Posted by
Kevin Herrick on Tuesday, July 28, 2009 11:00:00 AM
Obamacare seems to have come to a screeching halt just before going over the cliff of no return. IF Republicans and Blue Dog Dems hold off Pelosi and Reid till after the August recess we have a great chance of eliminating the Government option, ie Government take over of our Health Care system.
Obama has been crying that there is a Health Care CRISIS in America that must be addressed NOW. This is a lie. America has the best Health care system in the world. What we have is a HEALTH CARE COST ptoblem. How do you fix a cost problem? By Increasing costs as the Dem Bill would do? Of course not! Everyone has an opinion on what reforms should look like so I may as well throw in my 2 cents worth. Here is what I believe should make up any Health Care reform package:
1 Tort reform. Law suits are a huge reason for the steady rise in costs. Patients must be protected from obvious mal practice, ie drunk of drug influenced Doctors, wrong surgery, out right neglect... surely a clear definition of mal practice can be agreed on. Suits that are frivolous, or because a Doctor gave an accepted treatment that did not work should not be allowed. People get sick, people die. Someone does not always have to pay. Life happens.
2 Allow individuals and Companies to obtain coverage from any state in the country. This would immediately increase competition. Why should some one in NY pay more for equal coverage as someone in Georgia?
3 Create co-ops or regional groups of small business who could be pooled to combine their employees inorder to get Insurance equal to large corporations.
4 Insurance must be portable
5 Hospital costs soar because they must pay for illegals and others who have no health insurance. Why cannot the Governmant re-imberse Hospitals for all or most of these costs? This would surely be far less than the 1-2 TRILLION DOLLARS the Dems want to spend on a Governmant take over.
These are the main planks I want to see in any Health Care reform Bill. Lower COSTS NOT CARE! Sensible Health Care NOT Socialized Health Care!
Thats My View From The Right