Paying for Government Health care, Madoff style

You have to hand it to the new administration: when they promised change, they meant it. Unfortunately, the change they promised is not the change they are focused on implementing. In his appeal to voters, candidate Obama promised to change the way business was done in Washington. But in their first month in office his team has shown itself devoted to hardball, insider and partisan politics, assembling an administration thick with veteran insiders, including several of the lobbyists they claimed had to be driven from the temple. But as we know, this is the quintessential end justifies the means crowd. The empty promises of were merely the means to effect the change that Democrats have sought for generations.

In their drive to swiftly make changes in the health care sector that will accelerate the move towards a complete government takeover, the administration has already, in four weeks, used political sleight of hand to move its agenda. Instead of introducing stand-alone legislation to expand government control of health care and allowing an open and transparent debate on the issue, the administration inserted major structural components of the socialized medicine system in the stimulus bill. This week, they will raise the curtain on their first budget bill which will have the accounting mechanisms for their takeover tucked away in the minutiae.

I just want to say something about the proposed preventive health care initiative.

Do you realize that many (millions) of people never go to a Doctor unless required? Now think that if all those individuals went to the Doctor every few months (or every month) for checkups, tests, etc. Do you really think that the total costs of health care will be lowered!

Sorry, but not only do I not agree with some of the stupid assumptions regarding preventive care but I think that they will bankrupt the country if enacted.

Sorry, but most of us, including all of the young and usually healthy individuals do NOT need to be spending their money on “MAYBE” health care. Their are a few instances of catch it early that will be helped, but for the majority, it will be useless.

Me, I haven’t been to a Doctor for over 40 years and hope for many years more. If I do go to a Doctor, it is a major event - not flu, cold, or some other stupid reason.

We have to eliminate the possibility of universal health insurance since it really is keyed to the elderly (of which I’m one). There is absolutely no need to drown our children with elderly health costs! GO AWAY you stupid government and health idiots.

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