Congress just cannot seem to spend my tax dollars fast enough. As someone who doles out Medicaid on a daily basis to people who lie about their income, this really ticks me off. I’m not saying that health insurance is cheap, but we have to prioritize people. Do you know how many people would rather pay $100 plus for a good cable package, $50 plus for fast internet, drive a new vehicle, have cell phones, etc … than pay for their own freaking health insurance? Too many! I guess they figure, “Why should we? Uncle Sam will cover our butts.”
The entire article is here, but this quote is interesting:
The insurance bill is considered Washington’s most important legislation this year on health coverage.
Are you kidding me? Congress doing important legislation? I think we can all agree that’s a joke with the current opportunists hanging out in DC. Not to mention the term insurance. Call it what it is, welfare. Insurance is something that is paid for by private citizens. Welfare is something that’s expected. Something people are entitled to for crying out loud. Give me, give me, give me. Problem is, somebody has to freaking pay for it, and that somebody is me with my tax dollars.
Here’s more from the article:
But now the administration is saying that has gone too far. Bush’s advisers say the president strongly supports renewal of the program but wants it to return to its original intent of helping children — not adults — and confining itself to those near the poverty line.
“We are ready to renew our commitment to low-income children today,” Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt said. “But we cannot agree to a gradual government takeover of healthcare — and neither will the American people.”
That saying, you give some people an inch and they’ll take a mile — well, turns out it’s true.
You should really check this out. Defiant Infidel linked to it a while back. Very frustrating to say the least.
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People are so naive to think the Federal Gov’t will solve every problem in life.
Vance had a good post on Socializing Medicine. I’ve seen some of those facts in Forbes as well, where the number of uninsured is inflated by Michael Moore and others with an agenda. Lots of people are deliberately uninsured and lots are here illegally.
I agree Neil.
My family has gone without health insurance before. Were we ever denied medical treatment? Nope. Did we have to pay for the treatment out of our own pocket? Yep. Sometimes choices and priorities have to be made. We made those choices without feeling entitled that the government was responsible for us.
We currently have health insurance, but still do not run to the doctor over every sniffle because there’s that little issue called co-pays and deductibles. Speaking of which, if we are ever able to transition people off of Medicaid and onto some type of normal health insurance, they’ll still gripe because they will have co-pays and deductibles. We know that won’t be good enough because they want everything FREE FREE FREE.
Hi Tammi,
My theory on health care in America has long been that we need insurance plans that are not intended to provide the absolute best possible service. As it stands today, while I consider our plan reasonable, it’s much more expensive than it has to be, if we had the option to cut out coverage of extreme measures. Honestly, neither my wife nor I want to be kept alive for weeks, at insane expense, when the doctors know that there is a very short limit on how long they can keep us alive, after some accident or serious illness brings us down. Considering that the majority of money spent on health care falls into this kind of situation, the simple option of saying, “keep me alive if there’s a reasonable hope that I’ll go back to a normal life, but let me die a month or two early if that’s not going to happen,” would allow almost everyone to have health insurance at most reasonable rates. Of course, the trial lawyers and the ACLU will not like this at all, but then, I don’t particularly like trial lawyers or the ACLU either.
the Grit
Hi Grit,
Our health insurance is outrageous, but the majority of it is paid by my employer. Still, it does cost us out of pocket every month.
I understand your wish, but I personally never want to be denied the right for myself or a loved on to be kept alive at an insane expense.
However, I’m with you 100% on not liking trial lawyers and the ACLU.
Hey — welcome to Conservablogs. I think we will have much fun around this place. Also, I plan on pointing every global warming nut I run across straight to your place.