Ranting

[worldoflucky]

Dear god, how can a conservative trust the government to know how to run a military, conduct political dealings and handle VA benefits, but think they cant handle medical plans.

Additionally how can those people assume that a profit driven insurance megacorporations can handle medical care and have a person's health as their priority better then the government? There is a reason they are profit driven, its not to help us with our medical costs.

Comments

[lillyflowers.livejournal.com]

Profit driven companies never have your best interests at heart, and if you do wind up taken care of, it's by stroke of luck. I don't hate my insurance company, they've been pretty good over the years. But, for years now it goes up $400-500/year. This year, which starts w/the Sept. premium, saw no change in the cost. Think some company is a bit scared of single payer system? Me too.

[bardon.livejournal.com]

Because people can be incredibly stupid?

This is an observation not the granting of permission, btw. ;)

[olaflutherson.livejournal.com]

Tisk, tisk, tisk... you KNOW I'm ultra consrvative and don't trust them to do health care.

After serving for 20 years, the LAST place I want to be is in a VA or Military hospital. Just recently, an Army doc told me I had glocoma! (for the record, it was an improperly executed test) I've supposedly had RA too. Most vets will tell you that the government run medical service for the military is horriffic. You wait for hours to see docs (even with appointments), expensive treatments may be denied just for lack of money, someone higher ranking used up the funds on their cosmetic surgery, you may be denied service just because you or a family doesn't fit a present profile, etc

This is an example of how badly things will go. It is how our government does business and will keep doing it... VERY POORLY!

Government does things that aren't profitable. Their job is to spend money, not make it. They should be relegated to functions where profit is not possible. Like infrastructure, defense, regulation of business.

Personally, I'd rather see an insurance reform attempt rather than govt take-over of the medical system. I know from my relatives that mal-practice insurance can cost 60-70% of a doctor's income. So in my opinion, we are looking at the wrong element in this equation... don't put the government in control of the health care system, let them do something about the corrupt insurance industry that fuels the problem...

[mickeemao.livejournal.com]

Great post!
As for the VA, my father's used it all of his life and he's never had a complaint - meanwhile, I went to a private hospital for emergency treatment after a bike wreck and they misdiagnosed my arm injury. There are good and bad doctors everywhere you go.
Not that this makes any difference - the plan being proposed will not be a government run plan, as ibakeit4u mentioned before.