Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Is there really a health care crisis?

Medicaid is there, and for two bucks, an indigent person can get medical coverage and medicine.
Medicare is there for the elderly. Imperfect, yes—but a subsidized option.
Medicare also has part D coverage and then Drug companies provide discounts and countless ways to save—just by applying through the manufacturer
Illegal aliens can walk into any ER and get treated, and they usually pay nothing! They need furnish no proof that they are citizens.
As it is, Doctor’s pay an insane amount of money to pay off their loans, and exorbitant amounts in malpractice reform. Then, once they are licensed and practicing, they must live with the spiderlike web of red tape that ends up killing the enthusiasm of even the brightest shining prodigy’s.
What this administration wants to do is to mandate a universal plan. The plan might cost 50 billion to one trillion dollars, to cover an additional 44 million Americans. (That number includes illegal aliens, people who can afford insurance and chose not to, and those who are young and would rather not spend money on insurance). Whittiling down the number to a approximate total of legal citizens’ who could not afford , and are truly in need to about 14 million.
The one trillion dollar plan to cover 14 million people will help those people, at the expense of the rest of America. More people would need to be covered, and the prescribers’ would have to take a smaller, negotiated rate for the extra people they see. That is why rationing is a logical next step.
The United States Health Care system is second to none, but has a problem that could save millions of dollars each year. It is not to revamp the system and add another layer of government. It is to stop providing any and all medical care for illegal aliens. The money that could be saved by that alone could provide policies for the 14 million American’s that are in need, and can not afford care.

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