November 3, 2009

I wonder how many people are aware of the mandates in the proposed Health Care Reform bills?

Only someone in love with government could look at millions who don’t have health insurance (47 million? 30 million? 17 million?) and say, “Isn’t it a shame that all these people don’t have health care?  We need to do something!” and what they decide to do is REQUIRE everyone to BUY health insurance or pay a FINE!

This is the biggest reason that government-run healthcare is a bad idea as far as I’m concerned: enforcement.

There shouldn’t be any discussion of fines and imprisonment in connection with choosing a doctor, yet the government health care plans always do.  A doctor can go to jail for treating someone he’s not supposed to, either because they aren’t in his list or because they aren’t approved for the treatment.  Ordinary people can go to jail if they go to a doctor they aren’t supposed to go to or if they (horrors!) pay cash for services.

So while there are people who are wishing, hoping, longing for “free” health care from Obama, the Democrats are thinking about how much they can collect in fines and how many of us they can put in prison.

At least insurance companies can’t put you in jail for going to a doctor out of network.