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<blockquote data-quote="Osprey413" data-source="post: 583635" data-attributes="member: 24489"><p>I know where I fall, but that is just personal opinion and not related to UPS in any way.</p><p></p><p>I like my UPS insurance, even though I have to pay for it. It is still significantly cheaper than anything I could get privately, and probably a heck of a lot better than any government run program (though to be honest I haven't been to a doctor in years so I never use it). </p><p></p><p>Personally, I think these health care "reforms" are a bad idea. Personally, I think Obama is spending too much time trying to make the United States of America into the Communist State of America.</p><p></p><p>My father is a Neuropsychologist and has been to a number of meetings about the proposed reform. Apparently Obama wants all doctors, regardless of what type of medicine they practice, to be paid the same. Which means your Neuro surgeon would be paid the same as the Podiatrist. Personally, I don't want a guy who cuts on my brain to be paid the same as the guy who cuts toe nails. They are two completely different levels of skill and education. </p><p></p><p>Besides that, I don't trust the government's ability to manage a health care program, nor do I trust them when they say we will be able to keep our current health care if we want. Getting government involved in health care will be like everything else run by the government. You will have senators, lobbyists, and presidents who think they know more about health care than doctors telling the doctors what they can and can not do.</p><p></p><p>There is a reason the United States has some of the best doctors in the world, and it's not because we are smarter. It's because the only way a doctor can be successful, and make the money they make, is by being EXTREMELY competitive. There is a very real incentive for doctors to be the absolute best in the field, take away that incentive and you will be left with doctors who don't really care how good they are because they get paid the same regardless. </p><p></p><p>Use the British for example. They have a completely nationalized heath care system, where everything is run by the government. How many horror stories do you hear about people having heart attacks in the parking lot, but the doctors and nurses not being allowed to help them because they are no "in" the hospital, so they have to call an ambulance service to move the heart attack victim from the parking lot, 50 ft away, to the door of the emergency room.</p><p></p><p>Healthcare is a huge moneymaker in the US economy. Having the government run it would be like having the Post Office run UPS and FedEx. Bad Idea!</p><p></p><p>Just my humble opinion....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Osprey413, post: 583635, member: 24489"] I know where I fall, but that is just personal opinion and not related to UPS in any way. I like my UPS insurance, even though I have to pay for it. It is still significantly cheaper than anything I could get privately, and probably a heck of a lot better than any government run program (though to be honest I haven't been to a doctor in years so I never use it). Personally, I think these health care "reforms" are a bad idea. Personally, I think Obama is spending too much time trying to make the United States of America into the Communist State of America. My father is a Neuropsychologist and has been to a number of meetings about the proposed reform. Apparently Obama wants all doctors, regardless of what type of medicine they practice, to be paid the same. Which means your Neuro surgeon would be paid the same as the Podiatrist. Personally, I don't want a guy who cuts on my brain to be paid the same as the guy who cuts toe nails. They are two completely different levels of skill and education. Besides that, I don't trust the government's ability to manage a health care program, nor do I trust them when they say we will be able to keep our current health care if we want. Getting government involved in health care will be like everything else run by the government. You will have senators, lobbyists, and presidents who think they know more about health care than doctors telling the doctors what they can and can not do. There is a reason the United States has some of the best doctors in the world, and it's not because we are smarter. It's because the only way a doctor can be successful, and make the money they make, is by being EXTREMELY competitive. There is a very real incentive for doctors to be the absolute best in the field, take away that incentive and you will be left with doctors who don't really care how good they are because they get paid the same regardless. Use the British for example. They have a completely nationalized heath care system, where everything is run by the government. How many horror stories do you hear about people having heart attacks in the parking lot, but the doctors and nurses not being allowed to help them because they are no "in" the hospital, so they have to call an ambulance service to move the heart attack victim from the parking lot, 50 ft away, to the door of the emergency room. Healthcare is a huge moneymaker in the US economy. Having the government run it would be like having the Post Office run UPS and FedEx. Bad Idea! Just my humble opinion.... [/QUOTE]
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