Obama To Nation: You Get 1 Hour

Contradicting candidate Obama, president Obama has granted the American public a generous 1 hour of debate over health care reform, which amounts to little more than a propaganda spot. C-SPAN's CEO, Brian Lamb, has said as much in this recent radio interview:



Given that a likely compromise bill would tally around 2,000 pages (both House and Senate versions were of similar size), 60 minutes of debate would necessitate the negotiation of some 33 pages per minute. Nice and thorough, huh? But again, why all the fuss over public disclosure? Notwithstanding the constitutional question of forcing all Americans to buy something via government fiat, how can Obama and the Democrats continue with this ruse? Furthermore, why the rush? Because it's an effort to shove this giant crap sandwich down our collective throats before we can even taste it and outright reject it.

People get sick here in the US every day, and whether you have insurance or not, an emergency room is required to treat you. This is the law. Our system is so great that illegals from Mexico and elsewhere (about 15 million) use it to treat themselves and their families. So what's at issue is NOT health care itself (we have the best health care in the world; the best doctors, technologies, hospitals, research facilities, etc.), but rather health insurance coverage. And here lies the root of the problem.

Health insurance was originally thought up as a product by which an individual or a family could protect themselves from financial ruin should a catastrophic illness or accident land them in the hospital. Nowadays, however, an individual's health has become the focus, so that a bevy of procedures ranging from annual checkups to gender reassignment surgeries must be covered by insurance carriers. This is a far cry from the original intention of health insurance, and with government intervention via the whole HMO gambit, it's no wonder that costs have skyrocketed. True reform would be one based on the free market. One that allows the consumer to research the best deals nationwide and purchase a policy out-of-state if he so desires. There are more than 1,700 insurance companies across the country. Surely there is a big enough market already from which consumers can choose a plan. The other option being considered would introduce yet another government bureaucracy that will drive all its competitors out of business because no private company could possibly undercut the government. Does this sound like a good thing? Then consider the current conditions of Medicare and Medicaid - both are debt-ridden entities. Things are going so swimmingly well for these government behemoths that the Mayo Clinic has refused treating Medicare patients altogether. And this is just a glimpse of what's to come (i.e. - denial of service) should a health care bill be signed into law.