Just what are we buying with our liberty?

Check out this pie chart from the research by the Rand Corporation.

They conclude that only 10% of premature deaths are caused by lack of medical are.

So, remind me. Why are we massively increasing government control over health insurance and private financial decisions, while simultaneously risking government bankruptcy, to provide more "free" health care?

Rather than significantly improved health, our country will be getting more expensive, more arbitrary government rule over private matters of life and death.

(HT John Goodman.)