Silence is golden… except when it’s dangerous. This is one of those times.
I considered not addressing the health care debate on this website because it’s not strictly a real estate-related topic. After all, I get hate mail every time I publish articles related to politics, even when the topic is directly related to real estate.
But this issue is much bigger than any individual topic. The health care proposals before Congress at the present time will effect every single American, and not a single one of the effects will be positive. It’s a horrible idea, and nowhere in the history of the world has the idea of universal/single payer health care been implemented as a benefit to the citizenry. To the contrary, it’s always negative.
Here’s the basic thrust of the current proposals: Barrack Obama wants the government to take over the entire health care system. He knows that the single most important issue to every single person is their own health, and he knows that the government’s power over the citizens will be increased profoundly if the government has absolute control over every citizen’s health care. Let’s not pretend that this legislation is anything other than a massive – and horrible – power grab by the federal government… and let’s stay clearly focused on the literally life-and-death nature of this issue.
As he’s said repeatedly for years, Obama is for a “single payer”/universal care system. Let me cut through the garbage and tell you what that means: The “single payer” supported by Obama is the U.S. government, and if the government ‘pays’ for all health care, then it controls the health care business… and it controls the care that each one of us receives in our times of need.
Obama’s scheme is also referred to as “universal care”, under which every single person in America will have health care coverage. Sounds like a good idea, doesn’t it? The reality is different: “universal” doesn’t mean that everyone in America will have the opportunity to use this program… it actually means that everyone in America will ultimately be forced to use the government’s health care plan regardless of the fact that 89% of people in America are satisfied with their current health care… and for those of you with an eye for critical details, it also means that 100% of the ILLEGAL ALIENS in America will be entitled to health care under this program… at no cost.
How will that make you feel to be forced into a health ‘care’ program that’s run by an inept government with no track record of financial success – and to be taxed so high for it that you pay for not only your own health care, but for that of the 20 million or so illegal aliens in America? These people will be granted the right to go for checkups, have routine care and have major medical procedures – all on your dime.
Is it a good idea to allow the government to control health care? Is it a good idea to allow the government to decide what treatments you receive and when? When has the government ever shown the wisdom to consider what’s best for the individual rather than what’s best for the government?
This is a terrible idea. Whether you’re a Democrat, Republican or something else entirely, this issue transcends party lines, because it is literally your health and safety that is on the line. In fact, much of the attendance at the highly publicized town hall meetings has been by people who are registered as democrats but who highly oppose the president’s health care takeover plan.
The U.S. government has been a model for failed financial management for an entire century. Most recently, the Obama administration failed quite miserably at running the “Cash For Clunkers” program, a $1 Billion program to subsidize the purchase of new cars. The health care system will be far larger than that, and there’s no reasonable way to think that Obama’s crew – or anyone else of any party – can (or should) manage such a huge undertaking. In fact, under the current administration, the national deficit grew by $181 Billion in the month of July alone – and that’s without a socialized health care program.
I repeat: The issues involved are matters of life-and-death. The government will make decisions for your health care, and you can be completely sure that these decisions will be related largely to your ability to positively contribute to the government’s revenue stream. Some of the easy-to-predict practical ramifications are:
- Health care needs by anyone in their 60′s and older will receive a higher level of scrutiny from the government. (The “End Of Life Counseling” provisions in the current proposals are raising serious and legitimate concerns from senior citizens and those nearing senior age.)
- Wait times for simple doctor visits and for more serious medical procedures will become ridiculously long. (At a recent seminar, two of my clients who happened to be residents of Canada commented that when they need medical service, they cross the border and return to America for health care due to both quality and timeliness concerns in Canada… and the quality level in the U.K. and other socialized countries is just as bad.)
- Obama’s plan ultimately complete eliminates private health care and private health insurance. This means that the only health care that will be available to you will be that which is approved by the government. You won’t be able to acquire private care, even if you are capable of paying for it yourself.
- One of the provisions of the health care proposal in the U.S. House of Representatives requires you to give direct access to your financial accounts to the U.S. government so the feds can withdraw money directly from your account to cover the cost of medical procedures. The U.S. government will directly control your money in that circumstance. There is no Constitutional authority for such a thing.
What is your “gut” telling you about this issue? Some very curious things I’ve observed are as follows:
- Barrack Obama unsuccessfully pushed very, very hard to get these proposals through Congress before the August recess. Why was he in such a hurry, since his radical proposals would fundamentally change the entire U.S. economy? As you’ll see, it appears Obama’s goal was to stifle debate about the issue…
- Congress did not pass the health insurance legislation Obama wanted prior to their recess, and now Congress is facing huge crowds and massive scrutiny at their local town hall meetings. The extent of the pressure that members of Congress are facing (primarily the Democrats who support the legislation) is making headlines every day.
- The Obama administration and congressional Democrat leaders have failed to refute the wide-spread criticism of their takeover plan, and have responded only by referring to their opponents at these town hall meetings as “mobs” and “uninformed”. It’s also reported that Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has referred to the protestors as “unamerican” in an op-ed published in today’s USA Today. Since when is protest unamerican? This woman is a fool, and it’s totally justified that only 24% of Americans trust her.
- Obama recently blamed “the mess” on some unidentified group of people – presumably his political opponents – and stated flatly that he “doesn’t want them to do a lot of talking”. It is flatly unamerican and cowardly for a President of the United States to suggest that a group of people shouldn’t exercise their rights to free speech because it contradicts his own goals.
- The Obama administration is now collecting information about anyone who publishes information about the health care takeover plan that is, in their words, “fishy”. That’s right: The federal government is monitoring our communications – but only if those communications are in opposition to their ideas. (What Would Hitler Do?)
I have a lot of Candian and European friends and colleagues who are already facing the tyranny of government-controlled health care. None of them have said positive things about the direction in which Obama is trying to take our country. It’s just a bad idea, and it does not work.
There are a number of specific policy provisions that are entirely detestable, and we’ll doubtlessly discuss those issues as they’re raised in the comments to this article. But for now, fire away and tell us what you think about Obama’s government health care takeover proposals. Do you like the idea? Do you hate it? Should our system be left alone? Is “reform” necessary and urgent like we’re being told? Do you like the health care you currently have? Share your thoughts now in the comments area below…
…and as always, thank you for reading http://realestate.BryanEllis.com!
Your conclusions are right on!! I couldn’t agree more. I have already contacted my Congressman and both Senators of which one is a Democrat who has serious reservations about this bill. (Ben Nelson of Nebraska).
Rush Limbaugh made the observation that this really is more about liberty and individual rights than health care. He is right. Regardless of how people feel about Rush, he is correct on this one.
The Obama Administration does not want to debate, nor do they want opposition. We are finding out more and more who Obama really is an what he really stands for. I didn’t buy his hope and change retoric to begin with, and I didn’t vote for him in the last election. I have said this: that he may the THE President of the United States, but he is not MY President.
I can understand your sentiments, but let’s be clear: he is your president too. He’s my president too, even though I didn’t vote for him. There’s plenty enough to criticize about this guy without resorting to “he’s not MY president”. –Bryan Ellis
Barrack Obama wants the government to take over the entire health care system. He knows that the single most important issue to every single person is their own health
If every single person is concerned about their health then why don’t they stop overeating, smoking and drink alcohol in moderation. Let’s take control of our own actions and not let the worthless incompetent government and self-centered politicians take control of our every move. I could go on-and-on but the bottom line is that every American should be responsible for themselves. Control your own actions and not let the Socialist Obama and friends dictate what you do. If we do not get our heads right pretty soon we will wake up in another country.
Bryan,
First, I want to say that I will have to report you to Obama, as this is most definitely under the “fishy status,” as outlined by Obama and Pelosi. They are gods aren’t they; they can do no wrong right? We should all bow to the altar of the Obamanites.
Now that I have told everyone, I will do the right thing by turning us all into the government I would just remind you of another really good guy that asked for the same thing and it was also for the good of the country or Mother Russia, Stalin. If anyone is too stupid to see how Stalinist this is then you will love Obama’s health care as you do not deserve to use up air and Obama’s plan will insure this will happen sooner than later for you too.
We are in so much trouble with this administration! If a person is not scared of Obama and his minions, they are fools just like the prewar Germans that supported Hilter. The parallels to both Stalin and Hilter are amazing and totally out there for everyone to see.
I have been calling a number of people in Congress and what I am learning is both disgusting and scarier than any movie or life experience I have ever witnessed. These people are closed off, accusatory and often incredibly stupid. When you will not share, you address or telephone number and they start going off the deep end and saying I am out of control because I am uncomfortable giving my address and then hang up. This has happened more than once. I have found several that flat lie when asked about what you just saw on the news or read on the government website.
If you confront these people with simple facts it is too common to be meet with rudeness, poor language and some have even threatened me with harm. What part of America are we living in? What part of the constitution did they read that gives them the right to abuse me or anyone else in the manner they are choosing?
Here are some facts: Cash for Clunkers, if you buy one the government owns the computer on your car and can use it for anything they chose, (in the paperwork) and you give up your privacy rights for every file on your computer if you go online to the government website,(removed just today to be reworked).
The out year cost on Obama care is projected at over 10-14 trillion dollars within 10 years. The housing market in this country is only 16 trillion dollars. What will that do for housing sales?
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac under Barney Frank is begging for billions of dollars in additional aid already but no investigations about the huge corruption, waste and just plain theft in either of these agencies.
The Cash for Clunkers program is a great example of how well Obama’s people plan. A program that was to last for months went bankrupt in less than one week and had to scramble for more tax money because they cannot figure the actual cost of anything.
How is your power bill this month it is less than half of what it will be under Cap and Trade (TAX). That is from Obama’s own mouth several times.
Obama, Pelosi, Reid, Frank, Wrangell, and too long a list of others are the greatest danger this country has ever faced. Chairman Moa stated many years ago that China would never have to invade the United States. China will over throw the United States from within by letting our own people bring our country down. So how much money do we owe China, how much freedom do we have to descent according to both Obama and Pelosi? They have stated we are un-American if we disagree with her and he said they would not listen to us if we disagree and should shut up and sit down. They have both stated if we are not for them we are wrong, will ignore us and I fear look at ways to punish us at all turns. They are using Acorn and the SIEU to physically harm people at town hall meetings.
Couple this with some of the statements and the new regulations concerning how much an investor should be allowed to make and how often and we are such serious trouble I cannot express how I truly feel about what we need to do next. We need to pray for ourselves and hope it is not too late.
Chris B.
In an NIH paper coauthored earlier this year by the Administration’s top health care policy adviser he advocates using the “Complete Lives Systems” approach of allocating medical care by age and productivity. I can see why people would be scared to death that they would lose health care treatment for themselves, or their disabled children.
Follow the money and power. They think that by giving everyone “free” health care that they will always vote for them. Others supporters will reap millions by running this plan. Every new proposal should be shown who is behind it and who wins and looses financially. There are many good proposals out there but they get stopped by the democrats as it does not give them the power. Insurance portability and having plans that are available nationwide instead of just in one state creating more competition will be a big help. Tort reform is another need but the democrats are controlled by the lawyers. Let’s get our smartest people to propose changes to our existing system that cut costs and make a basic insurance policy affordable.
You are very wrong in what you are passing on about this program. First of all, if you already have a good health care plan, you will not have to change anything about it. As for illegals, they WILL NOT have any kind of coverage. That has been stated many, many times.
With all due respect, that’s a half-truth. The proposed legislation will allow you to keep your current plan so long as your plan does not change in any way – coverage, premium, deductibles, etc. With even a single iota of change, you will lose your plan and be enrolled in ObamaCare. This will hurt seniors the worst. — Bryan Ellis
My husband and I are 60 years old and because of pre-existing conditions, have to pay a huge premium every month that has more than tripled in the last 10 years. We cannot afford for it to get any higher and it most certainly will if we do not do something!
While I agree that something should be done, I couldn’t disagree more than the right solution is to put the government in control. Can you think of any other circumstance where turning over control to the government has resulted in greater efficiency? Besides, there is no authority for the government to do this according to the U.S. Constitution. –Bryan Ellis
Working on ending waste would go a long way too. I just got this info in an email:
PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Health Research Institute, in a recent report, has said that $1.2 trillion of expenditure on health care each year could be termed wasteful. That is about 50% of $2.2 trillion spent on health care each year. How is waste defined here? Experts say that a lot of needless spending could be avoided. For example, many doctors order tests not because patients need it, but because they want to protect themselves against potential liabilities. Analysts estimate that such “defensive” tests and procedures cost at least $210 billion a year. “Sometimes the motivation is to avoid malpractice suits, or to make more money because they are compensated more for doing more,” said Dr. Arthur Garson, provost of the University of Virginia.
Inefficient claims processing costs $210 billion annually. “Some practices spend 40% of their revenue filling out paperwork that has nothing to do with patient care. So much of this could be automated,” said Dr. Terry McGenney, a family physician. Use of emergency rooms to deliver primary care to patients leads to wasting $14 billion every year while medical errors are costing the industry $17 billion a year, and the cost of preventable hospital readmissions is $25 billion each year. PricewaterhouseCoopers estimates that about $3 billion is wasted every year as a result of infections acquired during hospital stays.
I don’t know if many people have taken the time to read through the House version of the bill. I am reading now. This is scary folks! Don’t let the proponents of this bill tell you that they still want you to have the option of keeping your coverage. Here is the first (and I am sure of many) socialistic at best and communist at worst “rules” that this bill will impose.
SEC. 116. ENSURING VALUE AND LOWER PREMIUMS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—A qualified health benefits plan
shall meet a medical loss ratio as defined by the Commis20
sioner. For any plan year in which the qualified health
benefits plan does not meet such medical loss ratio, QHBP
offering entity shall provide in a manner specified by the
Commissioner for rebates to enrollees of payment suffi24
cient to meet such loss ratio.
I don’t know how you can read this any other way than the government telling a private business how to operate itself and that if they make a profit that is “over the threshold” they have to give the money back. Think about this. If an insurance company takes the time to underwrite an actual applicant (which thereby helps to keep everyone’s premiums lower) and they do a good job of that…..they are penalized. This is just like going to the grocery store and telling the store that if at the end of the month you make too much money, I want a free loaf of bread.
Let’s consider the opposite of this. If your grocery store has a marketed increase in the cost of a loaf of bread and actually loses money that month shouldn’t they be allowed to then send you a bill? Not under a government plan! If an insurer experiences higher than normal claims for a month, a year or a decade, tough luck! Don’t you dare ask your policy owners to contribute. Sounds like a one way street to disaster!
I know I will find many more glaring and terrifying ideas in this horrible bill and this is just the first of many. Take time to read what is actually in this bill and then feel free to support it if you wish for your rights and freedom to continue to evaporate before your eyes.
Wes E.
By the way, you can see this attrocity of a bill and actually read it unlike so many of our representatives at http://edlabor.house.gov/documents/111/pdf/publications/AAHCA-BillText-071409.pdf
It’s funny we hear Republicans say that they do not want “faceless bureaucrats” making medical decisions but they have no problem with “private sector” “faceless bureaucrats” daily declining medical coverage and financially ruining good hard working people. And who says that the “private sector” is always right, do we forget failures like Long-Term Capital, WorldCom, Global Crossing, Enron, Tyco, AIG and Lehman Brothers. Of course the federal government will destroy heathcare by getting involved, Oh but wait, Medicare and Medicaid and our military men and women and the Senate and Congress get the best heathcare in the world, and oh, that’s right, its run by our federal government. I can understand why some may think that the federal government will fail, if you look at the past eight years as a current history, with failures like the financial meltdown and Katrina but the facts is they can and if we support them they will succeed.
How does shouting down to stop the conversation of the healthcare debate at town hall meetings, endears them to anyone. Especially when the organizations that are telling them where to go and what to do and say are Republicans political operatives, not real grassroots. How does shouting someone down or chasing them out like a lynch mob advanced the debate, it does not. So I think the American people will see through all of this and know, like the teabagger, the birthers, these lynch mobs types are just the same, people who have to resort to these tactics because they have no leadership to articulate what they real want. It’s easy to pickup a bus load of people who hate, and that’s all I been seeing, they hate and can’t debate. Too bad.
My dear friends and readers: What we have here is a person who really has no interest in discussing the health care takeover proposals… instead, this person appears to have no better way to respond to the dissent than by insulting and belittling the dissenters (much like the politically weakened Nancy Pelosi and Barrack Obama). As it turns out, a full 57% of Americans oppose a single-payer health system, so the person who has made this comment has clearly misread the position of the American public. For those of you who are willing to take a serious look at this issue – regardless of your preferences – your comments are still welcomed here! — Bryan Ellis
Universal health care is a BAD idea and you are absolutely right Brian.
Mike Huckabee made some great points on his show last night.. as did the previous head of Health and Human services.
When they revamped the Medicare system years ago they gave the states the overall guidelines and the states modified and added as they saw fit. If they pass this health care plan and jam it down the throats of the states who have no ability to “work with it” and test different methods (which two states are doing and not doing it well) how will a really good model of universal health care be attained? There is no doubt that the medical community is in dire need of revamping… just ask your Doctor what he/she would do if they were asked.. it certainly isn’t this plan….
Paul, you are very uninformed when it comes to gov’t run health care. I am just amazed at the number of people that are rather comfortable with appearing ignorant (I do not mean this in a confrontational manner) on this subject of medical care where the feds are in charge.
I am a veteran, ask any vet that has needed the services of the VA, ask any wounded vet returning home from Iraq/Afghanistan-about the quality of care being provided now. VA care is nothing to brag about.
Oh, and Medicare/Medicaid…have you looked at forecast for those two plans? They are fast approaching insolvency and many doctors are starting to not accept patience covered by these plans.
Ask the American Indians about the promises of gov’ t health care, here. If they can’t provided it for 2 million people, how on earth can they do it for everyone in the country?
http://www.bismarcktribune.com/articles/2009/06/15/news/topnews/187549.txt
The bill is loaded with power grabs for the gov’t, so do yourself a favor and read it, then just maybe you will have an understanding as to why people are beyond upset. But to just wholesale castigate people for their reactions, is very disingenuous…get the facts prior to name calling and labeling folks who disapprove of this cram down.
This MONSTER is more than 1,000 pages, here is just some of the crap in this bill.
Pg 22 of HC Bill – MANDATES the Gov’t will audit books of ALL EMPLOYERS that self insure!
Pg 29 Lines 4-16 – YOUR HEALTH CARE IS RATIONED! You can only get so much “care” per year.
Pg 30 Sec 123 – THERE WILL BE A GOV’T COMMITTEE that decides what treatments/benefits you get.
Pg 42 – The Health Choices Commissioner will choose your HC Benefits for you. You have no choice!
PG 50 Section 152 – HC will be provided to ALL non US citizens, illegal or otherwise.
Pg 126 Lines 22-25 – Employers MUST pay for HC for part time employees AND their families.
Pg 127 Lines 1-16 – Doctors/AMA – The Gov’t will tell YOU what you can make.
Pg 145 Line 15-17 – An Employer MUST auto enroll employees into public opt plan. NO CHOICE!
Pg 149 Lines 16-24 – ANY Employer w/payroll 400k & above who does not provide pub option pays 8% tax on all payroll.
pg 150 Lines 9-13 – Biz w/payroll between 251k & 400k who doesn’t prov. pub. opt pays 2-6% tax on all payroll.
Pg 167 Lines 18-23 – ANY individual who doesn’t have acceptable HC according to Gov’t will be taxed 2.5%.
Pg 170 Lines 1-3 – Any NONRESIDENT Alien is exempt from individual taxes (You and I will pay for them).
Pg 195 – Officers & employees of HC Admin (GOV’T) will have access to ALL Americans financial/personal records.
PG 203 Lines 14-15 – “The tax imposed under this section shall not be treated as tax” Yes, it says that.
Pg 239 Lines 14-24 – Gov’t will reduce physician services for Me- dicaid – Seniors, low income, poor will be very affected.
Pg 241 Lines 6-8 – Doctors, doesn’t matter what specialty you have, you’ll all be paid the same.
PG 253 Lines 10-18 – Gov’t sets value of Dr’s time, professional judgments, etc. Literally value of humans.
I am very concerned about the direction in which our country is being pushed. Single payer health care is not the answer. Sure, we have many problems with the current health care system that must be addressed. The sollution is really very simple and can be accomplished without a major overhaul. Just institute tort reform and put the attorneys, who are a major cause of the problem, out of business by eliminating mal practice lawsuits. A pool of money funded by health care insurers could be established and administered by a board of doctors to pay mal practice awards that are reasonable. We could save 200 Billion annually by eliminating medical lawsuits, more than enough to pay for the 10-15 million uninsured. One last thought, illegal aliens should not be included in any universal healthcare plan. If that happens we might as well include all of Mexico in our government run healthcare plan as the flood gate of illegals would be opened wider. We have no responsibility to care for those who broke the law and are in this great country illegally.
Bryan,
I didn’t know that you were a shill for the insurance industry. You have all there talking points down very good.
To my valued readers: I always appreciate your comments. But comments like this one merely show ignorance and an inability to make a reasonable point. — Bryan Ellis
Paul appears to be a person with no memory of the last 8 years as he so fondly stated.
The last 8 years had horrible mobs of disgusting people not fit to live anywhere, let alone in the great country, screaming and defiling funerals of great heroes that gave their lives so we can be free.
Maybe you forget the Carter era and that jackal’s lack of compassion for the Viet Nam Vets. Heroes tossed aside like so much trash the screaming mobs and disgusting treatment from democrats in charge of the VA and the almost total lack of medical care by the government.
If stupid idiots like Carter and Obama can only run around the world and tell other country what a bad place their homeland is I do not want them anywhere near power.
We are the greatest, most free country in the world since the time of the Greek empires. Tell me one other country that has anything half as good as the health care in the country.
The real crisis in this country the government will not even talk about is Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and the IRS. If this bunch of baboons wants to fix something these would be the ones to start with. Every damn one of them is broke, mismanaged, filled with corruption and fraud.
In addition, these communist liars want the sheep that follow them to believe they can do a good job of fixing health care. Are the people so insanely stupid that they could possibly believe this?
My challenge is to show me one administration that has not lied, cheated and stolen from the people of this country. Show me one President that has keep a promise to the people and shown us we can trust the government.
The Native Americans trusted the government and were killed by the millions.
The Blacks were used for biological experiments by the government for decades.
The government to help make up the short fall in social security is currently exploiting the illegal Hispanic population, why else would the government want more of them here other than to pay into FICA taxes they cannot collect.
The Chinese immigrants were afforded little to no protect by the government during the boom years of railroad building. Most officials did not even consider them people so it did not matter what happened to them.
Moreover, what about women? It is only recently that women have any rights at all other than chattel.
So where is it shown we can trust the government? The Founding Fathers wrote the constitution from a position of distrust of the Federal government and purposely made it so states would have more power than the feds. Jefferson and other gave several cautions against the kind of activity that is happening now. The power Obama wants is not included but actually warned against by the people that started this country.
Trusting the ones wanting to grab power with this bill over our bank accounts,(in the bill), over our decisions to have health care,(in the bill) and even over our lives, (in the bill) can only be supported by people that think suicide is a smart course of action.
Suicide is for selfish losers and the people I know, love and admire are not losers or cowards.
Chris B
Bryan,
Your Canadian “friends” who crossed the border for health.
What were their ailments?
A sore throat, or in need of a triple bypass?
As someone who (fortunately) has never had the need for major surgery, but has seen his two children born in hospitals in the past 25 months, the health care system in Canada is second to none.
While I don’t have any experience with respect to catastrophic medical needs, basic day to day healthcare in Canada is just fine. In fact, better than what I received in the 15 years that I lived in the USA…and much more cost effective.
Their issues were more than sore throats and less than triple bypass
It’s a good point you make though: One of those people mentioned to me that the socialized Canadian system tends to deliver quality in directly opposite proportion to the age of the patient: Infants & children receive excellent attention; adults in their prime years receive good attention; senior citizens receive very poor attention. Not my experience, just what I’ve been told. –Bryan Ellis
As for Canadian health care my mother-in-law would say it is pretty damn poor. It was poor for the last years of her mother’s life and it is getting poorer every year for her. She is a Canadian citizen and only goes back to Canada to keep her pension active.
It shouldn’t matter why people come to this country for health care the fact people need to understand is people come to this country for health care because they cannot get the care they need where they are living. You do not see people running across the border for health care. What you do see is people going into Canada and Mexico for drugs, drugs that are subsidized by both out government and their government to lower the cost.
Yes our taxes help lower the cost of foreign drugs, look it up.
While she attempts to get Canadian health care most years she just gives up, because of her appointments being cancelled over and over for months at time. She sets these appointments a year in advance and they are always cancelled at the last minute and then reset weeks or months out.
All serious issues she has taken care of in the United States because she has seen over and over she is too old for them to take care of, she is 67.
The insurance companies are not the villian here, the doctors are not the villian. The current insurance regulations and over zealous jury judgements are.
Doctors I know pay $100,000.00 per year and up in malpractice fees. Just torte reform would save a huge amount of money every year yet there is not one word on this in these bills. Simple reason, this whole idea is not about better or more health care, it is just about the government getting bigger and the people being made weaker.
If you are told you or more importantly your loved one’s will not get the health care they need unless you tow the line, guess what?
If you doubt this, what is the first thing every damn politician tells you when they want a bigger budget? We won’t have fire departments, police protection, schools open, every damn time. What about all the other junk they waste our money on? Why is it never mentioned we will not have a new pond in front of their office or new furniture for their office? Because they know if we knew what we are really spending money on in government they would never get another dime.
Look at what has happened with those G-5 jets Congress wanted to move their fat asses around in when the information about them came out.
We need a whole lot more truth and a lot more digging about what is happening to “We The People” and less of these phony town hall meetings Obama is setting up to show how wonderful he is and how special all of his ideas are and we are just ignorate masses he needs to be royal over.
If you dig for even a tiny bit the stench becomes so big most people get sick and turn away. Most people cannot believe the amount of theft and corruption in government because it is so large and pervasive it is really hard to understand.
When the burden gets big enough the housing market becomes second priority. In Asia, England and many other places people don’t move out of their parents house they live together until someone dies. They cannot afford to move or live seperately. Europe is happy to live off of our economy, we have a powerful military and lots of treaties to protect them. Ever look at how large our presence is in Europe?
If you take all of the benifits we provide them they would not be so damn smug about wasting the money they do on their inferior health care. Europe is a model for ruin and it is propped up by us. I like living where I want, I like being able to buy a house. If we waste our health care system and our economy on the power play by the government we will not have any choices on housing, we will not have to worry about being investors, we will just be wondering where did it all go?
Look at Detroit if you do not think we can have modern ghost towns.
Chris B.