Will Health Care Reform Really Help You?

I don't know about you but when I try to come up with my own personal list of well run government entities that do an excellent job of controlling costs and providing quality service, my list is fairly short. In fact, come to think about it; it's empty! The closest thing I could personally come up with is the post office. Now before you start laughing at me and making strange faces, think about it for a minute or two. It is one of the few government run entities that does still function (at least most of the time) and the last time I checked, I was still getting mail. Based solely on the criteria of being able to function and complete the basic task at hand which in this case is delivering mail; mission accomplished. Maybe the government having a heavy hand in the health care system wouldn't be so bad?

Are you ready to let a similar organization take control of the health care system for you and your loved ones?

Neither am I! Let's take a closer look at it for a moment. The stated goal behind health care reform is to provide quality health care to everyone, including the disadvantaged and to cut costs and improve efficiency. Moving back to our post office example for a moment, If I recall correctly they recently proposed suspending Saturday mail delivery due to an extremely inefficient system that allowed them to lose billions of dollars last year alone. Cutting health care costs and improving efficiency, I believe that would be strike one. Thinking back to the last time I forced myself to actually set foot inside a post office, I recall standing in line for what seemed like a small prison sentence only to be greeted with a rude demeanor from an individual who clearly did not want to be there and was hoping beyond hope that I wouldn't be there either. If you are counting along at home, that would be strike two! Now, what about providing health insurance and medical care to everyone in the country whether they are here legally or not? The last time I visited an emergency room, not only were those folks very much receiving health care but they were receiving it for free and getting it while I sat in the waiting room. Strike three! I'll take a pass on this one in favor of maintaining my current freedom to choose where, when, and how to get my health care. After all, I am still paying my health insurance premiums every month!