Look. I'm not stupid. I completely tire of the healthcare industry being painted as the Big Evil Monster who is pillaging the country. I'd be near the front of the line to point out the problems with healthcare in the USA, but for the leader of the country to basically imply that the doctors and the health insurance companies are evil profit takers all out to get our wallets (not that he could ever be grouped with "our," what with a private doctor and all)? Come on. I'd categorize that as Ignorant and Unhinged and Unbelievable.
I'm supposed to believe that the market has no competition, so that's why the government needs to have an option, to force competition and lower costs. The government couldn't compete with a blind man in an archery contest. I'm not stupid. What would happen if the Post Office had competition? They'd be out of business.
I'm supposed to believe that the government is going to bring efficiency and reduce waste and fraud out of healthcare. Like they do with Medicare, right? Like they do with welfare, right? Right. I'm not stupid.
I'm supposed to believe that this healthcare plan will not cost the American taxpayers any additional money. You mean beyond the $650b downpayment? Or do you mean like the multi-trillion dollar expense the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office predicts it will cost? If I had a frontal lobodomy, I would still not be that stupid.
I'm supposed to be okay with a government plan covering 10 MILLION illegal aliens. No, I will never be okay with government-provided healthcare services to people who have no right to be in my country.
I'm supposed to tear up because 50 million people do not have coverage. But break it down. 10 million are illegal aliens. 19 million can afford it, but CHOOSE NOT to have healthcare coverage. That's 29 million, which leaves 21 million. Many of whom are presently elligible for Medicare. All dry eyes here so far. The problem is massively overstated in this regard. I call that Drama.
Many cry that something should be done. I agree. Something should be done. Hospital associations should stop resisting (via lobbying) the legal specialization of hospitals into value-added process shops. A growing number of hospitals have focused on just key areas, such as hip and knee replacements, have much lower costs than general hospitals (their competition), have extremely lower patient post-op issue rates than their competition, and consequently have a much better value and success rate. It should be allowed nationally for any hospital to specialize in any areas in which it chooses to. The efficiency of such precision medicine for ailments that are predictable in diagnosis and treatment drives down costs and drives up success rates of treatment. There are presently regulatory obstacles to that continuing, courtesy of our nation's two hospital associations, who are resisting change. But wait - yep, there's more.
The pharmaceutical industry should have its federal protection removed or at least paired back. As it is, it is federally protected and allowed to amortize all its research into the cost of new drugs. Those drugs eventually get cloned by the pharm industry in other countries (mainly Israel and India), and they end up in less-regulated markets (like Canada and Mexico) for a small fraction of the charge per pill in US dollars. Change the rules (in some effective way) - open the markets, and watch the costs drop.
Medical liability and tort law needs a big rip and replace. Start making the losers of frivilous lawsuits pay the expenses of the winners, and the number of lawsuits will drop. Take away pain and suffering damage awards from a jury, and put caps on them so hair-brained judges don't continue to feed the legal industry, and medical expenses will drop. I'm sure there's a heck of a lot more bloodsucking lawyer graft going on here, but this is all I am aware of at present.
Reform healthcare insurance law so that it is not illegal for a doctor to offer medical insurance plans directly to his patients (pushing the insurance industry out from in between the doctor and the patient/customer). Yes, that's pretty much illegal in most states. Make it legal. Watch innovative local doctors and doctor groups offer plans that are affordable and creative in meeting the basic healthcare needs of their markets. Costs will go down. Service will go up.
Those are just 4 brief examples of at least 72 or more. You want to reform the healthcare industry? Okay, reform it. Plenty of places to start. But launching a new government healthcare program will be like launching the Titanic. It will hit a glacier of cost explosion and service implosion, shortly after onboarding 100 million new passengers freshly forced from the land of private health insurance, and it will sink them all in an ocean of debt and healthcare disservice. Unnecessary suffering and premature death will ensue on a massive scale. I kid you not.
If you don't believe me, ask yourself this question: can you name one thing the government does effectively, beside collect taxes and defend this nation? Name one. Can you? I didn't think so.
Thanks for playing.
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From the beginning its been previous administrations ultimate fault that illegal immigration has never been retired. Years of neglect and intentional overlooking of the laws that were in place? It's grandiose excuse to allow the 20 million plus illegal immigrants to stay on American soil. Congress when enacted the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) of 1986 has been flagrantly ignored. The IRCA toughened criminal sanctions for employers who hired illegal aliens, denied illegal aliens federally funded welfare benefits, and legitimized some aliens through an amnesty program–EXCEPT THESE LAWS NEVER WERE ENFORCED?
There has always been complicity since the earliest days, between the lawmakers, big business, the open border zealots and radical pro-immigration and anti-American sovereignty organizations. Just like the Globalist they have an attitude that American taxpayers should accommodate every illegal family, with free medical care, schooling and a comfortable prison cell, for criminals and for the thousands of illegal alien drunken drivers every year. That globalist agenda has always been a free movement of cheap labor, between all of South America, Canada and Mexico, just as secretly arranged with the 3 countries leaders in Waco, Texas, at the end of March 2005.
Americans only forceful action is to build on E-verify, but not to replace it? Sen. Charles Schumer, D-New York and chairman of the Senate Judiciary subcommittee on immigration wants consider up-grading the application, with modifications to authenticate the employee’s identity by using a specific and unique biometric identifiers? Schumer, stated "improving employment verification is critical to boosting public confidence about curbing illegal immigration, which will build support for comprehensive immigration reform." These politicians just don't get it? Outside of the American Civil War, there will be a battle over giving illegal immigrants a path to citizenship free-ride? What about the millions of people with integrity and believe in the Rule of Law, who sit and wait in far off foreign countries for an entry visa?
Whatever the outcome it will not be easy to pass any Immigration reform or AMNESTY? Say--NO-- because it going to cost trillions of dollars (with a T) in enactment. Health care, Pensions, retirement and a rush on government benefits, for those who haven't already cheated the system. Then they will want their immediate families here? And waiting millions will swarm the open areas of the sovereign border fence? IT WILL NEVER END? Call your Politician today at 202-224-3121 GOOGLE---NUMBERSUSA, AMERICANPATROL for facts, that will not be found in most press releases.
As a Independent voter, I do believe in a alternative government medical system, but I adamantly disagree on donating my taxes from public treasuries free health care to anybody who steals across our border or anything that smells of AMNESTY?
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