Wal Mart Health Care

HERE IS SOMETHING TO CHEW ON, HOMER.

Why do small towns fight like hell when WalMart wants to build a store in their town? Because it will drive the mom and pop stores out of business. What happens when the Feds go into competition with the private sector? The private sector can not compete against the Federal government. Does this new federal government insurance company have to pay tax? I really doubt it. Will there be any share holders. will they have to follow the same rules as the private sector? Nope nope and I really doubt it.

WHAT IS MISSING?

It seems to the conservatives or the Right that no one was complaining about the health care situation in our country until President Obama was sworn into office in January, 2009.The progressives, are pushing for a "public option", but at the same time the main street media says that no one actually knows what a "public option", is. From the way I see it, a public option is sort of like expanding Medicare pure and simple, okay so what is the big deal? The big deal at least from the view point of the Right, the conservatives and Libertarians is the way the health care bill has been written. It is a power grab and a way the Federal government can gain more control of our personal freedoms and lives.

The President also said we would not have to give up our private health care option. What happens when our employers make the change for us in order to save them money? When a corporation or small soul owner business provides health insurance for their employees, the employer pays part of the insurance as a benefit to the employee. Given a choice and to save labor cost why not let Good Old Uncle Sam pick up the tab.

There can not be any fair competition between the Federal government and the private sector.The progressives or as I call it the Obama's Faithful sidekick, do not hear what is being left out of the health care bill: tort reform, insuring the Illegal aliens and interstate sales of health insurance.

TORT REFORM

Currently when one goes to a doctor because they are feel like crap the doctor who knows crap probably knows what is wrong but to cover his or her butt puts his patient through numerous medical test. Look at a commercial for any and all medication on television and you will hear all the disclaimers and warnings. The warning labels on OTC medication like even Aspirin has health warnings covering half the bottle. It kind of reminds me of the old snake medicine salesman selling his junk out of the back of his wagon. "Yes sire bob, Billy Bob Johnson's Joint and pain lexer will cure weak bladders, flaky hair, scaly skin, dropsy, wooziness and snoring", says the man on the back of the wagon. The only difference is now the pill people are telling all the side affects their medication might cause, like sleeplessness, sore throats scaly skin, cancer, dropsy and death. This way they cover their butts. I guess if someone actually dies from taking this OTC Medication they can't sue for the cost of the funeral.

If the Tort reform were included in the health care bill, it would limit the amount of money a person could sue their doctor for. Currently people can seek millions of dollars for loss of sleep, humiliation, loss of sex drive, loss of jobs, depression and dropsy. I have yet to meet any who has suffered from Dropsy but apparently lots of people actually died of it during the 1800's as I have actually seen it listed on tomb stones in old grave yards.

Getting back to the Tort, doctors in an effort to cover their collective butts, cover every possibility that a patient could sue them if something goes wrong. In doing so the cost of performing a simple procedure can sky rocket. If the Feds were to put limitations people could sue their doctors and hospitals for, less CYB tests would be needed thusly lowering insurance costs. Thus making insurance more affordable for younger people to purchase. When a person is earning $2,000.00 a month or less and an insurance premium costs $1,200.00 who can afford that?

There is an option in the health care bill where by if a person does not choose to get health care insurance they will be fined by the feds $800.00 a year. $800.00 if they don't and over $12,000.00 if they get the insurance. Does anyone see this as an extra tax foisted on the young singe tax payer?

ILLEGALS

Currently if an illegal goes to a hospital E R, they will be treated free of charge, Fact, period.

President Obama said with a straight face, in front of Congress & on National TV that the health care bill would not cover Illegals or abortions.

If an Illegal Alien were to show up at an emergency room in the near future with a knife sticking out their leg, is the president telling us that the hospital will turn this person away with no medical care? This is America and not Mexico, we do not turn away people for lack of insurance.

ABORTIONS

The question of abortions in the health care bill is up in the air. At the same time, the United States gives big bucks to foreign countries to pay for abortions. If it is good enough for Mexico why not here. To some of us, the act of Abortion is the same as killing unborn children. A few years ago a fellow in California was actually convicted of killing his wife and Unborn baby. I find it ironic that if a person can be sent to prison for killing his pregnant wife and unborn child why is it that abortion doctors are not prosecuted for murder?

As we go forward in this debate, no matter what we the people on the right side of the political spectrum want, we will have to accept what the people on the Left ram down our thoughts.

I guess the question of the day is how much more will some people take of all these social changes. In my future blog post I will be writing a fictional story and I repeat it is all fiction it has not happened ......yet but will be along the lines of 1984 but takes place in 2034 or 50 after 1984. It should be fun and since I and my wife are the only ones who read my blog I can say anything I want and not need to be Politically Correct and hopefully I won't have to listen for a knock on my front door in the middle of the night but who knows who is out there in cyber space.