Now that the President wants everyone to have government-provided health care, irrespective of their wishes in the matter, one thing is apparent, judging from the reactions of everyday citizens at town hall meetings across the country: the idea of government interposing itself in private health care decisions between American citizens and their doctors is one of the most unpopular ideas to emerge from inside the Beltway; nevertheless, tone-deaf politicians keep pushing for it and every other godawful, un-Constitutional, privacy-destroying, vote-buying program they can dream up.

So, what should the federal government do about health care? Read the boldfaced letters in order in the preceding paragraph and you’ll have my answer.

This is a problem — if, indeed, it really is a major problem — best left to the people to solve by themselves. Federal intervention only makes it worse.

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—Mike Gray