Anti–universal health care proposal in Arizona
October 26, 2008 – 2:24 pm by JohnI was intrigued by this George Will column in the Washington Post, which might mark the first time that has happened to me. He begins:
On Election Day, Arizonans can give the nation the gift of a good example. They can enact a measure that could shape the health-care debate that will arrest or accelerate the nation’s slide into statism. Proposition 101, the Freedom of Choice in Health Care Act, would put the following language into Arizona’s Constitution:
“Because all people should have the right to make decisions about their health care, no law shall be passed that restricts a person’s freedom of choice of private health care systems or private plans of any type. No law shall interfere with a person’s or entity’s right to pay directly for lawful medical services, nor shall any law impose a penalty or fine, of any type, for choosing to obtain or decline health care coverage or for participation in any particular health care system or plan.”
Well, take the “should” out of the first sentence, and that’s a pretty nice ballot proposal. (And no, I don’t need to be told about the inconsistencies or hypocrisy involved with the neoconservative author of Statecraft As Soulcraft decrying any form of “statism.” He is a Statist in the extreme.)
The agorist way of creating a free society wouldn’t rely on State-restricting constitutional measures like this. I don’t know if agorists should actively oppose them, necessarily. I’m not really sure what the agorist path(s) to 100% private medical care would be. While I am hesitant to give legitimacy to state constitutions, legislatures, and mob-rule elections by voting for or against ballot proposals, I would surely consider voting for this ballot measure if I lived in Arizona. If you can help stave off socialized medicine for a few years, why not try to do it? Unless you think complete collapse is the first and foremost prerequisite for starting an agorist community, and so we should let it happen sooner rather than later, which isn’t too unreasonable an outlook at this point…
2 Responses to “Anti–universal health care proposal in Arizona”
It’s not private health care we want, it’s our health care.
By Francois Tremblay on Oct 27, 2008
I’d vote for it. Though my ideal version would end immediately after “no law shall be passed”. :)
By Mike Gogulski on Oct 28, 2008