as well as those of us who don't want to hear it that we need to
reform health care. He talks about bringing down costs, mostly,
and tries to sell it as saving lots for money for American
families and businesses.
Don't be fooled! What Obama and liberals like him want is
universal health care. They want the Government, not you, not a
private insurance company, but some uncaring bureaucrat who
probably is a political appointee making health care decisions
for you and me.
As a person with a disability, this scares the shit out of me.
Words like cost controls and such are code to me which means some
people are too expensive to keep around. Many with disabilities
who require ongoing, life sustaining care would fit into that
category. No one will say it, but there are those who believe
they would be better off dead.
I resent anyone saying I or any other person with a disability is
too expensive to care for. Where is the compassion in that you
liberal pukes?
People say, countries like Canada and Great Britain have
universal health care, so why shouldn't we? A lot of good the
Canadian system did for Natasha Richardson didn't it? Why did she
end up dying in a New Yolk hospital? Probably because she
couldn't get the treatment she needed in Canada because some
Government pawn wouldn't approve it. Why, if Canada's system is
so good do people come over the border into the states for
treatment in droves? I understand this to be the case in border
areas like North Dakota.
Don't get me wrong, there are things which we need to do to drive
down health care costs. Before listing some of them, I ask that
President Obama keep his campaign promise when he said, if people
are happy with their health care, that's great. I'm happy with
my health care, leave it alone.
First, to reduce costs, we must allow Medicare to negotiate for
lower prescription drug prices like major health plans do. This
was an aggregious omission when Medicare Part D was passed in
2003. The Government has tremendous buying power and could
command lower prices, no question about that.
Speaking of Medicare, let's truly look at it from top to bottom
and eliminate fraud, wasteful spending and needless paperwork.
One way to do this is to continue to encourage the filing of
claims by electronic means. As long as stringent privacy
controls are in place, this can be done very safely.
Let's allow small businesses to pool their resources and get the
same discounts on health insurance that big businesses do. Small
business is the life blood of America, and if they can reduce
their health care costs, they can create more jobs.
Let's stop providing any health care to illegal ailians, except
for emergency care. How much does it cost the rest of us to
support these law breakers through higher insurance premiums and
taxes? Maybe if they can't get free health care they will think
about going back to where they came from. Of course, this won't
happen under the liberal piberals because they need the Hispanic
vote.
Let's promote healthy lifestyle choices. No, not by regulating
everything, but by encouraging people to live healthier which
will drive down costs. We already do a lot to encourage people
to quit smoking. Why not have health plans pay part of the cost
for health club memberships and weight loss programs to encourage
people to exercise more and lose weight? This would have to be
tied into some requirement that people actually use the partially
paid for memberships and programs. Start in school with healthy
eating education so children learn early, with reinforcement at
home what is good for them and what is not. Let's also get our
kids outside, playing ball, riding bikes and having fun and not
try to put them inside a plastic bubble. We can help to do this
was capturing the permanently locking up sexual predators, most
of whom are male.
Finally, let's put sensible caps on pain and suffering damages in
malpractice lawsuits. If a person or a person's family member is
injured or killed due to medical malpractice, that's a terrible
thing. Certainly, those who are wronged should be compensated
for economic damages. Pain and suffering is hard to put a price
on; after all, no amount of money will bring someone back or make
them whole again. Clearly, those who committed malpractice need
to be punished so they don't do it again. A cap of say, $1
million, would accomplish that.
We don't need universal health care. What this country needs to
do is implement common sense practices as I have indicated here
which will drive down costs and improve an already excellent
health care system. Our nation has the best health care in the
world. Let's not ruin it with over regulation.
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