to seek or receive health care from anyone except a Federal health care professional....

The Federal Health Tribunals are empowered to impose heavy fines upon individuals who shirk their civic duty to follow health care orders, including refusal to alter lifestyle when so ordered (e.g., exercise, stop smoking, lose weight). The Tribunals also have authority to order health shirkers confined until treated.... The Tribunals also have the power to order a provider who refuses to deliver care that is ordered by a regional Federal Health professional, to perform unpaid community service within the Tribunal’s region....

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