For the lefties out there, are you really that out of touch in thinking that the only people opposing Obama's Health Care reform are right wing racist nut jobs? Come on, really? That's pathetic. How is this H.R. 3200 not an attempt in shoving a HUGE, sloppy, bureaucratic mess down American throats? For starters, it's 1017 pages. WTF!?! How much does 1,017 8.5 X 11 pages weigh by the way? I respect your ideology, but really, you honestly can look at this bill with objective eyes and still support it whole-heartedly?
For the right wing nut jobs: You have every right to be pissed off about Health Care, but dressing up like lumberjacks and screaming about Obama's birth certificate lacks substance and makes the rest of us conservatives look like passengers riding on the short bus to nowhere. Stop it!
Now back to the issue. I've heard time and time again, the left complaining about the right not presenting an alternative to the Obama plan. For starters, we don't need an alternative to the Obama plan, we just want to put a stop to this GINORMOUS (all caps to annoy the ever-living bleep out of you) bill. Secondly, there are plenty of fantastic ideas about Health Care reform that do not involve adding to our already gargantuan government. Let's talk about a few:
1.) Utilize this wonderful concept called capitalism and open up the market to allow insurance companies to compete, regardless of where the consumer or the insurance company resides. Currently, approximately 50% of Health care cost is wasted on bureaucracy. For anyone who thinks that our current system is based on the free market and capitalism, you're dead wrong. Also, the reason why you think you're getting gouged by the insurance companies is the fact that they are essentially state-run monopolies. How many Health Care Insurance options do you have through your employer? Exactly! If we open up the market, we'll see our prices drop thanks to competition and the free market at work.
2.) Currently, we pay for insurance for a period of one year through our employers and then renew. That's a big screw job if you ask me. We need to be able to purchase long term Health Care insurance contracts, sort of like term life insurance. Why? Because you will be guaranteed a fixed price for the cost of insurance for a long period of time (10, 15, 20 years). Right now, if I had a heart attack under my current insurance provider (and assuming I survive said heart attack), which direction do you think my insurance cost will go? You guessed it..... straight up! If, on the other hand, I had a long-term Health Insurance contract, I would be protected per the terms of my contract.
3.) Higher premiums = pay for Health Care with more cash = more competition = lower cost. Look at the prices of contact lenses: Holy Jeepers this stuff is Cheap! How do you pay for contact lenses? CASH! How do you pay for Lasik in most cases? CASH! By the way, have Lasik surgery prices gone up or down in the last decade? How about:
Here's my one question quiz for you:
What causes this phenomona of increased supply of goods and services and a steady stream of decreasing prices over time?
A) Capitalism and the Free market
B) Government regulation and subsidies out of the goodness of their political hearts
C) Aliens playing jedi mind tricks on business' forcing them to lower their prices or else!
D) Chuck Norris
Summary: Let's get the government out of this and the free market in shall we? Obama is trying to spray all sorts of perfume on this pig called Obama Care, or H.R. 3200 or whatever you want to call it. At the end of the day, it's still a smelly pig and it stinks on ice. Peeeeee eeeeeeeeeew!
My two cents, you can keep the "change".
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