It is very important that we conservatives retain an honest philosophy, that we must exercise our belief in natural rights uniformly, and that we should apply our doctrine consistently. If your philosophy is pure and conformed, perhaps you could explain the glaring contradictions embedded in your thoughts on health insurance.

The Muse Plan for Healthcare Reform implies you have reserved faith in the free market system, evidenced by statements like “Competition will equal lower prices for consumers” and “We could save billions by allowing consumers more choice in the policies they purchase.”

However, you pulled a 180 on us and jumped left on the spectrum with this gem: “I think government has a role to play – a very important role – to provide the necessary regulations to provide some order to the chaos that free markets create.”

Health insurance companies are not allowed to sell products that uninsured people want to buy. An over regulated market has produced fewer and larger companies with no incentive for competition. Insurance lobbyists conspire with our politicians, while those same companies conspire with hospitals and clinics.

When did it become acceptable in the U.S. that some men may force their product onto all other men with the force of law?

If you admit that interstate insurance policies would promote competition, you subconsciously admit that states will compete to deregulate in order to attract those supposedly evil insurance companies. So is the free market truly the source of this “chaos”?