May 13, 2009 10:04AM 

# We’re Not Talking about Socialized Medicine — I Swear 

By [Michael F. Cannon](https://www.cato.org/people/michael-f-cannon) 

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According to an [unnamed](http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/05/13/obama-announce-deal-health-care-reform/) “top White House official”:

> It’s hard to talk about socialized medicine when the hospitals, doctors, insurers, the private sector players are working with us at the White House.

Let me get this straight. A president who is [ideologically committed to socialized medicine](https://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=9679) is negotiating with an industry that’s committed to making as much money as possible off of socialized medicine.

But don’t worry. If there’s one thing they’re not discussing, it’s socialized medicine.

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