Letter from Langdon: Happy with Health Care? | Daily Yonder | Keep It Rural
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I'm surprised that rural Americans would even think about asking government to solve their health care problems for them, or trust them to do so for that matter. Since when have we bowed our heads and held out our hand for the dole?
It's interesting to note that the majority of the comments quoted in this article (from those not volunteering) do not support government changes to health care, and rightfully so. As the government becomes more involved in health care, costs are guaranteed to go up, and quality and speed of service to go down.
If we take a good hard look at our current health care system we find that the government already pays for about half of the health care provided in the United States through Medicaid, Medicare, and Veteran Services. We also find that the costs are high because of government regulation and restrictions on services, charges and payment.
Another law, another layer of complexity and more taxes are not what we need; they will not solve this dilemma. The real answer is ending all government health care programs and regulation of the health care industry. But who will keep doctors and hospitals honest and safe you ask? We will. Doctors and hospitals can't make money if we don't patronize them. Right now we go where we have to go to get covered and whatever service we get, well it is what it is. Imagine going where the service is best and shopping around to get the best price, if the government isn't part of the equation any more, this could actually be an affordable reality for more than just the few people who can afford it now.
Considering the lack of promised transparency and horrendous bowing to special interest groups (and foreign powers) exhibited by this administration, any health care plan proposed will be a bloated, two thousand page, fly by night bill that will further divide our partisan federal government and will burden the American people far beyond what we complain of today.
