Obama has appointed 36 or 37 czars who were given broad and unaccountable power over our lives, habits and spending. In both Obamacare and a ukase issued by the new Food Czar new dictatorial powers over what we eat may be forthcoming.
Far scarier is Obama’s appointment of his new Health Czar, Donald Berwick, to be the top administrator over Medicare and Medicaid. Berwick is on record as saying, “Excellent health care is by definition redistributional.” Sounds a lot like Obama’s remark to Joe, the plumber in which he stated he wanted to redistribute the wealth.
Berwick admits that redistributing health care means rationing health care, which is why he has been a one-man death panel. He praises Britain’s socialized medicine system as a “global treasure” and “I love it.” But already many restrictions on common operations such as hip and knee replacements and cataract surgery, the closure of many nursing homes for the elderly, and a reduction in hospital beds and staff are occurring in the wonderful British system.
Like a typical arrogant totalitarian socialist, Berwick assumes that smart bureaucrats should make life-and-death decisions and spend the money belonging to those they disdain as dumb, ordinary citizens.
Didn't Obama say, "We're not going to pull the plug on grandma!" Maybe he better tell Berwick that.
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