Massachusetts enshrines the right to have someone else pay your doctor bills

Sunni Maravillosa points out the seemingly obvious truth that "Buying health insurance is not the same as buying health care," and yet the ruling class continues to obfuscate the obvious. Meanwhile, Happy Curmudgeon finds a survey that shows most people like what Massachusetts has done ... and throws in a little Heinlein to explain why liberty is crumbling around us.

"The law, described by its supporters as a national model, requires all residents of the state to have health insurance," says the ABC News story that proclaims "Fifty-five percent of Americans say they'd support similar legislation in their own states."

Our rulers confiscate a third to half of our earnings before we even touch it, and they spend the rest of their time forcing us into spending the rest as they decree, with Ponzi schemes like Social Security and propping up the health insurance and pharmaceutical industries.

I wrote a couple of months ago about how good it feels to buy my medicine without following my insurance company's rules, even though it means foregoing its reimbursement and spending more of my hard-earned cash. At some point I hope I'll feel comfortable enough for complete freedom from that insurance company - a decision that would now make me an outlaw in Massachusetts. That's the other thing the ruling class does well: Create new criminals.