If you had to sum up elite liberalism in one sentence, “They may not know what’s good for them,” would be it. I have a mommy, thank you very much, and even she doesn’t tell me what to do without my requesting it anymore. I don’t need another one, especially if she’s not going to act like one until it comes time to tell me what to do.

Allahpundit makes another great point:

It’s certainly possible that we halfwit proles with private insurance might have misjudged where our true self-interest lies. But the same could be said of virtually any group involved in any issue — e.g., anti-war types “may not know what’s good for them” in opposing the effort to counter jihadism with democracy — and yet, curiously, it isn’t. To think, Megan McArdle was worried about elitist liberals using health care to dictate to the masses what’s good for them.

They almost certainly will. Think of this: Under ObamaCare, bureaucrats will decide what treatments you receive, whether your life is worth saving at taxpayer expense, and whether other bureaucrats end up on your doorstep to plan how you’re going to die. We’re talking about quite a bit of control exerted over the lives of Americans.