I'm certainly not saying something shouldn't be done. Believe me, at what I pay out-of-pocket for my health insurance, I'd be thrilled if something could be done to fix the exorbitant costs of health insurance.
That said, I DON'T think the federal government is the one to run it. The federal government has yet to demontrate it can administer ANYTHING with any amount of success without running it into the ground (as far as federal spending programs go). We have plenty of examples to choose from: Social Security: broke, Medicare/Medicaid: broke, Freddie Mac&Fannie Mae: broke, Indian Health Service: broke and a pathetic excuse for a health care system run COMPLETELY by the federal government, USPS: broke and subsidized by private money, Amtrak: broke. The list goes on and on.
And if anyone believes this program can be implemented without raising taxes or a decline in the quality of care, then they are living in a fantasy land.
I don't trust the federal government with my money, and aside from delivering the mail, protecting the borders, and collecting taxes, they need to stay the hell out of my life.
I agree something needs to be done, but this is not it.
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Date: 2009-09-12 06:34 pm (UTC)That said, I DON'T think the federal government is the one to run it. The federal government has yet to demontrate it can administer ANYTHING with any amount of success without running it into the ground (as far as federal spending programs go). We have plenty of examples to choose from: Social Security: broke, Medicare/Medicaid: broke, Freddie Mac&Fannie Mae: broke, Indian Health Service: broke and a pathetic excuse for a health care system run COMPLETELY by the federal government, USPS: broke and subsidized by private money, Amtrak: broke. The list goes on and on.
And if anyone believes this program can be implemented without raising taxes or a decline in the quality of care, then they are living in a fantasy land.
I don't trust the federal government with my money, and aside from delivering the mail, protecting the borders, and collecting taxes, they need to stay the hell out of my life.
I agree something needs to be done, but this is not it.