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|quote="When health care is the government’s responsibility, it becomes its principal responsibility. Because the minute you make government the provider of health care, you ensure that, come election time, the electorate identifies “health” as its number one concern. Thus, in a democracy, the very fact of socialized medicine seduces the citizenry away from citizenship."
|quote="When health care is the government’s responsibility, it becomes its principal responsibility. Because the minute you make government the provider of health care, you ensure that, come election time, the electorate identifies “health” as its number one concern. Thus, in a democracy, the very fact of socialized medicine seduces the citizenry away from citizenship."
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{{Opinion|America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009|Act should be passed|against}}
{{Opinion|Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act|Act should be passed|against}}

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Author(s) Mark Steyn
Source National Review
Date July 20, 2009
URL http://www.allbusiness.com/government/elections-politics-politics-political-parties/12568672-1.html
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Quotes-start.png "When health care is the government’s responsibility, it becomes its principal responsibility. Because the minute you make government the provider of health care, you ensure that, come election time, the electorate identifies “health” as its number one concern. Thus, in a democracy, the very fact of socialized medicine seduces the citizenry away from citizenship." Quotes-end.png


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This item argues against the position Act should be passed on the topic Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.