Health Care Reform = Food

To say people want health care reform is like saying that people want food. Of course people want health care reform just like they want food. They just don’t want “government cheese” and they certainly don’t want to pay 25% more for their food so 10% of the people will have access to free food. They don’t want to pay an additional tax if they can afford the filet mignon and if they aren’t hungry they sure as hell don’t want to pay a penalty if they don’t eat. I’m sure they would be interested in better food at a better price. Maybe we could reduce the price of food by removing frivolous law suits against restaurant owners that serve hot coffee. The comparisons are plentiful, but point is more evident with the use of this analogy. Imagine if you could only get your food from sources from within your State or if you couldn’t get beverages from outside of this country. What would a soda and cheese burger cost?

Health care has many problems and it would be ideal if we could make it more affordable for everyone and bring more citizens into a well run and fair system. The problem is that government programs only get fixed when they completely break down. They need to become so bad that they create a barricade to both the bureaucrat and the politician alike. Health care isn’t quite broken enough – we can still fix it, it can be revived. The name of the game is compromise. We need to stop counting and negotiating votes and start looking at dollars. We need a transparent look at pharmaceuticals, insurance, legal impacts/tort reform along with better structure and management. As far as waste, fraud and abuse goes, well that would be government reform and shouldn’t take an act of congress. To say you want a Public Option to increase competition but not allow the purchase of health insurance across state lines or medications from other countries is hypocritical and stinks of back room deals and political pandering. What next? Will the Democrats offer a “Government Option” for smaller government or will they just continue to force reform on us.