Leftist M.O. - Screw Up A Market and When It Fails Propose To Fix It With More Government

The Truth About Health Insurance - WSJ.com: "If you develop an expensive condition such as cancer or heart disease, and then get fired or divorced or your employer goes out of business—then individual insurance is going to be very expensive if it's available. But what the President and Democrats won't tell you is that these problems are the result mainly of government intervention.

Because the tax code subsidizes private insurance only when it is sponsored by an employer, the individual market is relatively small and its turnover rate is very high. Most policyholders are enrolled for fewer than 24 months as they move between jobs, making it difficult for insurers to maintain large risk pools to spread costs."

When Leftists tell me the free market has failed in health care, I respond, "How do you know, we haven't tried it!"