I was on Facebook last catching up with my cousin in Britain. Last we talked he was scheduled to have surgery to repair a narrowed artery in his head. This symptom is similar to that of his father who experienced a devastating stroke in his forties that kept him unable to properly care for himself for approximately twenty years before passing away. My cousin was scared because he did not want the same thing to happen to him.
Being on Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) I was surprised that the surgery was scheduled in such a timely manner of ten weeks. However, I was shocked and none too surprised that his doctors have now determined that his narrow artery is not pressing enough for surgery. Instead he told me that he is to have a checkup every six months (to see if he is still alive I presume).
This is socialized medicine at its finest and this is what we may get from the current Administration (one of the reasons I didn’t vote for Obama). Of course we do not know exactly what we will be getting because no one seems to have a plan. Presumably so they can deny everything at every turn (that is not in the plan—what plan? – we do not have a plan yet). One politician talks about a “Single Payer System” that will require everyone to be insured (because they are alive – so not like having a car and requiring car insurance). Then another politician claims that no one will be forced to buy health insurance (sometimes I swear it is even the same politician).
Frankly at this point I am so confused I have no idea what is going on (Democrats have done it again). Some in government claim that this will bring healthy competition while drooling over the apparent demise of (greedy) insurance companies. It’s hard to have competition when there is nothing to compete against. Obama has even tried to bring the Postal Service into the equation. An institution that is currently leaking money like a sieve and regulated by the very same government as to have no competition (we are talking letter delivery so don’t get any ideas about FedEx and UPS, etc.). While comparing hard working medical professionals to blood sucking fiends intent on dissecting their patients for profit.
The government is up to their eyeballs in debt claiming that Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid are failing and will collapse in a matter of years. Yet, they somehow think that creating a government run healthcare system (without a plan) will somehow work. And it will be funded with money from all those greedy rich people (It amazes me that the Democrats still have not figured out that taxing people to death does not work and actually makes everything worse: more taxes= less money to spend or want to spend=less money circulating=business closures=people out of work=lower income levels=collapse of capitalism=Happy Progressive New Labour Liberal Democrats. Never mind.). Britain’s NHS spends more money every year than all other branches of government (education, defense, etc.) combined. But hey, America can do that better and cheaper than Britain (imagine long hospital wards filled with beds).
Still they are our government (you did vote for a change – again not me) and they are going to push through healthcare whether we like it or not (one politician even said so). Some brave politicians are meeting with their constituents so they can look like they are doing their jobs (the cowards are doing book tours). But with the ability to answer none of the questions or concerns while belittling their voters (Reminds me of my senior year of high school when the County Commission came to our school and showed us what government was truly like – we worked on voting them out as soon as we could vote.) and even accusing some of being insurance company plants, others of being un-American (Have we heard of the First Amendment?) and the comparisons to terrorists it is just making me a little sick.
That brings me to the question as to the 46 million uninsured masses clogging Emergency Rooms. Where are they getting this number? I do not have health insurance (Long story short I purchased my own health insurance, but did not want to pay for the off chance that I would get into a horrific traffic accident.). Some Americans have plenty of money and pay doctor visits out of pocket. Some Americans have very little money and also pay out of pocket (just like me). I do not go to the Emergency Room instead I go to an InstaCare clinic near my home (the dentist for my dental check-up and the optometrist for my eyes). The InstaCare clinic is run by a local health care provider and even offers payment assistance to those without insurance (those greedy bastards). We are not all in need of government run healthcare.
When it is all said and done it will come down to money. Can we afford government run (socialized) healthcare? Will your choices from the government be like those given by the state of Oregon to one patient? Sorry, the government cannot afford to pay for the treatment of your life debilitating disease, but when you are ready to end it all we will cover the cost of the pill. Government run healthcare scares the hell out of me. My experiences as a military brat with government run healthcare was enough (this is why so many military families are finding their own doctors these days). I do not want it and I do not want to be forced to pay for it just because I exist.
