Share the Health

I am thankful for my health care. In the last two years my family has really needed it. I wish everybody had it. That said, I am against my government forcing me to share a portion of my piece of the pie so others can have it.

Obama has stated for the record that he supports a single payer health system. A single payer health system means all health care payments come from a single source. That can only be a source that IS the government or is controlled by the government. In spite of White House efforts to blur / hide / distort the truth, Barack Obama has never to my knowledge come out and denounced his support for a single payer health system, so I can assume he still supports it. If the ObamaCare plan is passed, it will easily in the future be changed into the single payer system he wants. This plan's clear hostility to existing employer based health care benefits makes their future obselescence a near guarantee.

Setting aside the complete farce that my taxes will not go up to pay for this program, the fact is that this program will result in "Share the Health". Whether it is share the wealth or share the health, liberals always conjure plans based on the notion there is a finite pie. In order for others who do not currently have any pie to obtain some, they want to force me and others to give a portion of our slices to be shared. Setting aside the unfairness of taking from me something that
I earned, the fact is that I will have a smaller slice of pie.

Today I have a very good health care insurance program. My insurance will help me keep more of what I have worked hard for by reducing my risk exposure. My insurance will enhance my quality of life by providing thorough and timely care when me or my family needs it. In the end, my insurance provides care that will likely help me to live longer. When we are on a single payer system, my health care will certainly be less thorough and less timely leading to risks that have a good chance of reducing my life expectancy.

On a final note: watch out for the words "comprehensive reform" regardless of whether it applies to health care or immigration. Fix the root causes first. In this case, fix the causes of health care spiraling costs. The reluctance to do this is obvious. So Democrats are asking us to foot the bill for their package because the do not have the courage to fix the problems. Instead we are being asked to accept a "share the health" scam that will ultimately lead to more bearacracy and government control, higher deficits and higher taxes. No thanks.

P.S. If this post happens to make it onto the White House "Fishy" list, I have a special message for them: Talk about fishy, your propoganda machine puts out a stench worse than a seafood processing plant.

Bush Admin AND Universal Health Care Take Black Eye Over Walter Reed

The situation at Walter Reed is appalling. It is hard to imagine that making sure our wounded returning from Iraq and Afganistan get the best health conditions would be overlooked. When you decide to send our men and women into harms way, it should be well planned and well thought through in all areas. While it is hard to fight three wars at once for any administration (Iraq, Afganistan and home) treatment of our wounded should be at the top. Either Bush did not inquire into it, did and was lied to or did and was told the truth. There is no really good excuse for this.

On the other hand, what we see is a window into what would happen if ever we made the decision to go with a Universal Health Care system in this country. There may be some facilities that provide good care. However, we would see the same nightmare situations that we have seen at Walter Reed and in countries that already have nationalized care. In the end we would see a two-tiered healthcare system: one paid for by the government and one where people pay for healthcare via taxes but have to pay again elsewhere to get quality care. We would have to pay to get tests in a timely manner rather than getting a "free" test too late to treat.

Many times critics of the Bush Administration may be correct in their criticism, but doing so find they are harming themselves or their agenda more. I think this is one of those times.