So far, nearly three-quarters of a million people have signed an online petition designed to let our congress know that they (we) don’t want a government controlled/government run healthcare system.
We have seen what happens to EVERY government social program (e.g., social security): they go broke because the congress has no idea what the words “trust fund” mean. We have seen and heard the horror stories created by the National Healthcare systems in Canada and Britain we don’t need to emulate systems like that; but now our legislators are proposing a system that will do just that; it will force insurance (THEIR insurance) down our throats, increase everyone’s financial burden, put thousands of people in hospice-care situations and, in general, take away control of our own healthcare decisions.
Our current healthcare system IS NOT BROKE and doesn’t need to be trashed and replaced. The current system has some problems — no doubt about that — but most of the problems have either been caused by the U.S. government’s meddling and/or could easily be fixed with some sensible legislation.
The online petition is at
http://freeourhealthcarenow.com/. It specifies some basics for any healthcare legislation:
- Choice: The right of individuals to choose their own doctor and health insurance provider based on their own individual and family needs.
- Access: Patient-centered, not government-centered healthcare.
- Fairness: Fair taxation (and tax breaks) for individuals who buy their own insurance.
- Responsibility: Individual control over healthcare decisions and portability of insurance.
This petition, admittedly, does not say everything we as individuals want to say but it sends a sure signal to Congress that we don’t want Canadian or British healthcare — we want healthcare that is controlled by a patient and his or her physician.
If we can get congress to (1) trash that abominable, bureaucratic mess that is working its way through the legislature, (2) start listening to their constituents instead of the Obama-controlled robots that are in charge, and (3) understand that the government is the real problem, we might get some intelligent healthcare reform.
Please sign the petition! Go to: http://freeourhealthcarenow.com/
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Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackIt’s just sad to see stupidity displayed on this kind of scale.
Hint: Who has health care systems that outperform the US? EVERY other industrialized nation. Those “horror stories” you hear are mostly fictional or embellished or cherry picked form one person among several freaking million people the system covers who had a bad experience and then sold to you as being what care in those nations is “really” like by the health insurance lobby, who are protecting their ability to continue sucking your bank balance dry.
And who runs those superior systems for far less cost than the US? Once again: EVERY other industrialized nation.
And which of them do this by utilizing higher public sector involvement in their health care systems than the US does? All together now class: ALL of them. That’s right!
And which of them cover larger segments of their populations than the US does? Take a wild guess what the answer is. Go ahead. You can do it.
So yes, by all means, let’s all run out and sign a petition against paying lower costs for better service for more people! We can’t let that happen! It’ll be the end of civilization as we know it!
Of course, here’s the funny thing. The plan Congress is considering? It isn’t anywhere near a “government run” system, which means it isn’t going to work very well, which means you’re actually right to not be happy about it but you’re freaking out for all the wrong reasons.
canadian healthcare is teh best, i live in the us but know many canadians, the government is jealous! is is currupt to the bone!
“I love my country but I’m not blind to it’s imperfections ” - Oh yes you are! I hope that you are never ill AND poor.
what an amazing sense of entitlement that we seem to have. Health care, while it should be more affordable, will only rise under the current plan under consideration.
The bill itself is such a mess it should not be touched with a ten foot pole.
what an amazing sense of entitlement that we seem to have. Health care, while it should be more affordable, will only rise under the current plan under consideration.
The bill itself is such a mess it should not be touched with a ten foot pole.
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