When the government takes over, the American people suffer.
We know this because of Obamacare. We know this because of VA hospitals. We know this because of the EPA and the IRS. Most Americans even know this from their trips to their state's DMV.
But now, rather than admitting the truth that more government equals less efficiency, federal politicians are doubling down on the takeover of the healthcare industry.
Medicare-for-all is getting serious traction from presidential candidates and members of Congress, but the American people know better.
And as Rep. Dan Crenshaw explains brilliantly in the video below, the inevitable failure of Medicare-for-all is obvious to anyone outside of D.C.
"Let’s talk about what we've learned here, let’s summarize it," Crenshaw concludes. "A single-payer system has to set prices, and if set at current Medicare rates, which all plans call for, this drastically cuts the money going to doctors and hospitals. They will have to cut resources. They will hire less, [and] they will buy less equipment. It is simple economics. Because there are less doctors, wait times will increase.
"With this newfound world of less doctors and more patients, the government will have to carefully screen or triage who gets care and who doesn't, and what kind of care they get, all based on bureaucratic cost-benefit analysis. Innovators will be less likely to invest in a system where the payoff is significantly less because they can't be sure whether the government bureaucrat will even allow doctors to use that new medical device, medication, or new procedure, and counterintuitively, the system ends up hurting patients with the most unique conditions, also knows patients with pre-existing conditions, because their care requires flexibility and innovation, both of which are drastically reduced in a single-payer system."
If we want to avoid this reality, we'll have to take measures that don't rely on the common sense of federal politicians. Because while some like Rep. Crenshaw can still think rationally, most are so entrenched in politics and special interests to care about fighting for freedom.
That's why we need to call an Article V Convention of States. A Convention of States is controlled by the people and the states and has the power to propose constitutional amendments.
These amendments can limit the power, scope, and jurisdiction of the federal government and forever prohibit them from making healthcare decisions for you and your family.
