I will keep this short as I am tired but I was informed today of something so distressing.
Thanks to health care changes (AKA ObamaCare) I have lost my general practitioner. If I wish to stay with my doctor, I will have to pay about $2,000 a year in addition to my insurance. I have seen this doctor since I was 18 and now I no longer will have a private physician. I do not have the money to pay this steep rate.
The letter explaining this new cost, details that he has to classify the type of care that he practices which is considered 'old school'. This type of care requires additional fees and costs. I guess having a doctor sit with you and answer all your questions is just too inefficient and personal for America's new system. Humph.
Months ago, I was without insurance. Now, I have no doctor :(
Showing posts with label Health Care. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Health Care. Show all posts
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Monday, March 22, 2010
USSA
I take this line from a friend of mine who is liberal and has no trouble comparing the USA to the USSR. I find this somewhat frightening. He did so somewhat with amusement thinking this progress is good. By progress I mean, the passage of the health care bill in the US Congress. Health care reform is not all bad and actually a necessity in the contemporary climate but I have my reservations about its passage which I am sure sparks grumblings in my European friends.
I will not summarize the contents of the bill partly because I don't know much truth about it, which brings me to my first concern...
1) Why is the bill not viewable by the public? We are the government we should have access to such legislation especially when the President promised it to us. I cannot trust the media or the politicians to tell me what is in the bill.
2) Costs I believe are underestimated. Cost will go up with the government regulation (control) over supply.
3) Regulation can be a good thing but controlling the market diminishes incentive and limits the abilities of capitalism to work. I understand market failures and the need for government but whether or not this is the appropriate method is debatable for me.
4) The government will require every person to buy health insurance. This makes people pay the government just to live. It is human right to live not a privilege. We are granted life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness but I have to write a check to the government to live? The government now grants my life--controls it?
5) Taxes will be collected for four years prior to the payout of benefits. I understand the need to maintain a budget but this isn't about paying for the program later, it is about collecting more money now for excessive spending.
6) Legislators would not listen to the concerns of the people. Our representatives were granted powers as delegates, not trustees, and if people are concerned why not take time to educate them on why this is important and show them the benefits of the bill as opposed to saying that the American people will like it later. Hmmm. Don't put words in my mouth.
7)This last point leads to my next one. If government doesn't listen or respect its people and there concerns then I am concerned about more than the bill. I have enjoyed the benefits of socialized medicine in the UK and I will admit that there are advantages so education and analyzing appropriate methods would have been the best direction. People should understand the benefits of social welfare systems but they also need to realize that they have a price. Americans don't tend to understand this nor what 'socialism' is.
I opinion is that this was poorly organized and damages the image of American government. However, President Obama and his agenda were what won the election so this is the result. Have the people spoken?
I will not summarize the contents of the bill partly because I don't know much truth about it, which brings me to my first concern...
1) Why is the bill not viewable by the public? We are the government we should have access to such legislation especially when the President promised it to us. I cannot trust the media or the politicians to tell me what is in the bill.
2) Costs I believe are underestimated. Cost will go up with the government regulation (control) over supply.
3) Regulation can be a good thing but controlling the market diminishes incentive and limits the abilities of capitalism to work. I understand market failures and the need for government but whether or not this is the appropriate method is debatable for me.
4) The government will require every person to buy health insurance. This makes people pay the government just to live. It is human right to live not a privilege. We are granted life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness but I have to write a check to the government to live? The government now grants my life--controls it?
5) Taxes will be collected for four years prior to the payout of benefits. I understand the need to maintain a budget but this isn't about paying for the program later, it is about collecting more money now for excessive spending.
6) Legislators would not listen to the concerns of the people. Our representatives were granted powers as delegates, not trustees, and if people are concerned why not take time to educate them on why this is important and show them the benefits of the bill as opposed to saying that the American people will like it later. Hmmm. Don't put words in my mouth.
7)This last point leads to my next one. If government doesn't listen or respect its people and there concerns then I am concerned about more than the bill. I have enjoyed the benefits of socialized medicine in the UK and I will admit that there are advantages so education and analyzing appropriate methods would have been the best direction. People should understand the benefits of social welfare systems but they also need to realize that they have a price. Americans don't tend to understand this nor what 'socialism' is.
I opinion is that this was poorly organized and damages the image of American government. However, President Obama and his agenda were what won the election so this is the result. Have the people spoken?
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