Dr. Carson apparently understands that this 50 year fight of liberals has absolutely nothing to do with health care. It is about the government gaining power over individuals. There is no greater power than controlling who is allowed to live and who is allowed to die through Obama's rationing panels. He is only doing what he promised during his first election when he said he would withhold expensive treatments from elderly people who had already outlived their usefulness and simply give them a pain pill. He called giving his own grandmother a knee replacement ridiculous when a pain pill would only cost a few dollars. By the way, that already exists in the UK and Canada--2 systems liberals love to tout as great successes--if you are over 70 your healthcare is drastically limited because you no longer produce anything of value to the government and since the government is the only one who matters--people are expendable, you are screwed.
Universal health care is not free Government-run health care always becomes rationed health care!
There are many positive aspects of the American health care system. When you compare outcomes for specific illnesses the United States in among the best.
Obamacare is unacceptable
There is no instance in which a government has run a health care program more efficiently than the private sector. The only way universal health care can adequately address rising health care costs is by limiting available care. Rationing of care is not an acceptable health care delivery principle, nor is it an appropriate way to contain heath care costs. Read about the often vaunted Canadian Health Care system from a physician who has lived and worked within that system.
Universal care ensures that everyone gets the same care but of necessity it will be of lower quality. In order to control the cost the government will limit payments and determine treatments. Doctors will be required to only use what the government determined was the "best practice" to treat your case, even if it doesn't work for you. They will be punished for using treatments that were not a listed "best practice." Government directed medicine will result in fewer practitioners because their practice is controlled by the government, not their ability.
The shift to universal health care will inevitably exacerbate the shortage of doctors and limit access to technology because the government will only be able to afford a finite amount. Some legislators talk about a "medical arms race" where cities and municipalities are trying to spend more money on the best advances. They think this is a bad idea and want to limit the amount of technology that can be accessed in a given region. Supposedly this will reduce costs. In reality, it results in limited access, and long waits by patients—a form of rationing well known in Canada.
However noble the goal to provide all Americans with adequate health care, Obamacare is not the type of reform that will ensure everyone receives the care they need. Government-run, socialized medicine can only lead to rationed care because they contain no provisions to expand available care while adding patients to the system.
Dr. Carson apparently understands that this 50 year fight of liberals has absolutely nothing to do with health care. It is about the government gaining power over individuals. There is no greater power than controlling who is allowed to live and who is allowed to die through Obama's rationing panels. He is only doing what he promised during his first election when he said he would withhold expensive treatments from elderly people who had already outlived their usefulness and simply give them a pain pill. He called giving his own grandmother a knee replacement ridiculous when a pain pill would only cost a few dollars. By the way, that already exists in the UK and Canada--2 systems liberals love to tout as great successes--if you are over 70 your healthcare is drastically limited because you no longer produce anything of value to the government and since the government is the only one who matters--people are expendable, you are screwed.
ReplyDelete"It is slavery because it aims to make all of us subservient to the government," he said. "It was never about health care. It was about control."
ReplyDeleteDr. Carson further compared the new health care reform to policies envisioned by Vladimir Lenin, one of the fathers of socialism and communism.
"Socialized medicine is the keystone in the establishment of a socialist state,"
Universal health care is not free
ReplyDeleteGovernment-run health care always becomes rationed health care!
There are many positive aspects of the American health care system. When you compare outcomes for specific illnesses the United States in among the best.
Obamacare is unacceptable
There is no instance in which a government has run a health care program more efficiently than the private sector. The only way universal health care can adequately address rising health care costs is by limiting available care. Rationing of care is not an acceptable health care delivery principle, nor is it an appropriate way to contain heath care costs. Read about the often vaunted Canadian Health Care system from a physician who has lived and worked within that system.
Universal care ensures that everyone gets the same care but of necessity it will be of lower quality. In order to control the cost the government will limit payments and determine treatments. Doctors will be required to only use what the government determined was the "best practice" to treat your case, even if it doesn't work for you. They will be punished for using treatments that were not a listed "best practice." Government directed medicine will result in fewer practitioners because their practice is controlled by the government, not their ability.
The shift to universal health care will inevitably exacerbate the shortage of doctors and limit access to technology because the government will only be able to afford a finite amount. Some legislators talk about a "medical arms race" where cities and municipalities are trying to spend more money on the best advances. They think this is a bad idea and want to limit the amount of technology that can be accessed in a given region. Supposedly this will reduce costs. In reality, it results in limited access, and long waits by patients—a form of rationing well known in Canada.
ReplyDeleteHowever noble the goal to provide all Americans with adequate health care, Obamacare is not the type of reform that will ensure everyone receives the care they need. Government-run, socialized medicine can only lead to rationed care because they contain no provisions to expand available care while adding patients to the system.