Storm Trooper tactics? Let's get this right -- congressmen call town hall meetings and when the public does not spout what is expected, those members of the public are Nazis. Even worse, this shows that there is a conspiracy with Wall Street. Al probably would buy my ocean-front property in Illinois as well with such contorted views.

Many on Wall Street stand to make lots of money from Obamacare. There will also be losers. Interestingly, the national socialism for the single-payer system is proposed by the Democrats, not the Republicans. In the rush to throw out labels and disparage citizens with the right to voice their concerns that Al takes for granted, he misses the point that Nazi comes from the German for National Socialist...

Professor Sowell does not say that check ups are bad, but the policy of mandating recurrent costs, such as physicals, DOT exams, pap smears, breast exams, and all other things as "rights" ultimately increase the fixed costs of doing business. Then after politicians tamper with the change of insurance to on-demand services and even set fix prices through Medicare, the politicians exclaim that "out-of-control, greedy insurance firms" are unfairly raising prices.

When you say that exams are good business of detecting problems early and actually save money, then why didn't the markets dream of spending extra money to save money? If this price fixing scheme is indeed correct, then let businesses choose on their own. Consumers will...