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It appears that Tom Daschle will be Obama’s Health and Human Services Secretary and his so-called “Health Czar.”  What can we expect from Mr. Daschle.  Here is an excerpt from his March, 2008 book entitled, “Critical: What we Can Do About the Health Care Crisis”:

I believe that the only way to solve the health-care crisis is to change the way that we approach the challenge… I propose a Federal Health Board, modeled loosely on the Federal Reserve System, to do so.  It would create a public framework for a largely private health-care delivery system.  Its main job would be to develop the standards and structure for a health system tat ensures accessible, affordable, and high-quality care.  These standards would apply to federal health programs and contractors and serve as a model for private insurers.

That doesn’t sound like fully federalized health care but it certainly sets the stage for it.  I expect to see the Democrats move in that direction fairly quickly and with great vigor.

Socialized medicine is the holy grail for Democratic control of this country.  Once they have the entire population dependent upon the government for their health care, it will be very difficult to ever move back towards small government.  The attachment of older Americans to Social Security and Medicare is strong, but it will pale in comparison to the attachment of entire country to their Federal Health Board Benefits!  Republicans and all true conservatives MUST fight the socialization of our health care; at least now, the opposition has a leader to study!