Reform Health Care?

It should be obvious that there is something wrong when government leaders tell us that our Health Care system needs reforming, but their reasons for such reform cite a relatively small percentage of our country's population is in the category where reform seems needed.

For example, the two most cited categories of folks who Health Care Reform is supposed to help is the uninsured, and the under insured. The uninsured is something around 20 million people depending on whom you're listening to.

The under-insured is a number impossible to calculate.

Those our acting-president Obama says his goal is to help these two categories of people, his party's first offering at a "fix" focuses on implementing these coverages through an employer. Hmmm, interesting when our country's unemployment figure is now over 10%. Seems like instead of taking on the 20 million or so who are uninsured -- we're not going to force the 30 million of unemployed people to go on some kind of federal program. (?) That doesn't seem like much of a solution!

I attended a Federally-funded forum called something like "citizen's health care" where a group of Federal employees travelled around the USA asking for input on how to "fix" our country's health care. Interestingly the event was promoted solely on liberal web sites and through unions, so the attendees were heavily slanted to one side. Well, being a mole on some of these sites, I found out about it and attended one. My offerings were "unique" and "intriguing" and ones they had not gotten at any of the other sessions in any other city! Imagine what my idea was..... High-deductible health plans utilizing Health Savings Accounts. I personally saved over $6,000 the first year my family used one. And the ability to defer $6,000 in income to my HSA saved me on my taxes...and guess what....my family didn't use anywhere near the $6,000 - so we were able to carry the money forward to be used another time.

If Obama and his folks REALLY want to improve health care in our country. Putting care and personal responsibility back into the equation with high-deductible plans and HSA's is a sure way to do it. But then, I guess we now know their real goal, don't we?

You see, it's not about improving health care, or lowering costs, it's about giving a large chunk of POWER to a section of bureaucrats who have an endless thirst for it. And corruption goes hand-in-hand with unbridled power.

Thankfully Americans are waking up -- and we will hopefully see some hero's emerge who will challenge this power grab -- and stop what could be the end of the freedom our country has enjoyed since it's inception.