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Does Barack Obama Support Socialized Medicine?10/8/08 The Cato Institute has released a new Issue Brief analyzing whether Barack Obama�s health care plan moves us to socialized medicine, written by Michael F.Cannon, Director of Health Policy Studies at Cato Institute. Cato Institute Briefing Paper #108 �Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama (IL) has proposed an ambitious plan to restructure America�s health care sector. Rather than engage in a detailed critique of Obama�s health care plan, many critics prefer to label it �socialized medicine.� �Is that a fair description of the Obama plan and similar plans? Over the past year, prominent media outlets and respectable think tanks have investigated that question and come to a unanimous answer: no. �Reasonable people can disagree over whether Obama�s health plan would be good or bad. But to suggest that it is not a step toward socialized medicine is absurd�.� |