July 11, 2009
Universal Health Care?
First, I have been busy with work, and I got fed up with politics, so I stopped updating this for the few that read it. I had some thoughts that I wanted to post.
Is compassion a freedom that we have or something that should be forced upon us?
Look, I hate the fact that people go without health care. It sucks, but am I the only one that is scared about the fact that we are no longer going to get a “free-look” period that was promised before it gets voted on? Transparency? How are we supposed to trust that we have somehow come up with a plan better than Canada or the U.K.?
I had surgery a few months ago that under a universal health care system would be deemed as a non-emergency procedure. I missed a lot of work. What kind of waiting list would I go on before I could have a surgery like that? Is it true that in some countries, if you have a greater chance of dying, then you will not be a priority? Where is the compassion in that?
What about the economic impact of this? Forget the deficit and the taxes that will forced upon us. What about jobs? How many jobs are reliant on the current health care system? Not just processors, doctors, nurses..but salespeople, long term care insurance companies, health insurance companies, etc. People will lose their jobs, and the government will be there to rock their cradle when that happens. More government jobs, more dependency on government. The closer we get to complete reliance on the government, the closer we’ll be to _________. If you have the argument of, health insurance companies will be fine because employers can still carry health coverage. What employer is going to continue to pay costs out of their pocket if people can get it for free elsewhere? These collapse of these companies will drive long term care costs up, as well. Long term care is broken into two categories of people. One, the people pay for insurance and get to choose how they receive their care. Two, the government gets to choose, but before the government will take care of it, you have to spend down your assets to under $2000 and you have no choice how you receive it. My point here (sorry, I got on a tangent) is that when we rely on the government, we lose the option of choice.
Has everyone else considered the standard of living cut that they will take when a plan like this goes into effect? What has everyone else done to help there brothers and sisters afford health care? or are you waiting on the government to do something, so you don’t have to be proactive? If you have given in some way, how will the government taking out of your pockets to achieve the same thing, affect your willingness to give? Keep in mind, you will have a lot less money to give at that point. My point is, the more we depend on the government to do things for us, the more money it will take from us, and the less we will be willing to help our brothers and sisters ourselves. Charitable giving dollars (to a well-minded charity) will ALWAYS go alot further than what the government can do for the same money. That’s government mandated compassion. That’s not freedom. God gave us this free will to choose to do right and wrong. He didn’t force the right choice upon us, just as no other leader should force that upon us. Let’s figure out another way, and be proactive about it instead of waiting on our government to do that for us.
That’s my two cents. Also, if I am incorrect about any facts, please correct me and cite your source. I am not perfect, and always love to hear what anyone else is thinking.
Blessings,
Colt
