ruennsheng wrote:
I understand that the job problem is more important than the healthcare problem. However, the healthcare blues that America has now will exacerbate FUTURE job woes and threaten American economic competitiveness, because if we do not rein in healthcare costs now, I can envision a future of America falling the way Soviet Union did in the 80's --- structural fiscal problems that prevented it from supporting either the economy or the military --- against a not-so burdened country called C****.
And in addition, much as I loathe the mess in the current Democratic adminstration, I think the prevailing alternative --- that is, no healthcare reforms --- is actually more detrimental to American society as a whole. More and more people, including many of us Aspies, are losing health insurance because we either cannot pay increasing insurance dues, or that our treatments run in higher costs and hence we would have used out all the life insurance payments for our treatments.
I loathe big governments, but I hate the people to suffer more as we are increasingly unable to accept medical treatment. And if traditional low-cost treatment methods can hale the same ailments that we have as before, why not use them, as long as it works we should try them.
So I think the best solution now for the healthcare reform bill is still a single-payer system funded by the people, through the extension of Medisave or other similar schemes to all, but there should be conditions attached to ensure that the whole system is financially sustainable while ensuring that Americans are as free from life-threatening and life-restricting ills. And, if necessary, America should scale back unnecessary military commitment that are not really effectiveagainst the current state of non-state terrorism AND economic tussles.
Add this in. Abortion should not be funded by governmental dollars, this will be an exception to what's above because abortion means murder!
Look at the
Post Office ("It's on track this year for an operating loss of between $6 billion and $12 billion, debt surpassing $10 billion, and a $1 billion cash shortfall" writes
Fortune magazine),
DMV,
Amtrak. Meanwhile government run
GM is showing a loss while private sector competitor Ford is showing profits., Medicare and Medicaid are running in the red, and worst of all
social security is going to be out of cash by about 2020. All these points say the Government cannot run anything properly. Their experience and track record prove it. If someone handed you their resume with this much fail would you hire them? I wouldn't!
I DON'T want the Goverment to run health care. It needs to be a private sector thing. There are ways to reduce costs. First and foremost with tort reform! This change alone would help rid the system of ridiculous law suits that plague doctors everywhere. Next by removing the ban on interstate health care insurance this will open up literally thousands of low cost options because now all health care providers can compete nationally with each other. Increasing the transparency of hospital fees and coverage will empower people with the knowledge to make informed decisions about which provider they should purchase. These are just three ways to keep costs affordable. There are many others!
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A Proud Witness of Jehovah God (
JW.org)
Revelation 21:4 "And [God] will wipe out every tear from their eyes,
and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore.
The former things have passed away."
03 Nov 2009, 11:51 pm
