Universal Healthcare
Obama wants to give it to you. Hillary wants to give it to you. I don’t want it. Universal government healthcare for all. Sure, it sounds good. Take care of everyone. No one should be without health insurance.
Two problems. Who is going to give it to you and who is going to pay for it?
The second is easy. You are going to pay for it. Your tax money taken from your pay check will pay for health care. If you already have health care and a pay check, you’re getting nothing. It’s socialism – simple redistribution of wealth from you to someone else. You lose. If you have neither a paycheck or healthcare, then hey, maybe this is a deal for you. Maybe.
Who’s going to give it to you? The government. That is if the legislation passes and I’m not in office to veto it. I don’t trust the government to handle healthcare. There are countless examples of socialized medicine in other countries that result in people coming to the United States for medical care – long waits for simple procedures; no specialists... We have a system of excellence (but not perfection.) We have competition that reacts to supply and demand. Sure there are some flaws in the system and it’s expensive, but it’s the best and no one will ever turn you away when you are injured or seriously ill.
So we’re talking about dealing with the government when you’re sick. Think about the compassion that the IRS shows you around tax time… audit time… these are the people you want telling you what is best for you and your family’s health? “Look… your kid can live with one kidney…”
I just got off the phone with the United States Post Office. Great people I’m sure. But I didn’t talk to anyone there. I called to find out how to obtain a post office box. I got an automated voice telling me all about passports. (I was never asked to press 1 for English or 2 for passports or 3 for anything…) I now know about passport photos and the costs for passports (some payable to the Postmaster and some payable to the Department of State) and the requirements for taking my children out of the country (two parents required if they are under 14… one parent and a notarized document otherwise… plus a photo and a Social Security number…) I listened to the details on passports for several minutes. I figured surely at the end of all this, someone will talk to me.
Sure enough, after the passport education, the blessed words, “Now transferring you to an agent.” Ah, a human. Then the next recorded voice came on. “No extension for an agent has been listed...
...Goodbye.”
That was it. I was disconnected.
Is that what you want America? My chest feels a little funny. I’ll call 1-900-USA-SICK. (It’s not going to be a toll free call!) “Press 1 for passports.” (You may now need a passport to find better medical care in another country!) “Press 2 for AIDS information. Press 3 for chest pain…” Yes! 3. “I’m sorry, the House and Senate have not yet reached consensus on the definition of ‘pain’ at this point. Please check back later...
...Goodbye.”
Steve Adams was born and raised in Ohio, graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a Computer Science degree in 1988, and subsequently moved to Lexington KY. He has worked as a software engineer at an international technology company since 1989. He is married with two children. He is not politically correct, but is politically active. He is a registered INDEPENDENT, running for President of the United States in 2008. No joke. You can read all about it on www.PresidentAdams.com or e-mail Steve directly at Steve@PresidentAdams.com.
Two problems. Who is going to give it to you and who is going to pay for it?
The second is easy. You are going to pay for it. Your tax money taken from your pay check will pay for health care. If you already have health care and a pay check, you’re getting nothing. It’s socialism – simple redistribution of wealth from you to someone else. You lose. If you have neither a paycheck or healthcare, then hey, maybe this is a deal for you. Maybe.
Who’s going to give it to you? The government. That is if the legislation passes and I’m not in office to veto it. I don’t trust the government to handle healthcare. There are countless examples of socialized medicine in other countries that result in people coming to the United States for medical care – long waits for simple procedures; no specialists... We have a system of excellence (but not perfection.) We have competition that reacts to supply and demand. Sure there are some flaws in the system and it’s expensive, but it’s the best and no one will ever turn you away when you are injured or seriously ill.
So we’re talking about dealing with the government when you’re sick. Think about the compassion that the IRS shows you around tax time… audit time… these are the people you want telling you what is best for you and your family’s health? “Look… your kid can live with one kidney…”
I just got off the phone with the United States Post Office. Great people I’m sure. But I didn’t talk to anyone there. I called to find out how to obtain a post office box. I got an automated voice telling me all about passports. (I was never asked to press 1 for English or 2 for passports or 3 for anything…) I now know about passport photos and the costs for passports (some payable to the Postmaster and some payable to the Department of State) and the requirements for taking my children out of the country (two parents required if they are under 14… one parent and a notarized document otherwise… plus a photo and a Social Security number…) I listened to the details on passports for several minutes. I figured surely at the end of all this, someone will talk to me.
Sure enough, after the passport education, the blessed words, “Now transferring you to an agent.” Ah, a human. Then the next recorded voice came on. “No extension for an agent has been listed...
...Goodbye.”
That was it. I was disconnected.
Is that what you want America? My chest feels a little funny. I’ll call 1-900-USA-SICK. (It’s not going to be a toll free call!) “Press 1 for passports.” (You may now need a passport to find better medical care in another country!) “Press 2 for AIDS information. Press 3 for chest pain…” Yes! 3. “I’m sorry, the House and Senate have not yet reached consensus on the definition of ‘pain’ at this point. Please check back later...
...Goodbye.”
Steve Adams was born and raised in Ohio, graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a Computer Science degree in 1988, and subsequently moved to Lexington KY. He has worked as a software engineer at an international technology company since 1989. He is married with two children. He is not politically correct, but is politically active. He is a registered INDEPENDENT, running for President of the United States in 2008. No joke. You can read all about it on www.PresidentAdams.com or e-mail Steve directly at Steve@PresidentAdams.com.
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posted by Steve Adams | 2:51 PM
1 Comments:
This is so hilarious that I saw your blog. I was looking for a place to vent my frustrations with the Postal Service this morning. It made me think about universal health care and what it would be like to have to talk to people like the blithering idiots who work for the United States Postal Service to make decisions about what procedures I need or where to go to get them.
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