SLANTblog: A solution to healthcare reform

Every once in awhile, you run into an argument on the left side of the Virginia blogosphere that makes you pause and go “huh — good point” before moving on.

Such is this recent post from Terry Rea on why universal health care is not such a bad thing:

Not long ago there was a scandal in America over poisonous toys that had been imported from China. It was found that some of the materials weren’t safe, health-wise, for children to handle. The toys were pulled off retailers’ shelves.

Those toys never made it into France. Like some other civilized countries, the French regulators never let the toys across the border, in the first place.

France had rigorous standards and inspections that kept those bad toys out of the curious hands and mouths of French kids. They didn’t have to recall the dangerous products, because in France the standards were higher and the regulations were already in place. People were put before profits.

Why?

It’s actually simple — France picks up the tab on everybody’s hospital bills.

Ergo, the French government, because it so believes in life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness (or liberty, equality, and fraternity — pick your poison) that it is willing to put itself entirely on the side of ensuring her people are the best protected and most provided for in the West.

Obviously, in the wake of Cuccinelli’s victory on the individual mandate, it has been stressed repeatedly that Virginians can — of their own accord — enact some sort of Romneycare-style universal coverage.

Terry continues:

One might argue that healthcare in today’s world is as basic a right as life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. But to me, the concept should rest on something less abstract and totally practical.

Here’s my take in a nutshell: America’s greatest natural resource is its citizenry — it’s workforce. The federal government should protect that resource above all others in every way it can that’s feasible.

Reared in a literate, freedom-loving society, America’s sons and daughters work every day to build a good life. In their pursuit of happiness they establish families and build communities. Just as we have recognized that other vital natural resources need to be protected from amoral fast-buck artists, why would we not choose to also protect our families’ wage-earners in the most effective way we can?

Otherwise, what’s the point of protecting the water we drink, or the animals with which we share the planet?

So… does Terry have a point?

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