Debate? What Debate?

What is this healthcare debate all about? Is it about the doctors? You know the ones who will amputate the feet of diabetics and cut out tonsils of children just to make more money (said Obama)? Or the doctors who gathered at the White House and had a photo-op because “they are the most trusted group in America” (said Obama).
Or is it about Big Pharma who makes obscene profits (says Pelosi) or Big Pharma who agreed to contribute millions to make ads in favor of the government option in exchange for not having to negotiate drug prices with Medicare?
Or maybe it is the hard-hearted insurance companies who deny coverage just to make more money? Their profit margins are 2.5% while the cardboard industry has profit margins of 5.5%.
Whether Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, conservative, moderate, or liberal where in the U.S. Constitution does it give Congress the authority to make, as a condition of citizenship, the obligation to purchase any goods or services? In fact, if you do not purchase that service you are subject to fines and up to 5 yrs in prison.
Some will respond “we are required to buy car insurance”. Wrong. You are required to prove you can pay for damage you cause others up to $50,000. That could be in the form of a bond or you can buy car insurance – your choice.
The Senate’s bill covers 96% of Americans. What if you go along with this and find out you are part of the 4% left out. Then what?

The Vietnam Effect

I call it the “Vietnam Effect”. Every baby-boomer knows someone who was killed in Vietnam. Maybe a relative, a classmate, a neighbor or the barber’s son. If you didn’t know them directly you know someone who had a relative or friend who was killed and they told you about it. There were approximately 50,000 troops killed in Vietnam.
Why is it when the government tells us, as Harry Reid did, that more than 350,000 people filed for bankruptcy last year as a result of a medical issue, I don’t know a single one of them? If 50,000 affected everyone in the country, why is it everyone doesn’t know 3 or 4 of these 350,000? In fact, I only know one person who filed for bankruptcy in the past year. His reason was business related not medical.
Could it be that a number was used simply to magnify a problem that may not even exist? Could it be a lie? My suggestion is simple. When someone uses a number larger than 50,000 and you personally do not know anyone in the group, ask a friend or two if they do. If they don’t, you have just been told lie.
The hundreds of thousands who have been denied insurance due to existing condition – a lie. The millions who cannot afford insurance – a lie. The millions of uninsured children – a lie.
So, tell me again what problem they are trying to solve?