Should Our Government Dictate To Doctors How Much They Should Earn?
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The malady of socialism, whether we are aware of it or not, is spreading fast. There are many Americans that know better and cannot be talked into or politicized to believe that “free” is a justified norm that a society should provide. Nevertheless, there is a strong movement which includes the media that is focused on gradually persuading everyday Americans into believing that this is the right path by which we should all follow. This is very far from the truth.
As human beings, we will always be different in our wants and needs. As much as we are very much alike, we are also very, very different. For a government to propose an agenda that minimizes our individualism is to go against the very grain of our American substance. Yet, this is precisely what would happen if our government becomes our healthcare supplier. To start, this would mean that our doctors would have to fall in line with whatever the government would set in place with respect to reimbursement. This would eliminate any doctor from being able to effectively compete and charge a different fee for their services. This approach encourages and rewards mediocrity. It sets and accepts lower expectations.
This is a far cry from our American spirit which has throughout always viewed competition and hard work as the reason for our success. Our healthcare system needs reform, but not be handed over to our government to manage for us. Our government will never be an efficient operator of any business or any industry.
Our healthcare system through private industry is today a model that will evolve and our ability to attain affordable individual health insurance and family health insurance will improve. Our healthcare is and should be one of our most important industries. This industry needs support and reform, not to be scrapped. One has to just look at our government run Medicare system to imagine how more of that type of an operation would be under a public health plan.
Patricia Riggleman | October 16th, 2009 at 2:02 am #
Hello, I say no to that question, but ; I do think that there should be caps put on all the various medical providers,and insurance co. ’s !!! Just the same way that there are on malpractice cases,auto acc. , slip and fall suits, etc… !!! Also, I think that there should be a cap on medications !!! I feel ROBBED every month, because it cost me over $ 700.00 for TWO prescriptions , for chronic low back problems! I became ill when I was about 34 years old, and there isn’t an insurance co. out there that will touch me with a ten foot pole! And if by slim chance one would , I am sure that there is no way that I could afford it !!! I just feel that people aren’t treated fairly by the insurance co’s and the medical providers and I’ll go as far as saying; I feel that people whom were born with medical issues , as well as people who acquire medical diseases;like Mitochrondial Myopathies, Skeletal Muscle Myopathies,Chronic Progresive External Ophtholmoplegia , Fibromyalgia and so on, are treated with prejude-isome!!! I was dx’d as having all of the above listed illnesses at age 34, just out of the blue, my whole life and my whole world are literally turned upside down ! And as if that were not enough to deal with, I am going blind, Not because I can’t see, but because my eyelids are paralized , the eye muscles are too weak to open my eyelids, and I have become what most would call a re-cluse, in my home , because I can’t see anything out of my left eye at all, and I have very little sight out of my right eye,and what I do see is a double blurr!!! I miss being able to grab a screwdriver ,or hammer and nails to fix those odds and ends around the house , or being able to hang curtain rod brackets,But what I miss most of all is my independance, and the ability to go get in my car and drive myself to the store or Doctors or pharmacy or where ever I need to go ! My last road trip,where I was able to see to drive was; my son and our german shepard and myself,about 22 years ago,we took a road trip from Virginia to Santa Monica Beach, California, oh how Beautiful the scenery was !!! It really makes me sad as well as angry, and a re-cluse, to have to live like this; because , with insurance , I could get eyelid surgery and then I would be able to see, and be able to gain my independance back!!! I also could get laser surgery on my lower back, and get off these $700.00 pain meds. I would have my whole life back!!! Except maybe my marrage, It may be too late for that !!! Most men don’t do well in a marrage where the wife is ill and dependant on the husband for just about everything !!! They become angry, bitter, and recentful and end up hating you !!! I Pray everyday for affordable medical insurance, to get my life back !!!Thank You for the space to comment. Patricia Riggleman: Augusta ,West Virginia 26704 (The Panhandle Area) .
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