More Thoughts On Government Health Care Payments
By: Doug Busselman, Executive Vice President
The television commercials which are currently playing to convince us to contact our elected officials in Washington, D.C. demanding the U.S. government to pay for whatever health care we believe we should have are not having the desired effect on me that they are intended to have. Hopefully, I’m not alone in not being persuaded to do as they ask. Every time I hear the messages of how important it would be to have the federal government to require health care benefits to be provided without limitation and under all circumstances the idea that pops into my head is the famous quote by Barry Goldwater – “A government that is big enough to give you all you want is big enough to take it all away.”
To me, that is really the purpose of the activity currently being played out in Washington, D.C. Those who champion the cause of government requirements for universal health care payouts aren’t really talking about “insurance reform”. They really aren’t talking about “putting in place competition”. Under the guise of health care being a moral obligation which government needs to require, the true mission is to “give us all we want”. That isn’t the purpose for any government, except for those which want to be “big enough to take it all away”.
I recognize that those who disagree will be quick to label this perspective as coming from some “right wing, wing-nut”…that is normally the response that those who are more sophisticated than I could ever hope to be respond when presented with the concept that their point of view isn’t held by all.
It’s not that I don’t understand the arguments. It’s not that I don’t recognize the personal challenges that many are going through or the difficulty and hardships these problems cause. I simply don’t accept the premise that government is supposed to be the answer or the fix for those situations.
I also believe that should our elected representatives decide to go forward with enacting legislation which results in the federal government becoming the total salvation for all who require health care services (or force health insurance companies and business enterprises to do all that federal officials expect) – we will have crossed a threshold where there will be no other limits for federal government involvement.
For those who see else-wise, please explain where the boundaries should be or will be placed…
The television commercials which are currently playing to convince us to contact our elected officials in Washington, D.C. demanding the U.S. government to pay for whatever health care we believe we should have are not having the desired effect on me that they are intended to have. Hopefully, I’m not alone in not being persuaded to do as they ask. Every time I hear the messages of how important it would be to have the federal government to require health care benefits to be provided without limitation and under all circumstances the idea that pops into my head is the famous quote by Barry Goldwater – “A government that is big enough to give you all you want is big enough to take it all away.”
To me, that is really the purpose of the activity currently being played out in Washington, D.C. Those who champion the cause of government requirements for universal health care payouts aren’t really talking about “insurance reform”. They really aren’t talking about “putting in place competition”. Under the guise of health care being a moral obligation which government needs to require, the true mission is to “give us all we want”. That isn’t the purpose for any government, except for those which want to be “big enough to take it all away”.
I recognize that those who disagree will be quick to label this perspective as coming from some “right wing, wing-nut”…that is normally the response that those who are more sophisticated than I could ever hope to be respond when presented with the concept that their point of view isn’t held by all.
It’s not that I don’t understand the arguments. It’s not that I don’t recognize the personal challenges that many are going through or the difficulty and hardships these problems cause. I simply don’t accept the premise that government is supposed to be the answer or the fix for those situations.
I also believe that should our elected representatives decide to go forward with enacting legislation which results in the federal government becoming the total salvation for all who require health care services (or force health insurance companies and business enterprises to do all that federal officials expect) – we will have crossed a threshold where there will be no other limits for federal government involvement.
For those who see else-wise, please explain where the boundaries should be or will be placed…
Posted by Doug Busselman at 9/12/2009 8:24 AM 
Categories: Nationalized Health Care
Tags: Government Health Care
Categories: Nationalized Health Care
Tags: Government Health Care
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