Bill_Urick wrote on Tue, 08 September 2009 20:08 |
Just for what it's worth, probably not much. I've discussed this issue with two of my customers.
The first, a trauma surgeon at an Atlanta hospital. I brought it up since it was on CNN while I was at his house. Obviously, I was curious as to what he thought.
Today the second customer, a Haitian emigrant who grew up under the "Docs" started the conversation.
They both thought the government administering healthcare was a really bad idea.
The surgeon thought it would negatively impact the quality of care and the quality of people entering the field.
The gentleman from Haiti is just against anything that smacks of increased government control of our lives or any form of socialism. FWIW, he has always been well informed and thoughtful in his opinions. And very vocal about being politically conservative.
Having lived under an oppressive regime he is very appreciative of the freedoms and opportunities available in the US.
I don't think his opinions are racially motivated.
Personally while I feel there are problems that need to be addressed in our healthcare system, nationalization will create more problems than it solves.
But that is the trend, and it will happen eventually.
Perhaps we can just put it off a while longer.
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Bill, I can understand where your 2 friends are coming from and both have valid points.
But, I believe we are talking about a bill that creates a public option, which in turn creates a more competitive market place where health care costs and administration are concerned. Yes, the idea is to provide universal coverage, but no where in the bill does it talk about government control over the actual care and service's. Doctors will not be government employees and hospitals not be government shops. They will only be dealing with a new insurance provider with a very large group to provide for with buying power. Private insurance providers will then have to become more competitive with coverage. I believe this competition could straiten out a lot of what's wrong as a direct result of a new competitive market place, and we may even find some new private providers can do it better then the government.
If I have something wrong or missed something in the bill about goverment control over the actual care, please let me know.