Yes, let's just hand over all power to the government, since they're so altruistic, and they'll just decide what's best for us!

The concept that you can keep your doctor & insurance plan that Obama continuously underscores is a lie. Right on page 16 of the house bill, it says that all plans which are non-compliant with the government standard (which is all of them) have a deadline to get into compliance. If a person has to change anything in their policy due to a life event, change in coverage, etc. It then makes the plan uncompliant, and they have to move into the government option.

Another lie that the public is being forced-fed is the concept that people are being turned away for care. Doctors treat patients in spite of their ability to pay or their insurance coverage. People that walk into the emergency rooms get treated. Unlike in Britain, where there was a huge shortage in hospital beds for mothers to birth in. The government doesn't run anything well, save the IRS to take as much money from you as they can. The Postal Service, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and Veteran's Affairs healthcare are all broken systems. Don't kid yourself that they'll run the healthcare for every man, woman, and child any better.

Seniors will stand to lose quality of life under this nationalized healthcare. "Elective" procedures will become much harder to procure, since the national health board will just divide the cost by the years of benefit and decline to provide that treatment to seniors. Many people with steel hips, knees, and other operations to make them mobile will likely find themselves confined to wheelchairs. That doesn't lend to creating a more productive populace. Just a more sedentary one.
cptcannabis Reviewed by cptcannabis on . Health Reforms I've been watching the debate in the US about adopting a British style health system, I'd be interested to hear others take on this. The UK population has a higher life expectancy than the US. I have had many reasons to be thankful to the system we have and I've always believed we would be a lot worse if we followed the US way. Two comments I heard recently were. The only time we Brits have a lower life expectancy than the Americans is when we're on military manouvers with them. ;) Rating: 5