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Hillary Care Might Return

by Big Dog on Nov 13, 2006 at 22:03 Political

Hillary Clinton, who has been running for the 2008 Presidency while denying what is so blatantly obvious that Stevie Wonder can see it, has described an aggressive agenda which includes the resurrection of universal health care. Hillary and the rest of the donks do not understand there is no Constitutional authority to provide such services to everyone but they never let the Constitution stop them from spending money illegally. It is the Liberal Utopian idea that the wealthy (read that as anyone who pays taxes) should pay for the items in life that others can not afford. Perhaps these folks should just be like the ILLEGAL aliens and go to the Emergency Room and not pay for the care.

Health care is available and the system we have, while not perfect, is a hell of a lot better than the one the libs like to point to, the one in Canada. Canada has such poor health care delivery that wealthy people come to the United States to get care for serious illness. People in the US want to adopt a government run system that would guarantee long waits and no choices. The US military already has a system just like it which is run by, the government. Ineffective with long waits and very few choices in who to see for treatment or what drugs are available for treatment.

I have never seen a person denied emergent care. Sure, they were billed later for the care, but at least they are alive to pay the bill. They can do what they do when they buy a car, or other major item, pay for it on time. Most institutions will allow people to pay over time. It is their bill, they should pay it. But, the libs would have the rest of us pay it. They will tell you that evil pharmaceutical companies and greedy doctors are responsible when the fact is their trial lawyer friends have caused the cost of health care to sky rocket.

Lawyers like John Edwards sue for everything. Somewhere around nineteen out of every twenty dollars spent on research is for litigation and juries routinely award huge sums for malpractice causing the insurance rates to be so restrictive that many doctors are leaving their practices. The sue happy country in which we live has caused the problems with the cost of health care.

I recommend we require all doctors who have student loans to serve a certain number of years in free clinics. People who use the clinics will have to show their income and prove they are really poor and they will be required to pay a nominal fee so as to discourage abuse. Doctors who lose their licenses for malpractice could be put on probation working in these clinics. If they do not screw up they can appeal the decision to remove their licenses. We can also take the doctors out of the penal system. Inmates get much better health care than the indigent so we can reverse that trend. I have seen jail health care and the inmates get all kinds of feel good pills at taxpayer expense. Give them an over the counter Motrin and make them pay for it. I would also check the status of every person entering a hospital for treatment (everyone means no profiling) and then refuse non-emergent cases and force those with emergencies to go to jail when they recuperate (not before because there will be no doctors in jail).

We will be in for a fun time as they try to pick our pockets. Those of us in the middle class who are “rich.” One last thing, take a look at the picture of Hillary in the linked article. Does it look like she sits on her ass too much? She has more chins than a Chinese phone book.

Source:
Breitbart

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