TELL BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA THAT HE IS FULL OF IT!
Posted on 07/10/2009 10:04:21 AM PDT by Mobile Vulgus
For those that want universal healthcare, the panacea of "coverage" is expected to "give" all those currently without healthcare coverage the access they need to the medical care they now lack. This sounds wonderful all things being equal. It sounds caring and big hearted of them to want everyone to get medical care. But what is the practical outcome of this desire with a system in government hands?
Obama has claimed that he wants to create a sort of standard minimum of coverage provided by government for those entirely without. Again, it sounds like a great idea but how long does that minimum standard stay minimum? Unfortunately, what might be considered minimum now would quickly become all inclusive with just every kind of service imaginable added to the plan as inevitable government "mission creep" continues to raise the bar for political reasons.
Where today a government administrator might imagine that liposuction, botox, and sex change operations don't fit a minimum coverage, inevitably some Congressman or Senator would have a high donating constituent, or some advocacy group that would cajole them to add it later. this will inevitably cause costs to the government plan to grow without end.
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