Healthcare reform. Most would agree with the idea that it would be nice to rein in the upward-spiraling costs of healthcare and make it accessible to more people, right? That is how this whole thing started out. But where are we now? Let’s think about this together…There are two over-arching reasons for spiraling-upward costs. Number one. Lawsuits have driven up the costs of malpractice insurance and have caused doctor’s to ask for every possible test they can think of to cover their asses so they don’t get sued. So, there needs to be tort reform. Number two. Each state has limits to the number of health insurance companies allowed to offer insurance in the state. This barrier does not exist for other kinds of insurance, we are free to chose any national company. The lack of competing companies keeps costs artificially high. So, there needs to be a lifting of this restriction.
Making health insurance more affordable by these moves would naturally make it more accessible to those who can’t now afford it. Simple and logical. Competition would also drive insurance companies to fill needs, like selling to people with pre-existing conditions by allowing a nationwide pool of such people for the purpose of spreading the risk, something that can’t be done now because of the state-by-state restrictions.
In almost two thousand pages, the House bill could not find room for any of these things discussed here. The bill basically mandates even more restrictions on what insurance companies (private companies) can and cannot do in America. The effect of this is to create a de facto nationalized system, even though it won’t be called that. It’s a government power grab, not reform. They (the people who are supposed to be working for us) do not truly want reform, they want to control (Control is power). If given this power, they will usher in an era of unbelievable control over every minutia of your life under the auspices of controlling costs of health care. What you eat, how much you exercise, what mandatory education you receive (retraining camp, anyone?), what kind of car you drive, how much you drink, what recreational activities you engage in, and on and on.
If you want your life completely controlled, for your own good, by the state, God help you, but please move to Norway, and leave the rest of us alone. Here in America, we abolished tyrannical masters and adopted and died to defend an ideal of the government being an elected servant of the people. I think most people know these things in their gut and are about to re-awaken from the slumber of daily life, get pissed off, and cause some hope and change of their own. What a beautiful time to be alive!
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Thanks for the great read. Health care is a huge issue within political circles throughout the U.S. and I find it hard to believe what I hear in the news. Cheers and keep up the good work.