I just saw that the number one item on the list of Iowan democrats is health care. I will explore that on this blog.
It would be great if the cost of medical care was less and that more people could afford first class health care. Can we all agree on that? Given this starting point, what can we or should we do? That is the big question. Like any decision, now that we have an objective, what are the alternatives? Here is my list.
(1) Make health care cost less.
(2) Get someone else to pay for your health care
(3) Get people to earn more so they can afford their health care
(Remember, any alternative selected has to be "worth it".)
I think that you can see that there are only two of the alternatives above that are morally responsible and those are (1) and (3). Forcing someone else to pay your health care cost is clearly not ethical or moral. It is little different than theft as is bank robbery. Now, how about the other two?
What we should be doing is asking voters if they would recommend that their children become doctors. Further, we should ask them if they would recommend that their children charge "less" for their services as doctors. I think you know the answers that you would get. The same people who want cheap or free health care do not want to pay for their own children to go to medical school or for them to charge less. Is that the depth of real dishonesty? I think so
Now for some more details. If we could graduate new doctors faster or cheaper, it would be possible for them to charge less. Now, that would be progress. As it stands now, what we do is "import" over 50% of our doctors from places where they have doctor shortages. It that ethical? I don't think so even if it might be more economical. Have you ever heard a politician who has proposed how we might produce more doctors here? No! All you hear is complaints about the cost, not the solution.
Now for (3), if we were richer on an individual basis we could pay for our own health care cost. What is the main reason that people can not now afford their health care cost? I think that the two tallest ten poles are:
(1) High school drop outs
(2) Taking worthless classes in high school and college
(3) Getting knocked up out of wedlock or having children that one can not care for
(4) Allowing a legal system that allows lawyers to prey on doctors and the medical system
Ask yourself this simple question. "Would you prefer your child to become a doctor or a lawyer". If you really feel that health cost is too high, then you should want your child to be part of the solution rather than part of the problem. Simple isn't?
I have pointed this out in prior blogs that the currency of the future is "technology" and "intellect". As a parent, if you have not gotten this message thru to your children, I think that you have failed your children and indirectly the country. The country is driven by the quality of the decisions that each of us make day by day and you know it!
Another point, we know that any thing that our government does cost at least "twice" as much as individuals doing it themselves. You only have to look around to see that this is true and I am not just talking about the federal government. It is true at all levels. Home schooling your kids is superior and cheaper than sending them to government run schools. This has been proven over and over again. What if the government had a program that paid for your hair cut? You know that it would cost twice as much and you hair cut would not be as good. Given it the case, why do people keep asking the government to take on more and more? It is stupid and you must know it!
It would be great if the cost of medical care was less and that more people could afford first class health care. Can we all agree on that? Given this starting point, what can we or should we do? That is the big question. Like any decision, now that we have an objective, what are the alternatives? Here is my list.
(1) Make health care cost less.
(2) Get someone else to pay for your health care
(3) Get people to earn more so they can afford their health care
(Remember, any alternative selected has to be "worth it".)
I think that you can see that there are only two of the alternatives above that are morally responsible and those are (1) and (3). Forcing someone else to pay your health care cost is clearly not ethical or moral. It is little different than theft as is bank robbery. Now, how about the other two?
What we should be doing is asking voters if they would recommend that their children become doctors. Further, we should ask them if they would recommend that their children charge "less" for their services as doctors. I think you know the answers that you would get. The same people who want cheap or free health care do not want to pay for their own children to go to medical school or for them to charge less. Is that the depth of real dishonesty? I think so
Now for some more details. If we could graduate new doctors faster or cheaper, it would be possible for them to charge less. Now, that would be progress. As it stands now, what we do is "import" over 50% of our doctors from places where they have doctor shortages. It that ethical? I don't think so even if it might be more economical. Have you ever heard a politician who has proposed how we might produce more doctors here? No! All you hear is complaints about the cost, not the solution.
Now for (3), if we were richer on an individual basis we could pay for our own health care cost. What is the main reason that people can not now afford their health care cost? I think that the two tallest ten poles are:
(1) High school drop outs
(2) Taking worthless classes in high school and college
(3) Getting knocked up out of wedlock or having children that one can not care for
(4) Allowing a legal system that allows lawyers to prey on doctors and the medical system
Ask yourself this simple question. "Would you prefer your child to become a doctor or a lawyer". If you really feel that health cost is too high, then you should want your child to be part of the solution rather than part of the problem. Simple isn't?
I have pointed this out in prior blogs that the currency of the future is "technology" and "intellect". As a parent, if you have not gotten this message thru to your children, I think that you have failed your children and indirectly the country. The country is driven by the quality of the decisions that each of us make day by day and you know it!
Another point, we know that any thing that our government does cost at least "twice" as much as individuals doing it themselves. You only have to look around to see that this is true and I am not just talking about the federal government. It is true at all levels. Home schooling your kids is superior and cheaper than sending them to government run schools. This has been proven over and over again. What if the government had a program that paid for your hair cut? You know that it would cost twice as much and you hair cut would not be as good. Given it the case, why do people keep asking the government to take on more and more? It is stupid and you must know it!
