Is Maine Ground Zero for Health Reform?

Tarren Bragdon and colleagues at the Maine Heritage Policy Center are obviously too humble to claim credit in the struggle for health freedom in Maine and the U.S. So, let me do it for them by noting today's New York Times, which runs an article describing Maine as sort of a Ground Zero for health reform.

Maine, of course, is the home of the two Republican U.S. Senators potentially most favorable to the idea of the government controlling people's access to medical services. So, the SEIU (Service Employees International Union), which would like nothing more than to take over American health care, has poured money into the state.

Fortunately, the Maine Heritage Policy Center's Crisis to Cure tour, which the New York Times notes, emphasizes the costs of current government intervention, especially Maine's failed Dirigo plan.

Frankly, I'm surprised that the New York Times would deign to report that there's an alternative to "reform" that gives more power to government, instead of the people. Kudos to the Maine Heritage Policy Center!