Are there people who “fall through the cracks” when it comes to obtaining health care? Absolutely! Are some changes needed? YES! However, voting “yes” on a 2,000 + page bill that you have not read and do not understand is just ludicrous. Again, in childhood, we all learned that you never sign anything until you know what you are signing! Nancy Pelosi (followed by Joe Donnelly), however, has led the Congress to do just that…again!
Yes, there should be reform. There must be reform. Some priority areas include tort reform, insurance industry reform and opening up the ability to buy insurance across state lines. These changes and many more would make our healthcare delivery system go from good to great! As it is, the healthcare reform that is being pushed by our politicians will ultimately limit care, increase mandates, and increase costs. You do not need a MBA to realize that cutting care, increasing most premiums and increasing taxes is not the best way to push forward a program that is fraught with waste and special interest spending. Hoosier common sense would focus on the various “improvement areas” and methodically pass the various “understandable bills” over a 12 to 24 month time period. This approach would be much more effective than the current frantic and chaotic rush which will ultimately result in a federal government takeover of our healthcare system. It has been estimated that the House bill creates over 100 new government entities. I believe this is exactly what we don’t need to improve our healthcare system.
Let me be very specific on one very important item. Having a good understanding of nationalized healthcare systems around the world, leads to the knowledge that there is always, with no exceptions, one loser. That loser is the ELDERLY. It may not happen immediately, but within a couple of years, healthcare dollars are increasingly moved away from caring for the elderly and funneled into the younger members of the population. We have a generation of people who contributed their own hard earned money…paycheck after paycheck after paycheck, to pay for their future healthcare. Now, our seniors will be pushed into a position of being stripped of their ability to obtain the healthcare which they so richly deserve.
Why the rush to push through a healthcare reform bill that few have read and even fewer actually understand? It is because politicians are more worried about “Doing Something”, not necessarily the “Right Thing”. It is time to have a fiscally responsible person who understands healthcare fight for what the people of Indiana REALLY want. Access to excellent and affordable healthcare without having to agree to political back door deals. The current approach is wrong and is not what most Hoosiers want or need. Enough is Enough! It is time for someone to go to Washington who will actually listen to the people and represent Hoosier common sense in dealing with these important issues.