I don’t claim to be an expert in any political arena. Like most people, I proudly wave the flag of the ‘Good ole U.S.A.’, but I have more knowledge of history than the current day political shuffle. These past few months and years have been different, however, causing many people like me to get informed and see how the wind is blowing.
When the politicians are proclaiming in their infinite wisdom that they have all the answers with a ‘pie in the sky’ health care plan for everyone in the U.S., at best, I am skeptical. President Obama and Hillary Clinton both ran on this platform and it sounded so good during the campaign, but after 7 months of red tape and Washington bureaucracy, it looks like it amounts to us being given 2 pain killers and a smile. Its unclear, as of right now, if that will include a visit with the doctor, a nurse, or the local councilman.
To do some research on this subject, I looked at other countries who had tried ‘socialized’ medicine and what the results were for those places. You understand, no country has ever had our level of health care in the U.S., so there are no examples to follow on that front. I looked at Canada, Cuba, Mexico, and England for help in what America’s health program will look like in ten years. The answers I received were scary and should be to you too.
In a nutshell, I saw rationing of health care at a large scale. There were still people ‘left out’ of the system, meaning the healthier, wealthier, and wiser still got the best health care. The quality of care went way down, because doctors will not prosper in that system like they do here. It will go from being an honored profession to a poison profession. Finally, it will choose death over life, everytime. That is simple, because a state run health plan HAS to do that, to save money. The bottom line is all that matters.
When you are looking at these plans Washington is throwing out there, my advice is to think about things with your brain, instead of your emotions. Experience shows that things can’t always be as good as it seems. Do things need to be tweaked or changed about our health care system? Yes. Do people get left out of the system? Probably(But not 47 million people). Does this warrant a total overhaul of the system during a time of economic recession? I’m thinking no.
Save your emails calling me a republican or a conservative wackjob. I vote for both parties and have always been open minded in every case. I wrote this to give my unbiased opinion about it, and I want to hear what other people think in the real world. I know what D.C. thinks, let us decide on real reform.
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given our society an how it works an hows its governed, i did some research on plans around the world. in a capitalist society ( which by the way made us the most important country in the world )the only idea that i saw that fit is the german model, its simple system works pretty well an it saves our insurance companies from being liquidated as a single payer plan ultimately would do thereby saving thousands of jobs an keeping solvency in certain markets. everyone could be covered they would have exact #'s to work with and cost benefits over the long run from overruns due to unneeded services would slowly be eliminated. 1st the majority of persons wirhout insurance would have a pcp ( primary care physician ) thereby relieving the system of people crowding the hospitals for routine care. 2nd as it evolved cost analysis would show that precluding 3rd an 4th testing would be eliminated due to prohibitive costs, 3rd if you were unhappy with your care its portable ( you can change it to suit your needs or preferences)as well as make it feasible to switch companies if you change pcp's ( doctors ) unlike today as it just passes the buck so everyone makes money although nice its hurting our society in the long run, we currently have the pharmaceutical companies agreeing to help, the ama ( american medical association ) is also on board in agreement to curb overhead costs, my one pet peeve to this solution is im against the american taxpayer paying to provide birth control by abortion, there are other considerations to think of but by obama's most recent interview these are the ones foremost on my mind, as it sits right now im going to review more information an re-post here to complete my thoughts ty for your time
ReplyDeleteThanks for your post. I enjoyed reading your thoughts and suggestions. I have looked at the German system, and while it works for Germany and sounds like a good idea, it looks like it would be hard to implement here in the U.S. First, Germans see health care as a necessity, where Americans look at it as a luxury. That is, you have a great job, with benefits. The benefit, typically, is a great health care package. Most people here don't figure health care into their budget, they just wait until their employer will pay for it. What will Americans do if they wake up one day and 10% of their income, on top of their taxes, is being taken out for health care. It might not go over well. Secondly, many people see this health care reform in the U.S. as a political move, not as actual reform. A majority of Americans like their own health care and their own doctor, but they voted for reform because they want other people to not do without. That leaves a problem, since Obama's plan will eventually take away choice, take away private insurance over time, and isolate doctors in certain regions. The political move being this univeral health plan caters to unions, government workers, and legal and non-legal aliens. Again, I do find the German plan interesting, and will look more at it tonight. The hard part about it, in closing, is Americans say they want 'reform', but they don't want anything to change.
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