More than any other time in history, mankind faces a crossroads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness. The other, to total extinction. Let us pray we have the wisdom to choose correctly. ~Woody Allen
So with Scott Brown winning the election in Massachusetts, there seems to be a lot of despair in the world. I wonder why that is?
On one hand you have a society that is, obviously, unhappy with the way the country is going. So, they vote for a change, that change would be for the Congress (that would be both the House and the Senate) to go back to the drawing board and come up with a plan that will not only benefit the citizens of the United States, but also not bankrupt the country.
On the other hand, you have people complaining about how their children will never get medical insurance because of some pre-existing condition, or because of some fallacy that says there are anywhere from 12 million to 45 million people uninsured in this country that will die without medical insurance. Oh, and of that number there is anywhere from 8 to 30 million people that would benefit and not actually have to be citizens of this country.
That's a bunch of hooey!
First off, if we did have government provided health care guess which people are hurt the most, first. Yep, those special cases where there isn't a cure, so why should the government waste anymore tax dollars trying to cure an incurable disease. As opposed to the current system where there are thousands of doctors and scientists that are working on cures for everything from a common cold to pancreatic cancer.
Which would you rather have, a government run health care system that will exclude people that have, let's say pancreatic cancer, which is incurable. Or a free-market system that would allow scientists to work freely trying to find that cure?
Second, which country has better health care? Canada or the United States? England maybe? How about Australia? Here's a better question for you; which country has the best health care in the world? Which country do citizens from other countries come to for the best health care in the world?
The answer is easy, and it is the same. That would be the United States of America. And contrary to what President Obama says, we do have the absolute, hands-down, best health care in the world. Period. If you think I am wrong, please give me examples, so that I can be more educated on the system that you say is better than that of the United States.
Of course, you don't have to believe me, after all I am just a simple man with a simple blog. There is something that you can do though, if you don't like the system, you can move to a country whose system you do like.
Don't be surprised though, when come back to the good old U.S. of A.
I am totally with you 100%, man! I was very happy to hear of Scott Brown's victory because Congress was obviously not listening to all the emails, voicemails, faxes, letters, or rallys. Now that the people of Massachusetts have voted-in someone who DOES listen to the people, the rest of us Americans have a fighting chance at Congress coming up with some REAL reform that will lower health care costs and allow more people to get coverage. Like tort reform (including "loser pays"), insurance purchasing across state lines to increase competition, more medical flex/savings plans to help off-set non-covered medical costs, and no mandates stating "hey, your coverage needs to be at least this, and if it's not, you need to buy the gov't plan that costs more than what you were already paying, and if you don't buy it, we'll hit ya with a fine, and if you don't pay the fine because you can't afford it (or feel it's unconstitutional), we'll jail you--then you'll get jail health care, bwahahahaha!"
ReplyDeleteSo yeah, I may not agree with all what's going on here and know there's areas to be fixed, but we don't need a gov't run system. Period.
Oh come on! Government is so great at everything it does. Well...maybe you are right.
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