Joe Scarborough: “I have been really intrigued by this debate. We hear actually some of the architects of the Clinton health care plan…”

“I have been really intrigued by this debate. We hear actually some of the architects of the Clinton health care plan, that would socialize the health care system and one-seventh of our economy, lecturing us on how we need to now fix health care in America. Very intriguing. The fact of the matter is that what it shows is we have two different views of America; those Americans who believe in empowering Americans, and those Americans who believe that we must socialize government, socialize health care, and do everything we can to take the decision out of the hands of the consumers and the doctors. Who could not like medical savings accounts? Who could not? They take the middle man out. They give power to patients and doctors, family doctors, to sit down and decide what the best course of treatment is to cure people who are ill that come to their office without having to call an insurance company first and decide how to use the money. Somebody said it helps special interests and actually drives up costs. Let me tell my colleagues, that is a novel approach. I wonder what economics class has ever been taught that shows that free enterprise and empowering consumers drives up the cost of medical care. It makes absolutely no sense. So let us look at the two different views of America. With Democrats in control, they wanted to socialize; with the Republicans in control, we want to privatize.”