Health Care Reform

I truly believe we are living in a new age of ignorance. The same media that keeps us more informed than ever causes more and more ignorance, for if you aren't careful, you'll fall for the worst propaganda.

I hear people say they are against government run health care. If you say this and you are consistent, then you must be opposed to Medicare, a government run single payer system. What is your alternative to Medicare?

The Republican Party opposed Medicare vehemently in 1965. They have fought it ever since. Ask America's seniors if they are opposed to Medicare. I daresay you won't find a single one opposed to Medicare.

The point is that we have a government run system now that works better than private insurance. Medicare overhead is less than half that of private insurance.

What's so great about private insurance now? If you don't have a major claim, it works great. But have you ever had a major claim? The paperwork goes on seemingly forever. Have you ever been denied coverage by your private insurer? If not, then you are lucky. But your time is coming.

Private insurers make their money by denying coverage, restricting coverage, and refusing people with preexisting conditions. They are in business to make money, and that's all they care about. I work in private industry. I know what I'm talking about. Companies will do whatever they have to do to keep making their profit margin. It's called Capitalism, and I believe in Capitalism--the free market--but when it comes to health care, the free market does not work.

This is what the ignorant do not understand, and the barage of propaganda from the private health care industry aims to keep it that way to protect their huge profits.