THE ROAD TO MADNESS – AT 11:40 A.M. ET:  Bernie Sanders is alive and mentally unwell, and living in Washington.  But he really wishes he were living in one of those "progressive" countries where the govenment decides when you can sneeze.  From Fox: 

A leading ObamaCare architect is the latest Democratic figure to get behind the push for single-payer health care, as Sen. Bernie Sanders prepares to unveil his “Medicare for all” bill this week – kicking off a campaign sure to put immense pressure on senior Democrats and 2020 presidential hopefuls to support the costly proposal.

The push for government-funded health care once was relegated to the fringes of the Democratic Party but has made its way into the mainstream. The latest example of this was former Sen. Max Baucus saying last week that lawmakers should start looking at single-payer.

"I just think the time has come," he told NBC News, after making similar remarks at a public event in his home state of Montana.

Baucus led the Senate Finance Committee during ObamaCare talks and acknowledged he opposed single-payer at the time, because it was “branded as socialistic by too many people.” 

Times have changed – at least among Democratic lawmakers.

Sanders plans to introduce his bill on Wednesday, along with “Senate co-sponsors.” Sanders recently confirmed one of them – Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I. – and another, California Sen. Kamala Harris, also revealed to constituents she plans to co-sponsor the bill.

Harris is considered a potential 2020 presidential candidate and her early endorsement of Sanders’ plan indicates how the legislation could emerge as a litmus test for other 2020 candidates – demonstrating their alignment with the liberal wing of the party. 

And...

Democrats do not have the numbers to pass any such legislation right now, but the issue could become a focal point of the party’s efforts to win back one or both chambers in the 2018 midterms. A majority of House Democrats already support “Medicare-for-all” legislation. 

COMMENT:  It would destroy American medicine as we know it, and create a tax burden that would break the backs of most families. 

Much of the financing would probably come from shrinking national defense to way below the minimum requirement for national survival.  Who cares?  All men are brothers, right?

We would have equality of mediocrity, and long waits for procedures that, today, you can get immediately.  The government will decide your life for you.

But the Dems are very good at describing things as "free stuff," and something as crazy as socialized medicine, which is what this is, might just come to this country.

September 11, 2017