Is it really universal health care?
Published: November 2, 2009
Updated: November 2, 2009
President Obama said it is a disgrace that in a civilized country like the United States we still have people with no health insurance. I was shocked to hear reports on the news that with certain bills being discussed, only one-third of the uninsured will be covered. There was an article in USA Today Oct. 26 stating that “health care bills have left millions uninsured.” It reported that the bill in the Senate Finance Committee would leave 17 million Americans uninsured, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
I cannot imagine spending almost $1 trillion to fix a problem and still not fixing it. I think government health care is more about government than about health care. We may not start out exactly like Canada and England, but we will certainly end up that way. There, everyone has so-called access to health care, but no one really does because real quality health care has been replaced with rationed health care, waiting lists, reduced quality and even unnecessary deaths. It is only a matter of time until the public option becomes the only option.
We need to have Democrats and Republicans to work together to make it possible for low-income families to purchase private insurance. We are in a free country, and it should be the insurance of their choice and a choice made by them.
The Constitution gives Congress no authority to fine someone for not having health insurance. Congress needs to leave health care to doctors, patients and their families, and instead, work on protecting our freedom. The individual states can assist low-income families with purchasing health insurance, as the state of Massachusetts did.
Raymond Bender
Culpeper
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El Debibble… they would in a NY minute!!
fedup, you must be mistaken. Our resident experts who have never been out of the country and that can get into see their doctor on a five minute notice wouldn’t mislead me would they?
I came from Canada, my children where born there. I never received a bill for their births and spent 5 days in hospital. You may have to wait a week or 2 for something that is not serious, just like you have to wait here. No one tells you who you can go to as your doctor. Administration is standardized, (a big cut in costs). Doctors are not over worked and they don’t have to worry about carrying crippling malpractice insurance. You can if you want buy more health insurance, just like you can here with aflac. However, the medical costs if you don’t wont cripple you. I would much rather pay $100.00 for a family for 3 months of coverage than $500.00+ a month and still have out of pocket expenses. Don’t let the scare tactics fool you, Canada does have a good health program, but they are not problem free. (Look at it like medicare extended to cover everyone).
You are wrong Mr. Bender, I personally have contact with many people in Canada and England, and they are really happy with their socialized medicine, 15 minute waits, and a doctor that is not told what to do…whom by the way drives an Audi and lives in a million dollar home. So the news you are getting from Fox needs to be balanced out by the other news outlets that go too far the other way.
Only one misrepresentation, and it was alloted to him as a honest mistake, was found in Michael Moore’s documentary film called “Sicko”. You guys should watch the trailer on it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlDAUKSh9CQ
I think his film on 9/11 was wrong, but you have to give credit when credit is do, even to someone like him.
Didn’t Massachusetts fine people who didn’t get health insurance?
You say “Congress needs to leave health care to doctors, patients and their families, and instead, work on protecting our freedom.“
You either deliberately or naively leave out the health insurance industry.
Do you think that health insurance companies giving millions to their CEO’s contributes to your freedom….or are you one of those CEOs?
I have it on good authority that those poor people all made bad choices and they just have to deal with it.
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