Although I haven't always cared much about health care, I've been concerned with it lately. It really worries me that Obama is leading America towards a total government takeover of health care. This would not be good for many reasons. Back in 1961, Ronald Reagan warned us,
"One of the traditional methods of imposing statism or socialism on a people has been by way of medicine. It's very easy to disguise a medical program as a humanitarian project. . . . Now, the American people, if you put it to them about socialized medicine and gave them a chance to choose, would unhesitatingly vote against it. We have an example of this. Under the Truman administration it was proposed that we have a compulsory health insurance program for all people in the United States, and, of course, the American people unhesitatingly rejected this. "
Even one of the greatest presidents ever, recognized the threat of this. I do not understand why people want government involved in health care so badly. Anything the government can do with health care, the private sector can do cheaper and more effectively. It is wrong to force Americans pay for government healthcare, especially when that money will have to go to people that can't afford their own health care. Giving free handouts to people who can't afford it on their own is essientally hurting them. It enables them and teaches them a lack of personal responsibility.
Another reason I do not agree with socialized medicine is because it will lower the quality of health care in America. If I hear one more person say we should model our health care system after europe's, I am going to be sick. When you look into the quality of health care systems in the UK, it is pretty scary. Sure everyone may be covered, but your chances of being properly treated are slim.
Example: The british government set a target mandating that patients be seen in FOUR HOURS. However, the emergency rooms still couldn't hit this target. Hospitals started keeping patients waiting in the ambulences, so they techincally wouldn't be waiting in the ER for four hours. ( there are a lot of other terrible statistics if you look into it)
Forgive me if I sound selfish, but I am not willing to compromise my quality of health care to that level just so everyone can have access to it.
I really like the line "Giving free handouts to people who can't afford it on their own is essentially hurting them. It enables them and teaches them a lack of personal responsibility." I think this is fitting to a lot people who receive free things from the government, like food stamps or healthcare. I'm not saying people should not be given food stamps if they need them, but there should be very tight restrictions that cannot be broken. I do not see anything wrong with testing those who receive free government benefits for drugs. In all honesty, they should not have a say either, because they are not paying for it. I also think that healthcare quality will drastically reduce with overbooking with doctors to ER visits. Our system is not set up to allow universal healthcare.
ReplyDelete"I do not see anything wrong with testing those who receive free government benefits for drugs."
ReplyDeleteI posted a link recently about this.
http://www.wlsam.com/Article.asp?id=2317978
The only reason there is a lessened quality of health care is because Americans spend almost two times as much on health care than any other country.
ReplyDeleteI think this is a great post, Sam. You brought a lot to my attention and makes me personally feel even more stronger going against standardized health care. I think it is a horrible idea and could set up our country's future for disaster. The facts you mentioned were really good examples. Why in the world would we want our system to model the UK's?! I had no idea their health care was, almost hiddenly, so poor. Also, what Obama is trying to do is sneakily turn the US into some sort of socialism. There are classes in the US and the most successful people will in return get the best heath care. It's unbelievably unrealistic to think we should all have the same health care. This is how life is, people need to get over it and start working their own way up.
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