Socialism on parade and on the march -- the destruction of the best health care system in the world -- creating and nurturing Big Government programs to grow a dependent voting power base.
Managed health care has failed spectacularly around the world but even in the face of its unworkability, skyrocketing costs and loss of care, the U.S. government mandated ObamaCare presses forward.
One almost forgets how broke this state is while addressing all this high and mighty sounding “necessity”.
How in the hell does Brown plan on paying for this stuff?
I’ll make this observation on managed healthcare....having lived in Europe. There are five countries, where national healthcare has worked, been effective, and cost was kept to a reasonable situation. But before you run off to jump all over me for suggesting this....an example....Denmark.
You cross border into Denmark and quicky notice that the speed limit is dropped down compared to neighboring countries. Get onto a secondary road? Speed limit is roughly mid-50’s. Notice that the road is just a little bit wider than a typical American road? Yeah, it’s around three feet wider, and it does make a difference.
Notice limited traffic on the highways? Yeah....because gas is roughly $8.50 a gallon. Want a license....you need to be 16, and take a pretty extensive course. Caught drinking? You actually lose that license, with no waivers offered.
Booze? If you want a bottle of Jack Daniels...prepare to pay $30 for a bottle, where it might be $14 in the states. Smokes? You pay thirty to fifty percent more for a carton of Camels. Going to a bar? The only cheap drink is beer....so you stick with that...but it’s got a fair tax attached to it as well.
Noticed folks on bikes? Yeah....most folks get around a local community or town via walking or bikes, because gas is so expensive. So there’s not a bunch of heavy folks in your neighborhood. Notice few if any fast-food restaurants? Well.....it’s true, there just aren’t that many places to stop and grab a bit to eat. Even a town of 1k people....might be lucky to have one small grill establishment.
Heavy drug usage? No. Assaults? Very few, even in Copenhagen.
So the national health care system isn’t overly used, and the cost factor is kept to a minimum. The odds of running an operation like that in the US? Zero. We just wouldn’t agree with the society rules you see in Denmark.