Obama Care

What a touchy subject. The Supreme Court just ruled that Obama Care was constitutional. And the outcry began.

Let's look at the issue without sentiments. First off, it is now that law, so learn to live by it. Second, the current law needs to be tweaked to improve health care. Instead of arguing, yelling that it will be repealed, why not make the law better.

As a homeowner, I am taxed every year by the local hospital district to pay for the indigents that overflow our emergency rooms because they lack insurance. As a county hospital, they are required to treat patients irrespectively if they have insurance or not.

I wish someone with a back ground in econometrics would study what is cheaper, for everyone in this country to have health insurance or continue with the current system that burdens and bankrupts our community hospitals and raises property taxes every year?

The question also that needs to be examined is the income distribution by doctors. The battle cry that the doctors spend so much on their education, therefore they can charge as much as they want is disingenuous. I do not begrudge them their income I am only asking them to wait a couple of years longer.  Instead of five years, wait for ten years and learn to police your ranks.  If a doctor is bad, throw him/her out.

Being old enough, I can remember when Medicare came into to being. The outcries from AMA were terrible and so were all the statements from doctors, and yet I venture to guess Medicare is the biggest money maker for the medical profession.

Case in point, the Congress woman who was shot. I am truly grateful that she received the medical care that she got, but I on Medicare would have not received that level of care, and that is what is wrong.

So, let us examine the law, keep what is good and throw out what is bad. America has the best medical service in the world, the sad part is not all of its citizen have access to it. Lastly, let's make Congress,  the Senate and all the government agencies become part of the same health plan. And why not, after all it is being funded with our tax dollars.  If the individual wants a better plan, go for it and pay for it out of your own pocket.