August 3, 2007 5:18PM # Update on the Anti-Universal Coverage Club By [Michael F. Cannon](https://www.cato.org/people/michael-f-cannon) --- SHARE Joining the [Anti-Universal Coverage Club](https://www.cato.org/2007/07/06/the-anti-universal-coverage-club-manifesto/) this week is a list of organizations that have formed a new group called [The Health Care Freedom Coalition](http://www.grassrootinstitute.org/GrassrootPerspective/AffordableHealthCareAgenda.pdf). Here are a few lines from their agenda: > Most Democratic presidential candidates, one Republican presidential candidate, many business trade associations, and unions have endorsed “universal health insurance” as the solution to our nation’s health care problems. > > > With 46 million Americans who don’t have health insurance, ***these politicians and special interest groups have concluded that covering everyone will magically make health care affordable***. > > > “Universal health insurance” is a myth. The only way to make health care “affordable” under a “universal health insurance” scheme is through price controls and limiting access. Any proposal claiming to provide “universal coverage” is nothing more than a system that must rely on private and/​or public entities to administer government-run health care. Emphasis added. The Health Care Freedom Coalition includes: - 60 Plus - Alabama Policy Institute - American Conservative Union - American Shareholders Association - Americans for Prosperity and AFP Foundation - Americans for Tax Reform - Center for Freedom and Prosperity - Christus Medicus Foundation - Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives - Consumers for Health Care Choices - Council for Affordable Health Insurance - Fairness Foundation - FreedomWorks - Grassroot Institute of Hawaii - Illinois Policy Institute - Indiana Family Institute - Medical Savings Insurance Company - Mississippi Center for Public Policy - National Center for Policy Analysis - National Taxpayers Union - Pacific Research Institute - Public Interest Institute - Rio Grande Foundation - Small Business Entrepreneurship Council - The James Madison Institute - Washington Policy Institute Not joining the Anti-Universal Coverage Club this week are the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, which approved [legislation to expand government health insurance](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070803/ap_on_go_co/congress_children_s_health;_ylt=AsvTduz5O18jBFdSWcUdS.VZ24cA) to [people who don’t need government assistance](http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MjY5OWFjMGE2N2UyMDdkNTRmMmQ1YTVkZjJhMzhkYmI=), and the Galen Institute’s Grace-Marie Turner, who reiterated in her weekly [newsletter](http://www.galen.org/statehealth.asp?docID=1043): > **The question isn’t whether** children should or should not have health insurance. The question is how do we achieve that goal. ##### Related Tags [General](https://www.cato.org/general), [Health Care](https://www.cato.org/health-care) [![Creative Commons License](/build/cato_2020/images/creative-commons.svg)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) This work is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).