Weeks ago with the election of Senator Scott Brown in Massachusetts, politicians and pundits across this countrthat there is needed reform in the healthcare and insurance industries. However, I’m not saying that the previous plan, nor this new plan is the best solution. But folks, we still need to address the problems with healthcare in America. Americans spend 2.2 trillion dollars on healthcare every year, and if left alone that number will continue to skyrocket. The sad reality is that according to some research, about half of that is wasted. The PricewaterhouseCooper Health Research Institute did a study six months ago, utilizing members of the medical community, and came up with a staggering total of 1.2 trillion dollars that is “leaking” out of the American Healthcare system annually. Only in America could we say that 1.2 trillion dollars is a simple leak. By my calculations that’s a little north of 7000 dollars for every man, woman and child in the country. We have the best available healthcare in the world and we are paying dearly for it. The political debate of the last six months has left many weary of the challenge, a lot of folks are just plain sick and tired of the debate. Let’s hope that our elected leaders can put partisan politics and inflammatory rhetoric aside and come up with a prescription for sensible healthcare in America. It will make this a better Region 8. y declared healthcare reform dead. Now the Obama administration has gone back to the drawing board and is putting forward a nearly $1 trillion, 10-year health care plan that would allow the government to deny or roll back outrageous insurance premium increases that infuriated consumers. This time it does not include a government insurance plan. We all endured the endless rhetoric surrounding healthcare reform the first time. I think we all know
It's true that health care in this country needs a major overhaul. However "Obamacare" is NOT the answer. Making it mandatory to carry health insurance is unconstitutional. This plan does little more than create a monstrous bureaucracy and give Insurance companies and the government power over our entire lives from cradle to grave. If not repealed it will bankrupt the nation. If you doubt me, see how Massachusetts has done with a similar plan on the state level. Be sure to note that the state is bankrupt. Giving insurance and government this kind of power is wrong.
It is, in fact, the exact opposite of what really needs to be done since insurance, corporate greed, big government and the long neglected need for tort reform is the majority of the problem.
Obamacare must be repealed, the members of Congress that voted for it must be voted out of office as well as the sorry excuse for a president that pushed so hard for this monstrosity in the first place.
You ought to have a look at this video on YouTube:
"America Rising"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=662R2awSwPQ
Posted by: Selif | March 23, 2010 at 10:12 AM