John Edwards wants medical care for every American, but it seems a bit of Big Brother is taking over his thinking.

Here’s the money quote from him on his program.

“It requires that everybody be covered. It requires that everybody get preventive care,” he told a crowd sitting in lawn chairs in front of the Cedar County Courthouse. “If you are going to be in the system, you can’t choose not to go to the doctor for 20 years. You have to go in and be checked and make sure that you are OK.”

I go to the doctor every three months for diabetes check-ups, but if I were in my twenties I doubt I’d be going just because some government agency told me I had to go. How much do you figure these mandatory doctor visits would add to our budget and your taxes?

It seems he now trusts all those doctors he made millions from saying they were guilty of malpractice.

Edwards said his mandatory health care plan would cover preventive, chronic and long-term health care. The plan would include mental health care as well as dental and vision coverage for all Americans.

“The whole idea is a continuum of care, basically from birth to death,” he said.

Ahh, the old cradle to grave nanny state.