When you first hear of the governent offering national healthcare, at first it may seem like a good idea. You look at the health care system today and there are problems. Here is the breakdown on my thought processes:
- premiums are way too high - Yes!
- hospitals charge too much for services - Yes!
- There are people who need health care insurance - Yes!
- Are those people who don't have health care insurance; are they not getting health care? -They ARE getting care (the problem is all of us are stuck with increases in cost to health care) So it is better if these people have the insurance - Yes!
- Has the government ever done a good efficient job and running anything like this? - No!
- Does something need to be done to these problems? - Yes!
- Is nationalized government health the answer to our problems? - NO
- Could the governement run health care cause more problems? - Absolutly!
There is my premises of the overall basic way I am seeing it. Now - lets look at why our premiums are high and why care has and is becoming more expensive:
- Lets think about what insurance really is: Insurance is meant for bigger catastrophies. The idea is that you pay a little a month to protect you just in case something large happens. Like car insurance - we are responsible for the oil change, getting it fixed etc., but we have insurance for if we wreck the car. That way we don't have to access our savings and retirement to pay for the car, medical bills, other person's car etc. That could bankrupt somebody - that is why you have insurance! In medical terms - we should pay for our well visits the little illness etc., but if something big happens, a broken leg, cancer, accidents, you have insurance to offset the enormous cost of a big event. At least that is how it should be.
- Regulations: sometimes we need it but here once the government got involved, (isn't it funny that if you look at most problems today the premise for problems that errupted are from government involvement and regulations i.e. housing market etc) regulating what kind of coverage was offered, our premiums had to increase. They started to say you have to offer counciling into your plans, you have to offer this extra and that extra. Well what happens when you do that - prices have to increase, even for those who don't use it.
Here is something to think about:
- Does something need to change (our premiums, hospital charges, etc) - Absolutely!
- Is there another way other than government involvement to change things and make them better? Yes!
- Currently the insurance companies are trying to work with everyone to make things better, hospitals are lowing thier rates, but does Obama want to hear these solutions? No he doesn't!
- Why does Obama want this health care passed through sooo fast? Because he knows that if everyone really see's what it is about no one would want it! He is out for power - bigger governement.
- Do you really think undertaking such an enormous project like this could be - OR should be done so quickly - don't you think they should take their time to get it right. Massachutes underwent a process of offering a state funded type of plan where everyone could have insurance. It took 2 years to make it right and there was still problems. Even at the low cost of around $70 a month for people to be covered, a lot of people still couldn't pay it!
Watch this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DB2DwcPcz80
Not only are the problems not addressed correctly, but the solutions are not being thought out very efficeintly and properly either. Our leaders should be very careful about how they handle this and they are acting like teenagers and jumping at any solutions that benefit them not thinking of the long term consequences it may have on our economy and the american people.
Let us look at the bill iteself and more reasons why it won't work and why we don't want:
Here is a link to the bill itself: http://energycommerce.house.gov/Press_111/20090714/aahca.pdf
Here is an email my dad sent to me, I thought it made some good points: (click on the link
HR3200 link below to get the points with explanation - amazing that they are allowed to do this!)
Dads forwarded letter:
No wonder Obama & the leftwing want this rammed through in their latest rush to in-justice !
They are flat out lying to America . LISTEN VERY CLOSELY IF YOU THINK YOU MIGHT LIKE THE NEW HEALTH CARE PLAN.
This should scare everyone, even the young who have elderly friends/family, or who intend to grow old. You probably will not hear of this from the media. If you feel it is immoral or unjust send it to your friends and do whatever you can with your political reps. This could be the next big step toward euthanasia. Please listen to the clip. If you are not considered "elderly" now you will be someday. This should cause great concern for everyone!
PLEASE LISTEN TO THIS INTERVIEW WITH BETSY MCCAUGHEY The link will give you the audio which should start automatically but there is no video. Click here: Fred Thompson: Interviews
Then go below to see the actual wording of this bill, HR3200 Click on HR 3200 - EXPLAINED for page & actual wording & verification of what was said in the interview above with Betsy McCaughey !
"When you can ' t make them see the light, make them feel the heat." - Ronald Reagan
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My experience with the health care system:
I have had many instances with using the health care system, dealt with the insurance companies dealing with claims, dealt with the departments in the hospital dealing with bills and so have had a lot of experience with being a consumer.
As most of you know Ben had cancer at age 23. I was not even done with college yet, we were engaged, he had a job but I had not, no savings, etc. He had to go through intitial surgery for removal, later surgery of RPLND (major surgery!5 day hospital stay), later surgery on his chest becauase of a cyst (another major surger), monthly CT scans, x-rays, etc. So imagine the bills from that! Our portion alone was over $60,000 and that was with insurance.
Let me tell you this though - He was seen immediatly - the next day rushed in for the initial removal surgery. The cancer had grown 3 times the size in one day! If there was any waiting he could be dead. I would pay that cost over again if it means the same outcome - he is cancer free today and I attribute that to the brilliant doctors that were aggressive with his cancer. If they had to go through a governement program, I am afraid it would not have been the same. In addition he had to have a lot of CT scans and x-rays - it was those scans that found the cyst in his chest that they said would have killed him faster than his cancer would have. In a governement plan do you think they would have approved that many scans? I don't have faith they would have.
Another expereience - with Adyson. Her condition of having craniosynostosis. A reminder - the soft spot fused too early. It was a 10% chance it would cause mental handicaps. The biggest reason the doctors gave was actually for her future physical appearance and what that would do to her social and emotional well being. Do you think a governement health care plan would have approved a surgery like that on those odds? I don't think it would have.
PEOPLE! We need to wake up and take charge. This is a democracy and it is turning out to be a dictatorship. We need to speak up and become informed about what our representatives are doing for us. We need to wake up to the consequences to the choices of governement officials we vote into office. This is not picking the most handsome or well spoken person for the part - or who does the better job at advertising (Obama), look at what is happening because soo many people got caught up into his lyrics of Change, yea but did they look at what kind of change. He is deffinitly bringing change but is it for the better? It is too late to change america's choice for president but we can make our voices heard on these issues and not let him destroy this great nation! I can't help but dream of Romney. Boy he could have helped with this economy, just look at his experience - oh yea I forgot we don't elect presidents anymore on how qualified they are just what they promise and how well they tell us what we want to hear!
Scroll down and follow the link to contact your reps and let them know you don't support this bill and they shouldnt either: Here is a letter I just sent my rep:
my letter:
NO! NO! NO! We do not want Universal Health Care! Why are you government officials trying to slip through passing this huge and major issue so quickly!?! Us, what is it, 80% of people who have health care do not get a say in passing such a huge and taxing plan? Why change all of the system when only 20% need help with it? Does our current system need changing? Yes, but not like this. Currently, the insurance companies are changing things, the hospitals are lowering their costs, these groups are trying to change and make it better. But making a big government plan will not solve the problem, it will make it worse.
I have a lot of experience with having and using health plan benefits. At a young age, my husband went through cancer (age 23), we were hit hard with our portion, but let me tell you I was grateful! Because of the doctor’s aggressiveness, they saved his life. In just one day the cancer spread a third more, and if my husband had to wait for any amount of time, it could have spread throughout his body. But we were in, ultrasound done, and by the next day he was in surgery removing it. I do not believe with a government health plan this would have been possible. I grew up in the military, and had experience using military doctors, and from a young age I understood how inefficient most of the system was. I am afraid this new big government plan would be the same. My youngest daughter, at 9 months of age had to have skull surgery because of having craniosynostosis. I am afraid that with a government plan she would not have been allowed to have it based on the % rate of her actually having problems with it.
People from other countries with universal health care plans fly over here to get help because of our system, and because they are denied help with theirs. Why are we taught history? Why are we taught about other countries? So that we can learn from past mistakes and learn from others. So please learn!!!
More Taxes? How to pay for it: more taxes… how else. To whom? Small businesses – what 8% increase on small businesses. I have several friends with small businesses and they couldn’t afford that. Small businesses are what this country was founded on and Obama and this administration is destroying it! Please do something about this! Please don’t pass this plan, and please get all others to honestly see the bigger picture of what this kind of plan will do to our country. Remember – 2010 are elections and everybody is watching! If you as my representative pass this I will do everything in my power to make sure you are not reelected. I hate to sound like this but I can’t believe everything that has been happening these last 5 months! Is it ever a good idea to make huge decisions in a fast times span? Say NO!
Please stand up for us,
Lisa Doolittle
His reply:
Dear Mrs. Doolittle,
Thank you for recently contacting my office regarding universal health care. Your input is important to me, and I appreciate the time you took to share your thoughts.
Like you, I do not support a "universal" health care system in which the government bears all of the cost for our citizens' health care. I believe instead that all Americans should have the ability to purchase their own health insurance on the private market and be personally responsible for at least some portion of the insurance costs. I want you to know that I will be working against the expansion of a government-run health care system to ensure that we maintain the highest level of quality and patient choice in medical care. The insight you have provided here will certainly help my staff and me more effectively look into this issue.
Thank you again for your letter. I hope you will continue to share your thoughts with me.
Sincerely, Bob CorkerUnited States Senator
Please all of you (especially those with democrate senators - let them know - and tell them NO!)
Implement the FAIR TAX - think of it - no IRS, everyone is taxed like a sales tax so EVERYONE pays taxes - no income tax taken - think of the boost to the economy and the environment it would create for businesses. Businesses from all over the world would be flocking here because we would have the best tax environment! JOBS JOBS JOBS oh yeah and more money for all of us! There is a book on it and below I have a link that explains it.
