I found this today and thought it was "very well made propaganda". Meaning if you are under-educated you might believe this to be true. It will give you a good idea of what liberal politicians believe.
A few notes about the video:
1. This was done by a liberal organization who believes in socialist healthcare.
2. "Quality of the American healthcare system is ranked 37th in the world": As per the World Health Organization year 2000 report. The WHO is a socialistic organization that believes in government healthcare. They stopped doing rankings in 2000 according to them because of the difficulty of all that was involved in doing such a ranking. So in other words, they realized they cannot deliver accurate rankings. If done fairly, the US would probably be ranked in the top five. The truth is countries that have government run healthcare send their citizens to the US to get quality, complex procedures. The rest of their people wait in long lines to get simpler procedures done.
3. “No out of pocket expenses, no co pays, no deductibles, no coinsurance”: Just higher taxes for everyone. The money has to come from somewhere, it doesn’t magically come form the “healthcare fairy” does it?
4. “People love choices, you can go to any doctor”: No you will go to the Dr. the government tells you to. Choices, that's one thing you definitely will NOT be getting from government healthcare. Choices come from a free market system. And by the way the government is the one keeping the health providers from moving across state boarders.
5. "A 10% tax, something millionaires will be able to cope with": (a) they are overestimating how many millionaires there are. This still would not pay for the system they are proposing. (b) isn't that stealing? Taking from the rich giving to the poor? I believe if we look at history we will find that charity works, stealing doesn't.
6. One thing no one is taking about. When a system is "paid for" and is "free" meaning there are no co-pays, no expenses, no out of pocket costs, aren't people going to over-use the system? If it's "free" aren't you going to go to the doctor no matter what the problem? On the other hand, if you have some financial responsibility in the matter and you decide its not really that necessary you may not go. Government healthcare only gives you the inconvenience of waiting in long lines as the deterrent to overusing their system.
7. And lastly without "incentive," like in a free market economy, what drives you to do your job goes down. This means, as seen in Canada and the UK, quality healthcare tends to go away. With government telling physicians how much they can charge, the very skilled ones will begin to look for work elsewhere and/or a more lucrative profession. Unfortunately even the most kind-hearted human being has the "whats in it for me" mentality. This is why socialism doesn't work people like to be rewarded for their hard work.
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Promo for National Healthcare: This is NOT what I believe
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