Swine Flu Proving Government Control Not The Answer

The swine flu epidemic arrived just in time.  What?  How dare I say something so callous. Just in time for what? Well, just in time to provide an example of what government control of health care in America would look like.  The Obama administration has attempted to sell its takeover of the health-care industry by claiming that our admittedly imperfect system provides too little access at too high a price and, here’s the big pitch (drum roll, please), government can do better.  The swine flu epidemic illustrates why government is wrong on both counts.  Its control of this one, relatively small health care issue has demonstrated that its response is inadequate, expensive and inhumane.