Health Care Reform

What troubles me about health care reform is not trying to help others. I've spent most of my adult life doing just that. Probably in the last 5 years, I've given more to non-profit charity than most pay in taxes in a year. I've worked projects to help others in need. Even further, part of my yearly holiday time is actually serving meals to those that are in need. I've NEVER seen one person from Congress there in the 7 years I've lived in Houston. We serve meals on Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve to those that cannot afford them. The lines are long and go on for hours. Many Houstonians pour in and help out to serve meals, clean up, cook food and other tasks that go into serving 30,000 people. So, do not tell me that I do not care about those in need.

However, maybe it's me, but my trust that government will get it right is not there. As yourself as an American, do you really think that you will collect Social Security when you retire? You are currently giving 12.9% of your check to that. If you make $1000, $120.90 is going to your government. Google Social Security Solvency for more information.

By contrast, forcing us in 2014 to have health insurance or pay a penalty, sounds ludicrous to me. It's 2010 right now. The current administration will not be in office then. to further illuminate this, most in Congress will not be in office then, save for a few lifers. They are all trumpeting that they made health insurance for all Americans mandatory.

Please do not look to Canada for a model of how this works. Look at the State of Massachusetts and their model for how this is working. Please take into account that this model is in its infancy. However, it needs to be examined for what is being done right to get health care and what is being done wrong.

Google for articles that will show you that we are having a health care shortage of primary care physicians. Our country is founded upon free enterprise. A very darwin way of working, i.e. the strongest will survive. Those that voted for this measure, do not believe that is the way to go, i.e. free market. Our free market is why Warren Buffett is considered a shrewd man. He gets what makes this economy work. Congress has taken this away. Giving 34 million access to health care seems like a "golly gosh lets help the underprivileged". I know these people should not EVER be denied health care or be denied because of pre-existing conditions.

Is that what is broken? I believe that is the source of the problem. What is wrong here, is that there are people that do not have access to health insurance for reasons. Why didn't our Congress address the actual problems. This is on both sides of the aisle I believe.

Why didn't they look at our system of helping those that cannot help themselves. That is what our government should do. That I believe is what our government is for. It is does things, like test meat to ensure that the public doesn't get bad meat, produce and the like.

I am at a crossroads on this for a couple of reasons. One, I think the Republicans dropped the ball on this one. They've had many chances to fix this system, as they had an opportunity to make this happen. Now that the tables are turned, they are in a reactive mode instead of proactive. Hindsight is 20/20 as we all know.

Where do we go from here? I personally thinking helping those less fortunate is a dubious task. Can the private sector fix this problem on their own? I do not think so, personally, as the market is predicated upon supply and demand. There are clinics for the disadvantaged that doctors all over the country are working at, on their own dime. This is not getting to those that need care.

Part of the bill from what I read was to move more to preventative care rather than reactive care. I am hopeful that this will help.

Not sure what the answers are, but maybe, just maybe, this will help us create a healthy dialogue of what is best for those that need it and not a tanning tax. If you don't know about this, there are so many hoodwinked deals in this bill.

I will write more on this later.