The commonsense of the 60's tells us that straight welfare does not work in America or anywhere else. Paying people to do nothing simply enables them to continue to do nothing, and there is no incentive to get off the dole, because initially you may not be able to earn enough to make it worthwhile.
1) Everyone acknowledges that all United States citizens deserve to have health care.
2) Pre-existing conditions should not deny anyone the option of keeping health care to cover them regardless of the circumstances.
3) No one should be denied coverage because of their age.
These are the problems we need to address. There may be others, but these are key.
There is no example of government health care providing these options and doing it better or at a cheaper price than free enterprise. Medicare and Medicaid are great, but both are going bankrupt. They can't take in enough money to cover what is being spent. If we can't provide cheaper and better quality service here, then what could possibly make us think the government could do it better for everyone in the United States.
Ever stood in line at the post office? Is this the kind of service you want or require?
Ever stood in line to renew a driver's license? Perhaps you like taking a number and waiting for the bureaucrat to call your number only to be told you may now wait in another line to have your picture taken.
When you were in the military, didn't you just love the service when you had to see a doctor, that outranked you, the customer. That is, if you saw a doctor and not a medical corpsman. How was that experience of going to one medical unit only to be told they needed your x-rays from department y.
Don't get me wrong. It was all free wasn't it?
Nothing in life that is free has the urgency to it that something that is paid for has. Nothing that is free has any incentive to lower costs. In fact it encourages accelerated use. The government operates on a 40 hour work week, except in rare instances. That means we will need more doctors and more nurses to do the job and they are in short supply already. We will pay them higher wages for fewer hours and we will let them retire at 50 instead of 65.
Where in government have we ever done anything faster, cheaper, and smarter than free enterprise. Name one!
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