Posted by
Michael J. Smith Jr. on Sunday, June 14, 2009 11:40:38 PM
President-Elect Obama and the Democrat Congress are still talking about the need for "Universal Healthcare". This is one of the biggest lies ever told. What we need is healthcare reform, just like we need reform in so many other places of government bureaucracy. I just love it when Speaker Pelosi says "If you like your current plan, you can keep your current plan, the government plan will be for those who do not have a plan or for people who do not like their current plan."
So Democrats are going to give people a choice. If people like paying $30, $60 or $90 s a week or more to their employer for their healthcare, they can still do so, and the government will be taking at least $150 out of the same paycheck each week to pay for everyone else who is under the "government plan". Boy, that sounds good, sign me up for that........
On the other hand, they could drop the employer plan and join the "government plan' Gee, something tells me a lot of people would probably choose this option.
The United States government cannot sustain a program that would be this big, even with taking $150 from every paycheck without rationing vital healthcare services. For example just look at countries that have already adopted "universal healthcare" such as England and Canada, first, everyone that needs a live saving operation comes to this country to get it done because they only do so many live saving surgeries a year because the government cannot afford it. Second, everyone that does not want to go to work every day in those countries simply drives to hospital says, there knee, shoulder, or head hurts so they cannot work. It's all paid for, so why not? Third, doctors and nurses in those countries are not able to keep up with the sheer number of patients, and the more patients a doctor has the less time and care the doctor provides for each patient. Fourth, insurance that doctors have to buy in those countries has skyrocketed as well because once the government is involved, in come the lawyers. Insurance for doctors is already high enough in this country Fifth, since the government is in charge of the entire system, the government has a say in life or death decisions in which a patient is "worth saving" or not. Considering the stances of most governments when it comes to life issues, that is a scary thought.
Is this the kind of system, we want to bring to America? "Universal Healthcare" would leave America broke and dead.
My Solution
Healthcare should not be linked with government or employment. We should pay a premium to a private company the same way we pay for car insurance. Each private company should provide at least two plans an HMO or a PPO. A premium should be set for each plan.
You can pay the premium all at once or in twelve or fewer monthly installments. That way you are covered no matter what happens, just like car insurance. This might also lower the price of health insurance creating more competition for the free market, with every individual buying their own plan.
You would not believe all the people I have spoken to that have said they would like to quit their job and start their own business but cannot because of health insurance. Under my free market plan, people could quit their jobs and start that small business they always wanted to. Also, a lot of the stress and hardship people endure from being fired or laid off is health insurance related. In the next few years the amount of layoffs and firings are going to increase, in my opinion. My solution would make life easier for those who find themselves in that situation. Doctors and patients would be back in charge of treatment and medical decisions.
According to the Democrats the number of people uninsured in this country is 47 million. That statement is misleading at best. What they do not tell you is that at least 12 million of those people are illegal aliens, who get free healthcare in this country every time they show up at a hospital because they are illegal aliens. There are another 20 million people, who could afford healthcare coverage and have access to it, just choose not to have it. So the real number is around 15 million, give or take an a few million illegal aliens.
I don't want Obama's S-Force knocking at my door one day saying "Mr. Smith, where is your healthcare money?" They already do that here in Massachusetts thanks to Flip Romney's stupid plan.
It is so good to have some time off from work.
It's Monday Morning... May God Bless America!