Health Care, Part II -- No you can't solve it

So we finally get a president who wants to address this issue for a variety of reasons, surely to include.

I.  It is the fastest growing part of the federal budget, ok besides the war machine.  But after GW that would be hard to beat.

II.  The hardship on families.  Heck, nobody wins when bankruptcy claims a family, not the creditors, not the children, not any stable society.  

So instead of addressing this issue, what do the republicans do but stall, claim it is certain death, lie and fear monger.  And not offer a dam bit of help.  It was their proposal from 15 years ago, that was presented.  The President started in the middle, but largely left it up to congress.  I would he was gather certain their would be tugging on both sides, and more than anything he campaigned on the fact that we are not red or blue, but Americans, working for the best with a common good.  Well none of that came from the other side.

We all get sick & sooner or later everybody needs health care, so everybody should be paying something.  Yes American capitalism dictates you should get what you pay for and pay for what you get, who can deny somebody access to doctors when needed.  By law emergency rooms may not.  Nor do Americans think as Yell Liar Wilson says,  ER doctors should check for citizenship before assisting the injured.

I would think conservatives would be happy to see everybody pay in.  As stated in part I, how much do I as a paying customer pay my doctor to cover those who cannot pay.  No matter how one slices it, those with money will pay for health care for those without.  It should gall conservatives that people pay nothing and then get health care.  I guess they think that if they do, so long as bankruptcy takes everything they have, all is well and good.  They get nothing, start over and whatever drops of blood go to the creditor will do.

Nobody ever said this, but I think that conservatives think if you can't afford it you don't get it, and so be it.  I have money, so I can get health care.  You don't have money, so you can't have it.  You can pump my gas, or stock my grocery shelves, but you don't deserve to see a doctor.

It doesn't matter if you do or do not want to pay for other's health care, when you get it you do.  It makes so much more sense to require everybody to have skin and cash in the game.  Nobody ever brought up, that if you pay more you should get better care.  America after all is the land of cash talks, and nobody ever explicitly said that it should or should not be different in health care.  It is that way and it will continue to be that way.

Health Care, what is wrong part I.

Heck we all get sick, sooner or later we will all need medical attention.  It's a given.

Anybody can walk into an emergency room and receive treatment.  No sane human would want it any other way.

So why would people in our country want a system where you could opt out of being covered.  Why would we let employers get away with not contributing to their employee's inevitable trip for medical assistance.  If you are poor enough you get medicaid, if you are rich enough you get the best plan you can afford.

Since I own my own business and do fairly well, I can afford $600 a month for a policy with a $10,000 deductible for a married couple.

I also think only 65-70% of the money I pay actually ends up paying for health care, the rest to administration, profits & oh yeah, having them deny people who do want to pay, but are bad risk because they might have a pre-existing condition.

And then when I do get health care, my bills are over-inflated because, they need to pay for the folks who can't afford to pay.

The only break I get is that if I do pay on time, I get a break, usually 10% off for prompt payment.

So back to $600 a month for insurance, How the hell can anybody raising children and not making really good money afford anything close, unless it is paid at least mostly by an employer.  

And then when I will get old & really need the insurance company to cover bills for my frail used body, what do they do, turn the bill over to the government.

Why can't we talk like humans?

Disagreement, sure, but outright nastiness is what is going on in the right wing media.  It's shear racism in the 21st century.  Maybe some greed too and some Any Rand fiction thrown in as well.     I can't wait to hear the Tea Party Response.  And who the heck decided they could speak.  What we need is a Progressive Party to counter the racists.   I swear to god these tea baggers think that a black president no matter what is just handing out rent vouchers and bags of cocaine to every fucking black person out there.

I'm fucking rambling, but this is my first blog.