Obamacare Policy Myths: Warnings from a 1980S HMO Executive (Essay‪)‬

The administrative state regime of government central planning promoted from the 1930s until today is based on the fatal conceit that Frederick Hayek warned against in The Road to Serfdom. That is the belief that well-meaning government officials could achieve many utopian goals, including ideal access to and quality of medical care at a reasonable cost. Ruling-class elitist arrogance and overreach has been discussed for many years by Thomas Sowell, and recently, famously and insightfully, by Angelo Codevilla in the July/August issue of American Spectator. The tyranny that results from ruling-class control of the government is apparent, and their policy is based on pet theories promoted by the healthcare "experts and policy makers" who are the army for the ruling class, selected for commitment to the agenda, and credentialed and rewarded to intimidate opposition and silence dissent.