Health Care

Health Care


I’ve been thinking about health care. I don’t know anyone who was so worried about health care coverage that it was number one on their list of government objectives. I don’t think that involving government in health care anymore than it already is makes sense or is a good idea. Government health care will not be free. Businesses and individuals will be forced to buy coverage that they either don’t want or can’t afford … requiring them to buy it will not make it any less of a burden on them. We have a government option already in place with the public hospital systems that are supposed to be a safety net for the needy. Health care is expensive and always has been. We do need to control cost, but government has never been successful at that.

I have an idea … why don’t they take over electric distribution? It’s already run by government - the infrastructure is built and it is something that would be hard to mess up.
It is cheaper than health care and when we have power failures they are always fixed. Hospitals have back-up power, so we don’t have to worry about the government leaving them in the dark. Now then, here is what we do … we let the rich, BIG Business and labor unions pay for electrical power for all the rest of us so that we can buy health care coverage. But why stop there? Why not let them pay for all of our utilities? … electricity, water, sewer, telephone and (in this day and age) television and internet service … then we will really save money. I’m sure once the rich are paying for all of that, and they see how well the poor (those making less than $250,000 a year) are doing, they will be motivated to pay for even more things: housing, education, infrastructure, defense, government … after all, they have a never-ending supply of money. Wait a minute! … they don’t have a never ending supply and they already pay for most of those things.

Healthcare is a responsibility and there has been irresponsible activity in healthcare with billing, pricing, and use. When spending money that is not your own, the effects is not felt … but there are still consequences (and run away cost is one of them). The only place government should be involved is to make sure crimes are not committed and that regulations are followed. Government (or I should say politicians and bureaucrats) are not qualified to take over the running of even the insurance component of healthcare. Public pressure and dissatisfaction with the price of health care will be what brings cost back under control … the more government gets involved, the longer it will take to correct. Government-run health care is not about health or care, it’s about control … control of the population and of the industry. Insurance companies, hospitals, and doctors are getting the message to correct health care cost or be run out of business and be put under government control. I can’t believe that they want that.

There you have it.
Pass it on if you like or let me know if I don’t have a clue.

Eddie