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Single Payer

by M. Sidney Wallace

I saw an Email from a reader that asked a simple question.  The lady asked, “Just what does a single payer health care system mean?”  The question goes directly to the heart of our national decision.  On the surface my initial thoughts were of the financial nature, but it goes deeper than that. 

The national media (print and broadcast television) want everyone to think it is about providing equal health care service throughout the nation.  That is a canard for a political power grab. The president and liberal Democrats in congress want everyone else in the nation to pay.  President Obama has repeatedly stated he just wants to spread the wealth around.  Liberals believe that wealthy people have historically taken an unfair advantage of the poor.  They believe that past successful people have received their wealth unjustly from less than fair methods. 

Let us look at a few facts about a single payer health care system that are just around the corner. On the surface this is a very noble goal because no one wants to see another suffering with poor health.  Current life styles and customs make this goal impossible.  However, liberals eagerly change anything for others because it makes them feel better about themselves.   What will be eventually required to provide good health care for everyone?  Here are just a few and I am sure you could add many more.

1. Everyone will have to change their life style for the sake of national health care.  No sugar added cereal, no soft drinks, no red meat, no pop corn, no fried food, no coffee, no BBQ, no ice cream, no cookies, no cigarettes, no alcohol, no anything that some unnamed person in the government has determined is unhealthy to some other individual. 
2. Everyone will avoid spending time at the beach or outdoor recreation areas because of the danger of skin cancer from sunburns.
3. Everyone will share their homes with the poor so all can be warm and protected from the cold of winter during the winter months.
4. Everyone will share their homes with the poor so all can be kept cool on hot summer days. 
5. Everyone will change their life styles and work equally for national health care as the primary goal in life.  Another unnamed government bureaucrat will not allow resources to be squander on anything or anyone that does not improve the health care of everyone.
6. Everyone must walk or ride a bicycle to work because exercise is the better alternative and will eliminate over weight citizens.

A government that is the single entity making payment for all health care service is also a government that will also decide to whom and for what they are paying.  If a government bureaucrat judges someone worthy, the government will spend the money they determine reasonable.   If the government bureaucrat determines that the individual has been unworthy for past activities, then services are denied.  

For me, I prefer to make my own decisions on what health care I need.  I do not want some unnamed government bureaucrat a thousand miles away making the decisions.  The late Soviet Union was a single payer health care system.   Any one read George Orwell’s 1984 lately?

Who Should Make The Choice?

When I was a child my responsible parents made choices for me.  When I was a teenager they allowed me to start making my own choices.  When I made a bad choice, I learned from my mistake. I did not expect anyone to absolve me of my responsibilities.  This responsibility training allowed me to mature and take on more responsibilities.  This has been the history of Americans and that is why they have been a successful people. 

When I was a young man and moved out of my parent’s home to live on my own.  I bought cars, real estate, life and health insurance, and saved money for my retirement. The government did not give me anything except the freedom to choose. 

When I worked all week and wanted take my girlfriend out to dinner that was my choice.  If I ordered a steak with a baked potato, there was no government bureaucrat telling me that red meat was unhealthy and that I should have a veggie burger. 

I once decided to save some money to buy something I wanted.  There were no government bureaucrats asking me for what I was saving money.  My personal life was none of the federal government’s business. 

Let’s go back to my original question.  Who do you feel will make the best choices for you and your family, you or a government bureaucrat?  This is what the Democrat health care bill is all about.  There is no man made government in this world that can make the best decision for every situation.  The Democrat initiative is not about a government created national medical calamity, but about who makes the choices.

The United States grew to be the most prosperous and respected nation in the history of the world.  This growth was because individuals had the freedom to choose what was best themselves.   You can disregard the rhetoric on TV and radio. The choice is very simple and very clear. 

If you wish to make your own choices in life, then the Democrat Socialist proposals is not for you.  If you wish to have a government bureaucrat making all of your choices, then welcome to Obama’s world of socialism. 

All of the rhetoric boils down to who you think can make the best choice for you and your family.

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Mob Rule

by M. Sidney Wallace

Over the past few days, I have noticed many Democrats, the regular socialist and the blue dogs, speaking at town hall meetings.  The purpose of these meetings is to sell the proposed health care legislation pending before the Congress.  These meetings were then broadcast over television news.  The only problem was that the meetings turned into chaos as genuinely upset voters are demanding that their representatives simply read the legislation.

In the recent past, attendance at town hall meetings provided Democrat Representatives an opportunity to pontificate, grand stand and make promises for more government benefits.  Discussions and questions always covered who would receive the new government largest.  The people responsible for paying for the new government program were always the evil rich. 

The meeting attendees are upset with the sweeping socialistic proposals in the pending legislation.  They have read the bill on the Internet.  They understand that the legislation will cause significant changes that will be harmful to them and their offspring.   The Democrat Representatives are incapable of answering questions because they have not read the proposed bill.  They have left the construction of the bill to the socialist in the congress and the President.  The results are the voters jeering the Representative that is playing down their fears.

Nancy Pelosi, a true socialist democrat, said that all of the bedlam is the result of Republican rabble acting as a mob.  She also said that the insurance companies were paying people to attend and disrupt the meetings.  When challenged on these points she, as usual, could not provide any details. 

Now the conservative Republicans are the ones receiving praise for their opposition to the bill. As they hold town hall meetings in their districts, the meetings are civil and the voters are polite and respectful.  The representative is not there to sell something he does not believe in. The voters are cheering because of his or her stand in opposition to the bill.

This begs a basic question.  Why are there not large unruly mobs demanding that the conservative Republicans vote for this bill?  After all the Democrat Party, the President, and the national media says the nation is so evenly split on this issue.  They say it will be best for all Americans equally.   Could it be that the American voters are finally realizing they are losing their nation to a bunch of power hungry socialist?  Maybe equality for all is out of date. 

I suggest a new national expression: Equality for all that work for it.

Health Care summary: http://www.gulf1.com/HR3200_overview.pdf

Total Health Care Bill:  http://www.gulf1.com/HR3200.pdf