Neal Boortz: WE HAVE A HEALTHCARE PLAN

Well, here’s the really dangerous, small-business killing part of Baucus’s plan: “require everyone to have health insurance.” Many people don’t have health insurance by choice for valid reasons. It’s one thing to make coverage available. It’s another thing to make people spend money on something when they may have greater needs in other areas.

Now, I understand “both major (pandering) parties, (the most honest ever) Congress, and (left-wing) consumer groups” saying that “the U.S. healthcare system is in shambles and needs reworking,” but don’t give me this nonsense that (cash-strapped) “employers” feel the same and want to pay even more government mandates out of their own limited funds and personnel needs.

Your “studies” about how miserable people are about our health care are suspicious and likely pretty fixed. Canadians who are forced to live with rationing of health care services like coming to the U.S. just fine. I have no problem with our medical services except having to wait too long in an emergency room with a kidney stone. (Too long with a kidney stone is about two minutes.)

The PwC report is so far off, it’s a laugh. I’ve seen other reports for government from them that say what the customer wants to hear. Go check all the disclaimers issued with the report and let me know if you have a lot of faith in it still.

Then, go check how great Hawaii’s government paid health care plan for children worked–it didn’t last a year because it ran over budget and out of money.

An, then, OH NO!, you quoted The NY Times!–quite the auhority on everything wrong with the U.S. How could we doubt that?

Health care issues are less about affordability versus priorities and choices in people’s lives. I’m not ready to break the budget on it and add to the madness of the already crazy federal spending in progress.