Oct 18th, 2009
Health Care
Okay – so I don’t get the push by our government for the current vision of health care reform – reform, as viewed by the Senate Finance Committee, the latest committee to throw a “plan” out there. On the surface, the taxes to fund this reform look to be coming from the health care industry (pharmaceuticals and medical supply companies), but when they leave the country for more hospitable climes, the government (read you and me – via taxes) will be subsidizing the shortfall.
As for government estimate of the cost of these programs – when has the federal government ever estimated, even remotely, close to the actual costs? Never.
I, like everyone else, have concerns over the cost and availability of decent medical care. But do I want another trillion or two added to our national debt, a debt my children and grandchildren will inherit to fund this reform? I think not – our government has done quite enough to burden our future generations, thank you very much.
The size of our government bureaucracy prohibits anything like efficiency. Perhaps the Senate Finance Committee should start there with health care reform.