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Monday, December 21, 2009

Oftentimes, it's so hard to remember that this is not our final home

Senate Democrats Clear Hurdle on Health Care Bill

And we creep ever closer to insuring the 30 million uninsured Americans at the expense of the other 270,000,000...
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4 comments:

Sarah said...

Coming from a country with a public health care system that works, I do not understand the terror that afflicts people over there at the thought of it. Is it the entire concept, or just the particular way its going to be implemented? (Truly curious, not trying to salt wounds.)

December 23, 2009 5:03 AM
Rin said...

I'm going to have to do more research about Australia's health care system. I don't know the first thing about it. lol

Regarding the U.S.'s health care reform, the first and biggest thing is that our Congress has *completely* disregarded the will of the people in this matter. There is slightly over 60% disapproval for the health care reform being rammed through the Senate, yet these Congressmen don't seem to care anymore about what the people they are supposed to be representing actually want.

The second is that we are in a major depression. This is not the time to be spending *trillions* more borrowed money. We need to be drastically slashing federal spending, though most major economists, along with our President, think exactly the opposite, for some insane reason.

The third is that, yes, we have a faulty system as it is now, Medicare (federally funded) and Medicaid (state funded) were going to bankrupt the country soon enough on their own, but, if the federally regulated system (and don't let anyone fool you, it is heavily regulated already) was failing before, how is more federal regulation going to help?? What needs to happen is the gub'mint needs to get its greedy hands off our health care/money and allow capitalism (the truly free market, not the psuedo-free market we've had for more than three quarters of a century) to foster competition and drive prices lower while increasing quality of care given. *That* is what would help insure more people who currently can't afford it.

Also, the fact that the health care bill labels abortions a medical right is something I simply can't stomach.

Health care may be *required* for everyone. We might end up having to literally choose between paying our mortgage/buying food and paying for our health care. If we don't, we may face fines of up to $5,000 along with actual jail time. How is that in any way better than what we have now?

The whole thing seems more about grabbing as much power as they can, rather than actually helping anyone get better health care. Despite the logical gymnastics employed by those pushing for this reform, there is nothing in the U.S. Constitution that could conceivably allow for something like this to pass (although, again, that hasn't stopped the Progressives since the time of President Wilson). This would be the biggest government takeover of a private sector in the history of the United States. One that affects every single person's life in some way.

*whew* I could write a book on the subject, but I hope that clarifies some of the main concerns many people have about this issue. I didn't touch on more of the specifics of the bill because it is over 2,000 pages long and written is such horrid legalese that I can barely understand it. My sources some from those who can. So much for transparency in the Legislature, eh?

December 23, 2009 7:14 AM
Rin said...

er... I mean, my sources *come* from those who can.

December 23, 2009 9:45 AM
Sarah said...

basics of aussie healthcare: we pay taxes to fund it. anyone over 30 who DOES NOT HAVE PRIVATE HEALTH pays more. (this is to encourage people to get their own health insurance so the public system isn't overloaded.) 'emergency' and necessary hospital visits (having a baby for example) are completely covered. voluntary surgery may or may not be partially covered, depending on what it is (cosmetic surgey, unlikely. gastric banding, partial.) optical/dental/etc may be partially covered. if you have private, you do not HAVE to use it. doctors visits may be completely covered, or up to 80%, but will usually not cost more than $10 out of pocket for a general visit. some prescriptions are partially subsidised, and those that are, generally won't cost more than $30-$40, less for low income earners/old age pensioners

it certainly sounds like the considered system over there is chock-full of insanity and intense greed. our system isnt perfect, people cheat it, and there is always underfunding of hospitals, shortage of beds, not enough staff, but in general it seems to work fairly well. and our taxes are not insanely high, even though they cover so much. which is why its always confused me when i hear americans going "oh noes! public health care! ebul gubermint!" without explaining WHY.

December 26, 2009 2:22 AM

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