“…why the American people would even give the slightest consideration for government health programs. They don't want the government to deliver their automobiles, or their videocassette recorders, or their food… The best way to deliver healthcare is the way we deliver all goods and services in a free society.”

—  Ron Paul

Television interview http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjH9PoDpATI (1987).
1980s

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