And the fact that they are now starting to term the whole mess “Health Insurance Reform”, proves my point. So, maybe I don’t even need to go into this big ol’ mess!
Sorry, I have to get into it just a bit. I object to this Democratic plan that will within a few years force ALL non-Congressional Americans into a Single Payer Plan.
The USA leads the world in medical advances because we have a free-enterprise system. Doctors who develop new procedures can expect to be rewarded by making more money performing such procedures and teaching other doctors how to perform these procedures.
MONEY IS AN INCENTIVE.
That is why our Pharmaceutical Companies, our Medical Research Hospitals and Universities keep coming up with new treatments.
For example a particular type of genetic blindness has a cure in sight (yeah, I know, not meant to be punny) due to the work of Ophthalmology Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania. It’s gene therapy, and whether or not gene-therapy would be allowed under Obamacare is not at all clear, and very possibly unlikely because of the costs involved.
In the United Kingdom, the NHS (National Health Service) rejects many life-saving cancer drugs as being too expensive. My dear friend, Cassandra, has many examples here.
The NHS also has a high incidence of MRSI Infections. It seems the understaffed nurses in the State-run hospitals don’t have the time to clean hospital BEDS when a new patient arrives or even wash their hands much. But heh, it’s free, Nationalized Health Care, those are the chances you take.
I have several Canadian friends who have that wonderful “free” healthcare. But how long is an emergency room wait in Toronto? Not too bad - 4 or 5 hours - but the wait is often much longer as the patient is simply shunted off into a bed that is in a hallway, and does not get the treatment he or she needs for a very long time.
That’s what happens when cost-cutting occurs. Cost-cutting has been President Obama’s main excuse for nationalizing our health care.
I’m not looking forward to the overcrowded, understaffed hospitals that would be the result of this government power grab.
So, I’m one of those evil-mongers who is totally against it.
I’m writing letters, making phone calls and now, blogging against this huge, expensive boondoggle.
There may be a way to improve access to our health care, but dismantling the free enterprise system is NOT the way to do it.
I’m pissed.
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