“Obamacare,” as it is frequently called, is perhaps the most controversial topic in the media and throughout the United States today. Supporters say that it will allow the poor to have health care. The opposition says that it is the beginning of the government’s move to socialism. I believe that the move to a public health care option is a trend that I don’t want to see in America.
I don’t trust the government of the United States. I hate to say it, but it is a well known fact that most of our congressmen are indeed criminals. I would like to believe that we live in a society where our representatives follow the Constitution, where liberty and justice mean something, and where the people are more important. In reality, those are dreams that died with our founding fathers. I have a hard time trusting that these people will give me reasonable health care benefits. The less money that the government spends on you, the more money they spend on themselves. For some reason, I don’t see myself getting a fair health care plan.
As many of you know, the debt of the United States is almost 12 trillion dollars. The cost of the new health care reform is said to cost about $1.6 trillion dollars. If you know anything about the government, you know that they get money from taxes. There will have to be all sorts of tax increases just to pay for this new health care bill alone. I don’t want my future children or grandchildren to pay for everyone in the United States’ health care.
Countries such as England, Canada, Australia, Cuba, Finland, and Israel are a few countries that have “public health care” in place. My grandmother, receiving quality care in the United States, was forced to receive health care in England even with her chronic condition of rheumatoid arthritis. In Canada, also running with public health care, the median wait time in Canada to see a special physician is a little over four weeks with 89.5 percent waiting less than three months. She has to receive a special type of medicine every two weeks just to keep the disease at bay. If left untreated, this type of arthritis attacks joints, and makes it nearly impossible for hand and feet to function. As a result of the treatment in England, my grandmother’s hands and feet are unshapely and extremely difficult to use. I wouldn’t want to see my grandmother suffer any more from this illness, and I certainly wouldn’t want our government to be the cause.
Public health care option has no place in the U.S.
Published: Thursday, October 22, 2009
Updated: Thursday, October 22, 2009
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Thank you for your comment. Ashley Corbett
FYI, I am trying to post a more lengthy response, but for some reason it is not being posted.
Your interest in the subject is also nice to see. However, please stop try and use more neutral sources when bolstering your opinion. I had previously engaged in a discussion with you, but I decided to stop when you started using sources such as the Daily Kos and the Huffington post, both extremely liberal web sites. I'd love to mash figured with you but your next move would probably be to start citing MSNBC's polls as fact.
--Ronald Reagan
Okay then, Ashley. There are 535 members of Congress - both the house and the senate. Please list for me at least 268 who are "indeed criminals."Oh, and good to hear that you trust Big Business but can't trust the government.