Health Care II

Health care should be the same for everyone, rich or poor, connected or not.   We finally have a health care bill, and politicians are getting threats, and worse, for voting yea or nay.  What kind of country is this, that people are so full of hate they have to hurt someone for trying to do something right?  I do agree that this bill is not as good as it should be, but at least we can now see how change does or doesn't affect our lives.  I hope this is the first reform of many.  But the reaction of some is very scary; and very stupid and hateful on their part.

It seems to me that health care should be taken out of the realm of for profit insurance companies.  After all, these companies are in business to make a profit, to support themselves and their employees.  If the are unable to do so, they will simply close their doors; and then there will be less competition for each citizen's dollar.  Granted, I do not like insurance companies and think they make obscene amounts of profit, but I think their public images would immediately improve if they got out of the health care business.

Because health care is a people intensive occupation, and huge amounts of money are needed for research and development, and because there are endless tests, procedures, and more tests now available, I believe it should be taken out of the private sector and administered by the government.  At this point, I am not sure how the drug companies would fit in here; my inclination right now is that they should continue as they are, but with more impartiality in the testing they do.  I realize the government has a not-so-stellar reputation when it comes to running programs, but it can't do any worse than the insurance companies have done.  And when I say that everyone should have the same health care, I mean everyone, from the President of the United States, our congress people on down to the poorest of citizens.  I don't know if this would work in practice, but I am sure it can't be any worse, or any more expensive, than what we have now.