There is no such thing as a free lunch
One of my heroes, the economist Milton Friedman, used to have a saying, "There's no such thing as a free lunch." What he meant is that nothing is free; someone, somewhere, always pays. Despite utopian marketing promises, government health care is not exempt from Friedman's dictum. Far from it. It will raise costs, and someone, somewhere, will pay. By creating a new health-care entitlement while doing nothing to restrain health-care costs, let alone the needless overuse of medical facilities, Democratic health reform will inevitably lead to rationing of care and higher costs. There is no "free" health care just like there is no free lunch. Someone always pays. The American people understand without having to be told that this "someone" is them.