Thursday, August 20, 2009

Health care - who is lying

Hi

This is being written to try to crystallize the health care debate in my own mind. Every body is throwing around sound bites and bits about how the other side is "stretching the truth". Now its my turn, only I will try to tell what I perceive as truth.

RATIONING:
My question is, How can we add 25 million (estimated) new patients without any visible means of increasing health care providers? The counter is that we already treat these people in emergency rooms, hence no need to increase doctors, just move them around. The logic of this point of view escapes me, it does not address the fact that if "free" medical care is provided to those who are not now covered, these people will see doctors more often and many times when there is no emergency. By logic this new Obamacare will cause a shortage of medical providers. The answer down the road will be rationing.

COST:
Is there any one who believes any government estimate of future costs? If there is, let's sell that person the Brooklyn Bridge. Buying the Brooklyn Bridge makes about as much sense as trusting the government to estimate future costs. The only conceivable way to curb costs, rationing health care (see above), increasing taxes, cutting down on reimbursement to providers, and setting up a panel to deny care to the elderly are all self defeating. Is any of these methods what we really need or want? I say no. For example just look at the other government run businesses, Congressional cafeterias (they switched from congressional control to privatization), Amtrak, a social security system which is being bankrupt by the very same congress and president who are trying to sell us on Obamacare, medicare, the list goes on.

VOCAL OPPOSITION:
It seems to me to be basic to our Constitutional rights that we, the American people exercise our RIGHT to Free Speech. The arrogant politicians feel they are elite and do not have to listen. Boys and gals, the party is over, the giant (American people) is awake and is speaking. Shouldn't you politicians listen, and not try to mock us? Boy when are these politicians going to get the message, we are angry.

I will try to keep up on the medical care takover in future writings. Stay tuned.

Now I ask that you pray for our service people.
GOD Bless

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