Thread: Health Care in the USA

I have to admit that, on occasion, I have referred to the "bean counters" of health care dollars. I am aware that these people are also good folks. Very few people in this business really want to harm folks or don't care about what happens as result of their decisions. We are all just doing the best we can.

I do find it laughable that people haven't figured out that the people with the experience of managing health care dollars whom will have to be employed for the new kinder gentler health care system are the same coldblooded paper pushers they currently deride.

I do want people to consider potential unintended consequences of the proposed "solution".

A lot of the issues that divide us are health care issues. Once health care becomes public, it will be used for "right thinking Americans" to manage the lives of other Americans they feel aren't quite as clear headed as they are.

Potential issues - family planning, abortion, and birth control, assisted suicide, tobacco, alcohol, obesity, high risk activities like scuba or hang gliding, vaccination, end-of-life, fast food, homeopathy, chiropractic, herbs, gun control, helmet laws, drug use etc

These can all be on the table as they are either directly part of health care or impact how much money the health care system is forced to spend on their consequences.

"I resent my money going to pay for X. I don't think I should have to pay for someone else's bad decision. We either need to make them pay extra or limit/ban that activity"