In a new column posted at Human Events, Thomas Sowell punctures popular myths about government-run medical care:

In particular, we need to examine the claim that the government can “bring down the cost of medical care.”

The most basic fact is that it is cheaper to remain sick than to get
medical treatment. What is cheapest of all is to die instead of getting
life-saving medications and treatment, which can be very expensive.

Despite these facts, most of us tend to take a somewhat more
parochial view of the situation when it is we ourselves who are sick or
who face a potentially fatal illness. But what if that decision is taken
out of your hands under ObamaCare and is being made for you by a
bureaucrat in Washington?

We won’t know what that leads to until the time comes. As Nancy
Pelosi said, we will find out what is in the bill after it has passed.
But even now, after ObamaCare has been passed, not many people want to
read its 2,400 pages. Even if you did, you would still not know what it
would be like in practice, after more than 150 boards and commissions
issue their specific regulations.

Sowell goes on to tout the ideas expressed in Sally Pipes‘ new book, The Truth About ObamaCare.