The final step might be the nationalization of health insurance. That has been the goal of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy and others for years. This is not conspiracy. It is logic. It is an old story.
Government regulations cause problems.
Then people point to those problems as reasons for more regulations. The spiral to comprehensive control requires no stretch of the imagination. The only alternative is to repeal the earlier regulations that caused the trouble in the first place. Politically, this is difficult. It requires understanding and courage.