OK, so the Health Care Bill passed and just like all the other hundreds of thousands of bloggers, I'm going to give you my take. Here's what I understand as to what the bill does: It requires everyone to have health insurance and makes it illegal to deny coverage to people.
Hmmm... On the surface, this isn't such a bad thing; however, I don't believe the Constitution makes it legal to force me to buy something that is essentially legalized gambling. What this country really needs is insurance reform - not government mandated insurance.
Let's look at some of the issues. The cost of health care is rising. Why? Some people say that it is because of all the people that don't have insurance. That's partly true. Taxpayers and consumers shoulder the cost of indigent and delinquent care. The real reason that health care costs so much is because insurance companies generally try to deny claims and/or purposely delay payment so that they will turn more of a profit. They claim it is to prevent insurance fraud, but we all know that every dollar that an insurance company pays out reduces its profit.
The solution is easily fixed. First, you create a regulatory board that looks at the books of these companies. If it looks like the top brass are getting big bonuses but the customers are suffering, you give the DEATH penalty to the top brass. A little extreme? Yes, but they'll think twice about cooking the books or setting policies that make life tougher for customer. Second, you create an insurance fraud law enforcement branch. Doctors or patients that are trying to cheat the system are given the DEATH penalty. Why? Because the actions of these dishonest people are affecting the general health and well being of the rest of the country.
The whole malpractice issue is out of control too. This can be solved by giving the Death penalty to bad doctors. No fines. Just get rid of them. Obviously, you have cases where intent is concerned and that can be fixed with lifetime imprisonments in a work camp. If a doctor is going to intentionally violate the Hippocratic Oath, then they deserve what they get. In the cases of simple misdiagnosis or mistakes, well that just happens sometimes. As long as the patient is taken care of correctly (free of charge), then that can slide. Anyone can make a mistake. If the same doctor keeps screwing up, then give them the death penalty.
At any rate, this whole issue really isn't about health care. It's about the role of government. A government's job is to protect its constituents from outside harm (invaders) and from protecting its constituents from hurting each other (crime). That is it. It is not the government's job to protect people from themselves or their poor decisions.
Granted, there are people who can't fend for themselves if left to their own devices like children; however, it really isn't the job of the government to regulate that. That is up to the constituents to take charge and look out for those who can't help themselves. Yes, people are going to fall through the cracks. That's sad, but it can't be avoided.
I guess none of this really matters because I'm sure the bill will be overturned or amended so that it is actually worth a damn... Eventually.
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