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Posted on 06/14/2009 9:25:34 PM PDT by rabscuttle385
Sixteen years ago, a relatively young, ambitious new Democratic president arrived in Washington determined to transform America's health care system.
His determination was not enough. When the American people took a closer look at the only question that really matters on health care reform - will the proposed changes ultimately help or hurt the patient? - they found President Clinton's ideas lacking. HillaryCare, as it became known, died a fairly spectacular death.
It seems in this case that history does, indeed, repeat itself, as the central premise of the Clinton health care proposals - funneling hundreds of billions of dollars to government in the naive hope that bureaucrats are the answer to our health care system's shortcomings - has come back into vogue with the arrival of another relatively young, ambitious new Democratic president in the White House. That does not mean, however, that the ideas have suddenly become any less objectionable.
Whether it's four-year waiting lines for major surgeries in Canada or four-hour wait times for emergency care in Britain, in practice, government-run health systems by and large fail the very patients they were created to protect. In these systems, access to doctors, surgeries and new lifesaving treatments are severely limited. Innovation is discouraged, and medical technologies are deficient, forcing patients to undergo more invasive and dangerous care. Patient outcomes are worse, and costs keep escalating.
Buying into the notion that good ideas don't have a shelf life, we would offer that medically sound and financially responsible alternatives are available to a government takeover of health care, keeping in mind the following principles.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
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I don't care if it improved things 500%. There is NOTHING in the constitution that allows such marxist interference in citizens' lives.
Ultimately doctors will be told who they will treat, how many they will treat, what city and state they will work in, and how much they can earn. After a generation of this far fewer will want to be physicians.
If Sanford keeps showing the same good sense I’ve seen so far, he’s got MY vote any time he wants it!!!
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