I think, Mary, that our government is becoming too big and too powerful. I think our political classes have degenerated into becoming a ruling political aristocracy of sorts. True - some advance on merit. Must say, Obama is a good example - the man was obviously talented and was groomed to have a big future. But - tell me, how many Senator's daughters work in emergency rooms of the nation's hospitals as nurses all night long? This is something which would be even strange to imagine. Question -- Why?
I seriously think that we have no business handing over healthcare to Washington. It is simply not necessary. We do need a Federal government - I'm not anti-government - let them run the defence, maintain a lawful society... -- but, imho, we need them in the medical examining rooms no more than we need them in our bedrooms.
More power corrupts more, and they are long overdue to get a lesson in humility, rather than get another couple of trillion dollars a year to play with.
Interesting that often those are the very same people who are concerned about corporatism who push the hardest for a dramatic increase in government. As if more power will not lead to more corporatist corruption.
I see several ways how to improve our healthcare, make it less expensive - and give relief to those who can't afford insurance. What we need is DEREGULATION, rather than more and tighter controls - which are always expensive [edit - we pay thousands upon thousands of salaries to people whose job is to help comply with government regulations. Do those regulations add much of any real value? My answer is, unequivocally, NO]. We need tort reform, which would be the first step in fighting the expensive culture of defensive medicine. We need portability. All this and many other things can be accomplished. What we do NOT need is government dictatorship in healthcare. We have way too much of it as it is. |
