Health Reform Continued

Watching the uproar around the country, I decided to research what this bill actually was about. I think that the health care reform bill's resistance is due to the feeling that choice is being removed. America has traditionally been about choice and this bill appears to take those choices away especially from the most vulnerable citizens--the elderly, chronically/critically ill, poor, and even the over weight. Anytime the government has run things, for example, the Post Office and Amtrack it has been a disaster. Why can't we work with the insurance agencies to accomplish affordable health care for all? Why not issue vouchers for help in paying for health care instead of forcing people to take this 1015 page package that will inevitably lead to more and more government control of individual lives? The wording in the reform bill has the potential of taking us into the euthanasia arena. Other countries, including Canada, have experience with socialized medicine. How is it going with those people?

One area Chuck Norris pointed out is that the government would send people to your house to teach you how to raise your children. How is that not an invasion of privacy? We keep being told that the concerns raised are not true, but I'm sure people feel like the German people were told the same thing. It is a bit disconcerting to listen to the fear expressed by those people on both sides of the debate. There are those, of course, that don't trust anything the government attempts to foist off on us and also those who believe that the government is taking care of us. I propose that they are both off base. It has always been unwise to be on the outer limits of any belief system. Fear is natural and good if coupled with informed choices, but can create fanaticism if not contained. The additional fear that we are being lied to compounds the issue.

I appeal to those who ride the wave behind those who SAY they know what this bill is proposing to read it for yourself and not take what others are saying by faith. They may be right in what they are saying, but then again how will you know if you don't do the research for yourself?