There's no arguing that history is a good indicator of the future. Take, for instance, Hillary Clinton's vaccines for children program.
In 1993, a Democratic-controlled Congress passed Clinton's vaccines for children program, which used federal power to ensure universal immunization. Sounds great, right? Well, the problem is that the U.S. government purchases 55 percent of the childhood vaccine market at forced discounted prices. The results have been declining financial incentives to develop and produce vaccines.
The result of Clinton's program was that the government, instead of the doctors, became the direct purchasers of most children's vaccines. Basically, the government was controlling the price to the drug manufacturers, and it was below the cost, so many manufacturers were forced out of business. Thirty years ago there were 25 companies that produced vaccines. Today there are only five. That has caused a serious shortage of vaccines; we now have the evidence of these shortages with H1N1 vaccine. The vaccine has moved at a snail's pace. This is a direct result of the government's involvement in the care of your health.
Do you want the government handling your healthcare? This should not be a partisan issue. It should be about you and your family's right to decide what kind of care that you want, not somebody in Washington who will never have the same level of care that you would receive.
We can't change history.
-- Kenneth Manzer, Camarillo