Health in US

People want a win-win situation but in the newly reformed health care program they can hardly see that. Rather, what they foresee is more taxation at a time when people are already burdened with the meltdown and the recession.

The people do agree that there are too many malpractices and corruption in place in the medical programs that are already run. This in turn is driving out the good doctors as at the end of the month they don’t have much of an earning left.

There is no doubt that more people certainly need to come into the fold of the health insurance plans. Also, the astronomical costs that are charged for the prescription medicines are driving the consumers up the wall.

At the same time the insurance companies and pharmaceutical companies have been making tremendous amounts of profits. At the same time, people don’t want to bear the burden of more tax at a time when more and more families are finding it hard to put the bread on the table regularly.

People are against these reforms because they don’t want any more of the socialized medicine network in their lands as they have seen that it has not been a great boon in other industrialized countries. The single payer system might bring down the paperwork and the efforts ultimately, but is certainly not going to be an answer to all concerns.

Also, this is going against the basic grain of democracy and the constitution. They are certainly not in favor of taking from the rich by means of higher and higher taxes and giving it out to the poor.

The thought of being penalized for not having adequate amounts of insurance is something that might not be constitutionally correct. For the very first time in the American history will the government have the right to penalize an individual for not having bought into a private product?

The example cited is of a country like Canada or the UK wherein the socialized form of medicine is the norm and hasn’t been really great. There are scores of Canadians who cross the border and come to the US for immediate medical attention as the wait in their own country is too long.

Same is the case with the NH in the UK. Also, in this kind of a system the senior citizen would have to wait longer for their turn to come up rather than someone who is young. Rather, than waiting for weeks and months to see a doctor the health care system wouldn’t help much.

Moreover, if the government is looking at filling the health care deficit then they will have to go on a stringent cost cutting measure. This will mean that there will be fewer doctors and not many will want to serve in the government run programs at all.

This kind of a health reform plan does not allow the citizens too many choices and leaves them with no options.