Two articles I wanted to make sure you saw:

First, in the Wall Street Journal, an opinion piece by former Health and Human Services Secretary Michael O. Leavitt explaining why co-ops are a terrible idea, why they’ll fail, and why’re they’re just the “public option” in sheep’s clothing:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204884404574362450890157932.html?mod=djemEditorialPage

And second, following up on a thought process that’s been going on for a couple of weeks, the cash for clunkers program is just the latest reason to be extremely afraid of government actually running something as large as a national health insurance program.  A Washington Times article explains that the government will stop the Cash for Clunkers program on Monday night at 8 PM because they don’t know how much money they owe car dealers and don’t want to overshoot their approved budget.

According to the article, “Dealers are still waiting for government reimbursement for the rebates they advanced to customers more than a month ago. Some Washington-area dealers say they are on the hook for $3 million. Under program rules, they were supposed to be paid within 10 days.”

Earlier this week, hundreds of car dealers in the New York area stopped participating in the program because they’re not getting paid…and have some fear they never will.  And who can blame them, with the  possibility existing that more deals may be done than the government has budgeted for – with dealers having no way to know when the line is crossed –  “potentially leaving dealers holding the bag or trying to claw back rebates from customers.”

How about the government trying to claw back the price of your prostate exam once ObamaCare passes?