The following is a comment from an old friend>>>>
Perry Lambert Our current private health insurance system is the most costly, wasteful, complicated and bureaucratic in the world. Today, 46 million people have no health insurance. Even more are underinsured with high deductibles and co-payments. Close to 20,000 Americans die each year because they don't have regular access to a doctor.The time is now for our nation to address the most profound moral and economic issue we face. The time is now for our country to join the rest of the industrialized world and provide cost-effective, comprehensive quality health care to every man, woman and child in our country. The time is now to take on the powerful special interests in the insurance and pharmaceutical industries and pass a single-payer national health care program.Send a message to Congress, sign the petition
and here is my response:
Perry...I love you man...but you really need to check your facts...of those 46 million, 21 are eligible for subsidies already in place. Also, that 46 million is not fixed, because it includes COBRA eligible and people in between jobs. Also, remember, there are the 22 yr old young and invincible that won't buy a $60/month policy because they don't... Read More think they need insurance. If you think things are bad now, wait. You tell me one thing the gov't runs well...Medicare? (it's broke and a huge reason premiums and healthcare cost for us private citizens is so expensive), the DMV?, Social Security?, the IRS (the tax code is over 60,000 pages), the Postal service? (they are losing money every day) FNMA? Medicaid? (They want to cut this...even our governor wants to cut SCHIP program). The proposed plan would cost use tax payors 1.6 trillion dollars over 10 yrs. (that is an extra 1.6 trillion of debt). The government is the main reason we're in this mess. Medicare reimbursements have run the Private practice GP out of business. The hospitals like Sutter, HCA, CHW have built monopolies. If the gov't is not going to pay them fairly for their services, who ends up footing the deficit? We private insureds! This is a very complex issue that has many working parts. The rest of the world comes to America when they really need ... more innovation in health care as we have the best care in the world...I could show you how our system really compares to the likes of Canada, Germany, England, Switzerland, France...it is frightening!!!! If you think health care is expensive now...WAIT TIL IT'S FREE!!!!RESPECTFULLY,CHUCK
