Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Soicialized Medical Care

I haven't ranted about the health care issue that has consumed people in the U.S. But today I will. Too, since you have government health care (I know you have complained about aspects of it in the past) I want your view as to what Obama and Congress propose for the U.S. "reform" of health care. My opinion on this is it is best for them to do nothing about "reforming" the health care system and everything about cutting waste in Medicare (which is a socialized health care system for oldies that is way too generous pork for oldies in exchange for their votes), enforcing anti trust laws against medical groups, pharmaceutical companies ( the vertical monopolies in health care have raised costs dramatically), HMO's etc., instituting laws limited civil action against physicians (which would reduce overall medical costs to consumers by up to 1/3), and enforcing rules about citizenship when illegal immigrants ask for free medical care in hospital emergency rooms (hospitals claim up to 25% of their total debt is free treatment to the 12 million illegal immigrants in this country).
In my view the plans of Congress and Obama to spend more money the U.S does not have in order to create another entitlement for people who do not support themselves is contrary to the ideals of a democratic capitalist nation like the U.S. Estimates are that about 40 million of the 300 million Americans have no health insurance. Of those 12 million are illegal immigrants and another estimated 10 million are young people who, though they have resources to buy medical insurance do not because of the "I am young and therefore immune to illness" mentality of the youth. There is another 1 million that do not believe in allocating resources for health insurance and will never buy it anyway. Thus, Congress and Obama want to scrap the entire private health because 17 million of 300 million Americans do not have health insurance.
But alas! Figures show that the uninsured population already receives from 50 to 75% of the same amount of health care as insured, though use of ER rooms, free programs (clinics, charity etc.). The need for systemic reform is not evident, even if one believed in the socialized health care platform. Too, examination of other nation's socialized medicine show a mixed bag, with some being good plans 9 the ones the governments go broke over funding) and some not good (under funded socialized health care systems).In my view, reform here would be a movement back to free enterprise, personal responsibility and taxation of all to pay for services given to all members of soicety equally.
Ok...your turn to give obervations about the subject of a social health system. Should the U.S. adopt a one.

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