Health Care Reform

Throughout the course of this semester I have noticed my gradual shift from a somewhat liberal stand point to a moderately conservative view. I feel that the passing of the Health Care reform bill is an invasion of privacy. Health insurance should be something that is optional for individuals in our nation to have, but now its a fine if all persons fail to meet the health insurance deadline. This has gone to far! Not only does this piece of political garbage pushed my moral buttons, there are also some other questions I'd like to ask Uncle Sam. In the past, private health care providers have had the benefit of denying certain types of health care coverages for various financial reasons. Will these private heath care providers be obligated to accept the public insurance carriers? Many times doctors avoid certain types of insurance carriers because of the additional legalities or processing work that come accompanied with different insurance policies. If doctors are denied the right to refuse public health care, then these private employers will be obligated to have staff and documents necessary to complete these new standards, ultimately leading to a loss in profitability for that private healthcare provider. And who is monitoring the fees that will be charged from the public healthcare services? The same people who own and created these services meaning that they are in control of the taxes. What we need is a policy that clearly defines how these taxes will be implemented on the public, as well as some limitations to the Health Care Reform Policy's ability to interfere with an individuals finances.


Last but not least, does anyone have an exact figure of the projected costs of the Health Care Reform? I have seen many different numbers, but all in all they averaged around 900 billion dollars! Ok so even if I the Health Care Reform was a good idea, couldn't we have waited until a little longer after all of our issues with the war overseas? Seriously, our nation has built a substantial due to our efforts on the battle front, then we choose to invest in a nationwide health care project thats costing roughly 900 billion dollars. With our nations leaders making these types of decisions, I have lost trust in the rationality of our national government and in their ability to guide us the people.