The so-called stimulus package about to be voted into law by Congress contains the second part of the stealth adoption of socialized medicine In the USA. The first step was lifting the income limit on the SCHIP program, so it would apply to children of middle income parents. Tom Daschle has advocated the stealth approach. He said that the precursor to socialized medicine needs to be slipped into a spending bill at the start of the Administration to avoid any debate. Debate such as with the Hillary Plan must be avoided at all costs. Here is an article about how the Democrats are bringing us socialized medicine.

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