Too much. Too fast.
Get outside the Beltway. Get outside the rhetoric of the left and the right. Get outside the interests of those who want to make money and those who fear they will lose money from healthcare reform.
When you do, you will find much of Middle America is concerned. Some are downright frightened. And despite the dismissive attitude of many in the media, they have good reason.
Massive (there is no other word for it) healthcare reform hits right in the breadbasket. Yes, change is needed. But not just any change. And, there are real legitimate concerns about the direction that change will take to cause many consumers to pause.
Taxes will go up for some. Our national debt will go up for all. Existing providers relationships will change, perhaps in unanticipated ways. The nation’s drift toward socialized medicine will accelerate. Those consquences matter.
And, the unintended consuquences of healthcare reform are what legitimately concerns many. Trust us no longer works.
Consumers heard the “trust us” line with the massive bailout of the financial services industry. What they saw in return was a boondoggle for some and a government unable to explain how this happened.
We cannot afford that same kind of “oops, we didn’t think of that” moment with healthcare reform.
It is time to downshift. Incremental change is warranted. Start with cost controls. Proceed with adequate assistance for uninsurable. Focus on meaningful preventive medicine and wellness programs. But stop short of massive government mandates until these steps have time to work.
In short, let’s fix what we can fix now without the “bailout boondoggle” risks of revamping an entire industry. and the financial burden that would heap on already stressed Middle America.
That is change we can really believe in.
All obama will do is outsource anyways. Just think about the all the lobbyists flocking to Washington DC because of obama’s reckless over-spending of $2 TRILLION in just 6 months, which alone is increasing the National Debt by 20%.
Politicians take people’s money and reward the large corporations, in this case companies in the health care industry, since they have the money to more effectively lobby politicians. In the end smaller businesses will be hurt.
Politicians will only reward companies that will be in their best political interest. Honestly, when can you really trust politicians since they are basically professional liars, and being president just means you are the best liar of the time. Why not just give the money directly from the people to the companies and take politicians in government out of the equation?
obama is going to recklessly spend TRILLIONS of tax payers’ money just to give insurance to about 25% of those who do not have it. Over 50% of people’s income go towards taxes, just imagine how many more people will afford health care insurance if their income is almost doubled because of dramatic tax cuts.
Competition is what is needed. It lowers prices of products and services, along with developing new innovations. All of which will benefit consumers. You need to remember that monopolistic tendencies can also apply to government.
The reason why the cost of insurance is high is because politicians in government mandate insurance companies to increase their premiums to pay for ridiculous things. In addition, politicians put up regulations so that Americans are not allowed to get insurance from another state and use the coverage in their own state. This reduces competition making it more expensive for people to get insurance. On top of that medical professionals are not allowed to freely practice their profession in any US state without taking a long and tedious licensing process. This again increases the cost of medical insurance.
In the end, the problem with most economic issues is too much government intervention of the economy by politicians, who will only tend to do things for political self interest. Just like how obama nationalized GM to pander to its unions. Politicians can barely run government, yet people think they can run a multi-national auto manufacturing company?
The solution is SMALLER government, LESS spending, and LOWER taxes.
Comment by Sammy — August 19, 2009 @ 12:07 am |