Originally Posted by
mreza Salav
And remember, the cost of health care system even with all the in-efficiencies of a government run system shouldn't be more than what you are already paying for through insurance companies. Here, we just don't have to pay for the profit of those companies (and the bonuses of their CEO's).
And that is hitting the nail squarely on the head. As has been brought up time and again, Americans are already paying for a universal health care system. But we are not getting the benefits of a universal health care system. We are paying more for less. That is fiscally ridiculous, morally corrupt, and inefficient beyond belief.
The current system being bandied about by the US Congress isn't adequate for me. But it's a start. Changing our collective mindset is the first step. Once that is accomplished, the pieces will fall into place. That is inevitable. America is capable of creating a health care system that is fair, honest, decent and compassionate. This current bill isn't it. But it's a start.
The "Let's Do Nothing" crowd has had it's way for 80 years (England started putting their system into place in the 1930s.) Anything we do is going to be better than what we're doing now. This is a no-brainer in my opinion.
If JFK hadn't been shot in 1963, I think we would already have universal health care. If Bobby hadn't been shot in 1968, I think we would already have universal health care. If Bill Clinton didn't put Hillary in charge in 1993, I think we would already have universal health care.
This bill isn't universal, and it has a lot of shortcomings. But it's a start. And it's still a no-brainer.
Yesterday, at work, I talked about this with a man who escaped from Bulgaria during the Cold War. His take on the situation was that America spent so long fighting communism, that we lost sight of the fact that occasionally the socialists got it right. Health care is one of those things. Cuba has a better system than we do. Are we as a nation really satisfied with that?
I just hope we can wrap this up quickly and focus on all the rest of the mind-bogglingly important problems facing us. I hope the next things on our government's docket are jobs, jobs, and jobs. Eisenhower's Highway Investment Plan stopped a post-war recession in it's tracks. And we've been enjoying the benefits for 60 years. With luck, we can do it again. (Something to ponder on Monday's commute, if nothing else.)
Last edited by Keith Outten; 11-22-2009 at 9:36 AM.
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