Project Logic Ga

Here we go again, advocates on both sides of the healthcare system reform debate are posturing with untruths and misinformation.  To be clear, there is a difference between being mistaken and knowingly lying to protect your personal financial interests.  It’s a dirty game. 

Despite the talking points, there is no way in Hades that people with real money will be forced to have second rate insurance coverage.  Period.  If the White House or congressional Democrats push a system that removes an individual’s right to select their doctor, count me out.  I want to hear some tough talk and action on those who have income and choose to buy everything under the sun (jewelry, bass boats, rims, giant T.Vs) but run to the hospital hoping the Hippocratic Oath can save them on a technicality.  A system is badly broken if a working poor person should become unemployed to qualify for better coverage.

At the risk of oversimplifying the discussion, we should aim toward a minimum coverage similar to mandatory car insurance and the penalty for opting out is…rest in peace.

I was excited to read President Obama second book because good old common sense tells us that regular doctor visits and checkups detect problems early before the need for expensive and serious procedures.  When Newt Gingrich was speaker, he wanted a system that rewarded fitness, cleaner living and better diet.  Under that proposal, a person without a major healthcare cost in five years would not pay premiums or was on some level vested. 

How many people take better care of their cars than their bodies?  In a free society if you decided to eat, smoke, and drink whatever you want, you went out as you wanted with clogged arteries and a smile on your greasy face.