Population... Health Care
“People are dying in America because they have no health care!”
That was what people in Europe thought about America before Health Care was nationalized… socialized.
The fact is, that was a myth. Is a myth. American hospitals would not turn people away from life-saving care, even if they did not have health care.
Health care DOES NOT keep you from getting care when you are about to die. Yes, certain medicines or treatments may be off limit to you because you can’t afford it. But if you get shot, they are not going to not treat you. Plus, even if you DO have health care, even then there are medicines or treatments that may be off limit to you because you can’t afford it. That is how the medical world works. No, that is how the world works. No matter how unfortunate that may be, all countries are like that. Socialized or not. Health care helps you PAY for it. You can always walk into the door whether you have it or not.
So what did socializing health care do? Nothing. Except put it in the hands of the government. Except now it can be a federal crime if you don’t obey the government's rules for having health care. Except now we are ALL paying for your health care through taxes - and that means ALL our taxes are increased accordingly. Except now nurses and doctors are paid by the government and not by services rendered. Why is that important? They get paid regardless of service! Except now the government can DICTATE what policies the hospitals do or do not endorse. Except now the health care system has MORE bureaucratic and convoluted operating systems than before. Except now there is a monopoly on the system - owned by the government. That is socialism. Not all of this has completely come to pass, but trust me, it is a slippery slope. You can use other nations as examples. It has started to happen. Stories abound.
What was it before? The people took care of it. It was a private endeavor that an individual or a business did transactions with. Laissez Faire - which meant that the price for insurance was competitive. Competitive may sound bad, but in economics, it is a VERY GOOD thing. It means that different companies competed for the best prices (which means the prices typically GO DOWN for the customers!) Monopolies cause prices to rise, Competition causes prices to fall. Competition among insurance policies also meant competing benefits (which typically means better benefits for us).
So why did we socialize? Because we were caught up in the lie that people were dying without health care. The myth. We were caught up in a good intentioned sounding slogans - Health Care for ALL!
We had health care for all, we just didn’t have health INSURANCE for all. Big difference.
Jared Williams
That was what people in Europe thought about America before Health Care was nationalized… socialized.
The fact is, that was a myth. Is a myth. American hospitals would not turn people away from life-saving care, even if they did not have health care.
Health care DOES NOT keep you from getting care when you are about to die. Yes, certain medicines or treatments may be off limit to you because you can’t afford it. But if you get shot, they are not going to not treat you. Plus, even if you DO have health care, even then there are medicines or treatments that may be off limit to you because you can’t afford it. That is how the medical world works. No, that is how the world works. No matter how unfortunate that may be, all countries are like that. Socialized or not. Health care helps you PAY for it. You can always walk into the door whether you have it or not.
So what did socializing health care do? Nothing. Except put it in the hands of the government. Except now it can be a federal crime if you don’t obey the government's rules for having health care. Except now we are ALL paying for your health care through taxes - and that means ALL our taxes are increased accordingly. Except now nurses and doctors are paid by the government and not by services rendered. Why is that important? They get paid regardless of service! Except now the government can DICTATE what policies the hospitals do or do not endorse. Except now the health care system has MORE bureaucratic and convoluted operating systems than before. Except now there is a monopoly on the system - owned by the government. That is socialism. Not all of this has completely come to pass, but trust me, it is a slippery slope. You can use other nations as examples. It has started to happen. Stories abound.
What was it before? The people took care of it. It was a private endeavor that an individual or a business did transactions with. Laissez Faire - which meant that the price for insurance was competitive. Competitive may sound bad, but in economics, it is a VERY GOOD thing. It means that different companies competed for the best prices (which means the prices typically GO DOWN for the customers!) Monopolies cause prices to rise, Competition causes prices to fall. Competition among insurance policies also meant competing benefits (which typically means better benefits for us).
So why did we socialize? Because we were caught up in the lie that people were dying without health care. The myth. We were caught up in a good intentioned sounding slogans - Health Care for ALL!
We had health care for all, we just didn’t have health INSURANCE for all. Big difference.
Jared Williams
