Government Health Care In Hawaii Collapses Under Weight Of Freeloaders

I’m shocked that what opponents to socialized medicine have been warning about for years now actually happened when someone instituted a socialized medicine plan:

Hawaii is dropping the only state universal child health care program in the country just seven months after it launched.
Gov. Linda Lingle’s administration cited budget shortfalls and other available health care options for eliminating funding for the program. A state official said families were dropping private coverage so their children would be eligible for the subsidized plan.
“People who were already able to afford health care began to stop paying for it so they could get it for free,” said Dr. Kenny Fink, the administrator for Med-QUEST at the Department of Human Services. “I don’t believe that was the intent of the program.”

What incentive do citizens have to take care of themselves when the government offers to take care of them for “free.” Or, more accurately, at the small minority of Americans who pay most of the taxes in this country.
We shouldn’t want this. Not only can we not afford it (we cannot provide an unlimited amount of health care on a finite government budget without resorting to rationing, cuts in care quality and long waiting lists for treatment), but it makes us less self-reliant and more dependent on the government.
Our funders distributed the power to lead in this country because they feared a too-powerful government. But would government not be too-powerful if politicians and bureaucrats are suddenly in charge of one of the most intimate aspects of our lives? Namely, our health care?