Government Health Care Plan

I got this in an email the other day regarding the health care plan that the government is trying to write up and I just had to post about it.

We’re going to pass a health care plan written by a committee whose head says he doesn’t understand it, passed by a Congress that hasn’t read it but exempts themselves from it, signed by a president that also hasn’t read it and who smokes, with funding administered by a treasury chief who didn’t pay his taxes, overseen by a surgeon general who is obese, and financed by a country that’s nearly broke.

What could possibly go wrong?

Now, I didn’t write this, it was sent to me by someone who received it, etc.  But shall we take a look at this little paragraph.  I mean, everyone who doesn’t have insurance and can’t afford insurance wants government health care so they have insurance.  But I’m wondering if these same people actually know what they are in for if this health care plan is passed.

I do NOT know what is written in the actual health care plan and to be honest, I probably won’t read it if it’s available.  I will give you my opinion on what is quoted above and my opinion on a government provided health care plan.

First, let’s look at the quoted paragraph.  How true is the paragraph?  Well, I can tell you that at least some of it is completely true.  Has it been written by a committee whose head says he doesn’t understand it?  Don’t know, as I’ve said, I haven’nt read it nor read/seen anything where real people talked about it.  Has it been pass by Congress, who hasn’t read it and wants to exempt themselves from it?  Again, don’t know but I wouldn’t doubt that they want to exempt themselves from it…they have the best damn health care our taxpaying dollars can buy.  If it’s passed by Congress will the president read it and sign it?  Probably, he’s a moron.  And yes, he is/was a smoker so it would be interesting to see what it says about smokers in it, although not that it would matter to him, like Congress the taxpayers are paying for the best coverage for his health. The funding is being admistered by a treasury chief who didn’t pay his taxes.  THIS IS A FACT.  Well, he’s probably paid them now, BUT NO HE DID NOT PAY AT LEAST SOME OF HIS TAXES FOR FOUR OR FIVES YEARS!!! And when questions about it during his confirmation hearing admitted that he didn’t pay them on time and used the excuse that he didn’t know he was supposed to pay those taxes.  Now, I know I’m not the brightest, but even I learned in Introduction to Taxation that you are required to pay all of your taxes!  Would this plan be overseen by an obese person?  Don’t know and doesn’t really matter unless it states somewhere in the plan that if you are obese then you won’t be covered. Will it be financed by a broke country?  Ummm, YES!  The United States of America is so far in debt that it isn’t even funny.  Yeah, blame Bush because of the war.  If that’s the best you got then you have major problems because you obviously DID NOT really read the quoted paragraph!

Now, let’s look at my opinion.  Do we need a government health care plan?  NO.  Why?  Because those of us who are paying our taxes every week/month (pay period) don’t need another tax burden!  I’m tired of my tax dollars going to other people!  I already have to cover welfare with my taxes why should I be responsible for someone elses health care?

You give me a plan that EVERYONE MUST put money into in order to use and only those that are using it and I’ll think about it.  But I WILL NOT pay the same amount of money for my family of three as someone with 8 children!!!  I WILL NOT pay for someone elses kids!

Don’t get me wrong, I think everyone has the right to insurance, but it shouldn’t be on my dime.  I have to pay for my health care, everyone else should too.  What I think the government should be working instead of trying to control us even more with their own health care plan is to fix what we already have!  Tell these insurance companies that they can’t charge us these outrageous amounts for health care and not give us anything in return.  We pay A LOT for our insurance and then we still have to pay co-pays, deductibles, and for things that the insurance won’t cover.  Then take a look at medicare and fix that.  Make it work.  That is supposed to be the health care for those making too little to afford the private insurance, but yet you have too damn many rules to be approved and where you can go, etc.  If both my husband and I were to lose our jobs today we’d be shit out of luck for any insurance because we would have made too much money this year to get medicare, yet we aren’t working and can’t get private.  How messed up is that?

FIX WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE INSTEAD OF TRYING TO CREATE SOMETHING NEW!!!