| There are almost 60 million Americans without Health | | | | Medical procedures cost 10 to 20 times what they |
| insurance. This number is greater than England, Japan | | | | should be simply because there is no limit to what can |
| and China added all together. The costs of medical | | | | be charged. Doctors do have a heavy burden with |
| procedures has skyrocketed to ridicules amounts. | | | | malpractice insurance along with a host of other issues |
| Drugs are marked up 1000 to 10,000 percent over | | | | that cause them to over charge for these procedures. |
| cost. Employers have reduced their contributions to | | | | However, if the government placed caps on |
| employee health care plans for 6 years in a row. It is a | | | | procedures like they do in all the other modern |
| sad state of affairs for the wealthiest country in the | | | | countries, then Health insurance rates would be able to |
| world. This problem is not getting better either, having a | | | | decline to a point where the average household could |
| steady pace growing each year. | | | | actually afford it. Some people claim that these |
| The problem is not with democrats or republicans, and | | | | procedures are counter to the American way of free |
| if you think it is then you have fallen into a trap that has | | | | enterprise; however we have to let the federal |
| been set for you on purpose. When you argue that | | | | reserve set and control the interest rate for the overall |
| the other side is at fault then you have displaced your | | | | good of the economy. Setting the cost for medical |
| energies from the true source. And, that's exactly | | | | procedures is simply an extension of that, for the well |
| what they want you to do. | | | | being of the people rather than their money. |
| Living in a capitalistic society as we do in the USA is a | | | | Ultimately, money is power, and the more money a |
| very good deal. I think it is the best system going | | | | company or person has the more power they have |
| personally, however there are faults with it that if left | | | | also. When Trillions of dollars are held among a group |
| unchecked can send us into an economic downfall of | | | | of people or corporations, then you only have to use |
| that of a third world country. All you have to do is look | | | | your common sense to imagine the power they can |
| at the facts of our national health care system as it is | | | | yield in certain ways, behind the scenes. It's the same |
| today and where it is heading. | | | | thing with oil, NAFTA, cigarettes and the continuous |
| Democrats did not create this problem, nor did | | | | elimination of the middle class that we are facing in |
| republicans. Sure you can remember how a certain | | | | America. |
| person voted on this or that, or how a certain party | | | | Its high time that Americans stopped being the tennis |
| passed this or that and you can listen to radio talk | | | | ball. Its time to be the tennis racket. I don't know what |
| shows who point the fingers at certain parties. If we | | | | the answer is, but I know until everyone realizes the |
| can't step back and see what is really going on, we will | | | | true cause that we will not find the answer. Lets fix |
| be hard pressed to fix the problem. | | | | Health care; the first step is to lay blame to the source |
| Pharmaceutical medicines are inflated up to 10,000 | | | | and not each other. Senators, Presidents and |
| percent or more for the simple reason that | | | | Congressmen are not the source of this problem, they |
| pharmaceutical companies and their lobbyist pay to | | | | are just the hired players. |
| keep cheaper drugs out of our country. These lobbyist | | | | There is an old saying that if you cut a snakes head |
| pay both sides of the aisle to insure that their drugs | | | | off, the tail will die. We have to concentrate on the |
| are the only ones that can be for sale in this country. If | | | | head of the snake; the pharmaceutical companies and |
| we could receive cheaper drugs from other sources | | | | their lobbyist. As we have learned the tail always |
| then the costs of medicine would immediately deflate | | | | grows back, to be replaced with yet another person |
| and half of the health care crisis would be solved. This | | | | from either party who continues the trend. Lets figure |
| would be fair competition just like our country is | | | | out a way to chop the head off! |
| supposed to promote and insure. | | | | |