There have been many questions raised during the course of the national health care “reform” debate:

• Why now?
• Why so fast?
• How much will it cost the country?
• How much will it cost me?
• Who will benefit?
• What will happen to my coverage?
• Will I be able to keep my doctor?
• Will people be denied coverage because of age?
• Who will decide what will be covered?
• Will coverage be mandatory?
• What will happen to private insurance companies?
• Will there be a government option?
• What will it do to the national debt?
• How will it affect Medicare or Medicaid?
• What impact will it have on small businesses?
• Will illegal aliens be covered?

All of these are legitimate and need to be asked and, surely, there are many more.  Frankly, none of these have been answered to my satisfaction, which brings up another – why not?

But let’s pretend for just long enough to read this post, that all of the above have been addressed and meet my or your criteria.  There is still one question left.

Do you trust the government with your health care?

I was fortunate to spend nearly 35 years in a federal agency that does work.  But those are rare.  Look at a few federal service agencies and departments:

• Postal
• Veterans Affairs
• Health and Human Services
• Housing
• Energy
  
• Education
• Bureau of Prisons
• Internal Revenue Service
• Environmental Protection Agency
• OSHA

For very good reason, we have little or no faith in these and other government products.  So,

Do you trust the government with your health care?

After everything else has been discussed, debated, deliberated and disputed, ask yourself –

Do you trust the government with your health care?

If you do and your answer is “yes,” then maybe you deserve what you get.  If you honestly believe you can trust the government with your health care and all that goes into and grows from such a huge intrusion on your privacy and the well-being of the nation, then I’ll have to ask just one more question of you.

Why?