Health care NOT the Government’s responsibility, says America - bs’s blog - RedState

Health care NOT the Government’s responsibility, says America - bs’s blog - RedState

Ever since Barack Obama began his crusade for health care socialization, the meme in the media has been that “Americans want health care reform.” Do a Google search for that phrase and you’ll find story after story that trumpets that line, usually with no evidence to support it.

This past week, Gallup published a rather astonishing survey that blows holes in the theory that “because Americans want health care reform, the Government should provide it”. The Gallup survey found that for the first time in almost ten years, Americans now say that health care is not the government’s responsibility.

It’s tempting to blame this shift on the Obama push for health care rationing, death panels and the general socialization of health care in America, but the trend started well before Obama’s coronation. But the free-fall did begin in earnest during the campaign season of 2008, and continued to where we are now.