I'm Worried About My FREEDOM!

A woman at McCain's town hall this morning stood up and said, "I'm worried about my freedom." This is code language for "Screw health care, let it go down the tubes, I believe in death panels and the gramma killing clause, and a government takeover that would dictate my choice of doctors and taxpayer-funded abortions and illegal aliens getting health care on my dime."

OK lady, let's not enact serious health care reform, and you can have your freedom.

* Freedom to get sick and die because you can't afford health insurance.

• Freedom to get sick and die because your health insurance company won't sell you health insurance due to a pre-existing condition.

• Freedom to get sick and die because your health insurer cancelled you noting that you were sick and ready to die and it was just too expensive to keep you insured.

• Freedom to see your family members treated the same way by Cigna or Blue Cross or any of a half dozen other giant insurance companies.

• Freedom to go bankrupt and lose your house through foreclosure because your medical bills have wiped you out.

And the insurance companies enjoy freedom too:

• Freedom to riaise rates whenever they damn well feel like it.

• Freedom to deny you insurance or kick you off the rolls.

• Freedom to tell your doctor you really don't need that kidney transplant or that chemotherapy.

• Freedom to lobby Congress to block any meaningful legislation reining in the big insurance companies

• Freedom to make huge profits and pay their top execs enormous benefits with taxpayers' bailout money.

So you see, that lady was right. There's plenty of freedom to go around. We don't need no stinkin' health care reform to deny us our precious freedom.