MY PROBLEMS WITH HEALTH CARE REFORM PLAN

1. I’m on Medicare. I have a supplementary policy through AARP. I’ve got good coverage, have the doctors and the dentist I want, and I get good service. Why should I be forced to give this up for a worse plan?

2. There is so much fraud and waste in Medicare and in government in general. Why should I be forced to pay more taxes before they fix the management problems they already have?

3. Everyday, people go to the emergency room for a so-called “cold” or aching thumb, just so they can get out of work for the day. Why do I want to see that problem balloon?

4. Why can’t they rein in costs first, by capping malpractice payouts and allowing Canadian drugs into the country? They could also cap charges for hospital stays and insurance profits.

5. Since this is really a welfare proposal, why can’t it be handled like the Food Stamp program? You go in and qualify and get benefits tied into your ability to pay.

6. What do employers have to do with it? If an employee negotiates with his employer and the employer agrees to furnish the insurance, that’s part of the employee’s compensation package. If the employer pays the employee more wages and salary and tells the employee to get his own insurance, there’s nothing wrong with that. So, where do we get off telling employers that they have to provide the insurance or pay the penalty? Doesn’t that amount to taking the employers money or property, (a crime).

7. Why should a hard-working man or woman be forced to pay for the health care of someone who willingly sits on their ass and draws welfare?

8. If 12 million Mexicans are here illegally, where does Congress have the right to force ME, a natural citizen, to pay for their health care?

9. In order to compete with foreign countries in the manufacture and sale of goods, won’t more businesses just simply ship their manufacturing out of the country, adding to the unemployment numbers?

10. Won’t small business owners lay off their employees and get their family members to help them run the business?

11. How many federal employees and agencies will be added to administer and oversee the new program?

12. Part of the problem of high costs is that we don’t currently have enough qualified providers in the system. The new plan will cap pay and prevent good doctors and providers from earning according to their professionalism and abilities. This will lead to a further decline in the patient/provider ratio.

13. We have the best health care in the world. Why do we have to tinker with it?

14. Why is the President and Congress targeting seniors by taking away Medicare and capping the benefits and treatments they can receive? Isn't this, like abortion, simply government-funded homicide?

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.