With the hustle and bustle of health care reform, I still can not fathom how the health care bill that is hovering in the house for approval will be good for us as Americans. I spent some time today reading "the bill" (which is apparently too hard for our elected leaders to do). In order to give a well balanced opinion on the thing, I thought it was only right in order that I peruse the bill. Here are some of my thoughts:

1. Items of "reform." I would agree that we do need reform...but not the health care system. The American Health Care System is the best, by far. If you disagree with that...have you been living under a rock? Let's think about this for a minute. People from other countries who have a form of universal health care come here for health care. Why is that? Universal Health care options have waiting lists of people in order of their claim. There are higher chances of you dying on the list that receiving the health care that you need. What we should focus on here in America is not a government funded / administered system, but a private organization to regulate the payments for the health care claims.

2. Health care is a privilege, not a right. When you go on vacation, you choose what hotel you wish to stay at, based upon the funds that you have available. You can either stay at a five-star resort, or the local Hampton Inn. The same goes for health care. You pay for what you get. Health care should no be a hand out for anyone. I am sorry to say that. I know some of you may be thinking "oh, how Conservative of you. You just hate us folks who can't afford health care. WE WANT GOVERNMENT RUN HEALTH CARE!" No, I do not hate...It is just common sense. Health care should have a cost to those who obtain it.

3. Information about "Health Care Reform" The fact that the Obama administration is being shady about giving out information about this 1000+ page bill should be a tell-tale sign that it is not right for America. If the health care bill passes, we will be that far closer to a government-ran society...aka: socialism. If the Government can get a hold of our lives with health care, they know that they will have most of the control of our lives that they will need in order to implement more systems of socialism. Obama is a socialist at heart. Look at his policies and what he has done thus far.

4. The Government has lost their focus. I think of a quote by a President that I admire so much, Ronald Reagan ""Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives." The Government is a moving freight train that has gotten out of control, especially here in the last seven months since Bam-Bams came into office. People believed the lies and the flash cover ups, and elected a man who...yes wants "change", but it is a bad kind of change. If you did not do your homework during the Presidential election, you could easily be suckered into believing the lies that his campaign and ACORN had up their sleeve.

5. The figures are wrong. All programs that have been implemented by the Obama administration, notice one thing. Anything that has numbers involved, have been completely wrong. The amount they are saying this program will cost is wrong, it is too small to cover "everyone" the health care system is supposed t support. If, by chance...those numbers would have been correct, maybe they would have more support. The fact of the matter is, they were wrong. So, this system will fail.

6. The Post Office. For those that listened to Obama's speech the other day, I am going to use an example that Obama used. Look at the U.S. Postal Service and the private mail carriers. The post office is quickly failing. Over the last few years, the amount of mail that passes through them is quickly becoming a smaller and smaller amount. Look at FedEx and UPS. Those are doing just fine. Who runs the Postal Service? The Government. Who runs FedEx and UPS? Private companies. So... that right there proves my point...and the points of many others. The Government should not run an organization because they can not do anything right. Keep it private, for the best of the common good.

-Ken

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