It's Been a Long Time

I was really surprised when I pulled up my blog and realized it had been since February that I had blogged. And it's not like President Obama hasn't given me anything to talk about...maybe it was that the utter volume of blogging that could go on was overwhelming in light of the fact that I live a busy life. But now my silence is broken.

I would like to first educate my readers very simply on socialism and communism as that is the path that President Obama is leading us down. People in this country that support him and his policies are under the impression that this nation is floundering and if it is not for the government jumping in, we will sink. Not only is this a false belief, it is unconstitutional. Basically, here is how socialism begins...the government becomes involved in every area of the citizens' lives. The people are happy for awhile because everything is being taken care of by the government and they don't need to worry. Then the honeymoon period is over, the citizens realize they received a raw deal and now are ready to go back to the way things were. The problem is that the government LOVES this new found power, like the way things are being run, and don't care what the people think so communism is born out of necessity for the government to retain power. Don't believe me? Ask any citizen of a communist nation how it came about.

So the government has taken control of the banking industry and the auto industry and now they are gunning for healthcare. The problem is that the government talks about all these people who don't have health insurance and how we need a solution for them. The truth is though that people without health insurance have options, programs, and alternatives. I know this because as a nurse in a busy ER I see them everyday.

The ones that need help are the UNDERinsured. I have a friend that I can use as an example. Recently this friend found themself in an emergency situation where surgery was the only option. This friend had health insurance but a $5,000 deductible. Where was the help for them? After three visits to the ER for their painful situation, they eventually gave in and agreed to surgery. They let the cost of their solution dictate their health. So you might be asking, wouldn't this healthcare bill solve this problem? The simple answer is 'no'. People who already have health insurance will not be benefitted by this plan. This plan will only further help those WITHOUT health insurance. And if the plan goes through, the penalities applied to independent health insurance companies will be passed on to policy holders such as my friend mentioned above.

So bottom line...national healthcare may sound good but it is 1. an unconstitutional decision that pushes us closer to socialism and communism and 2. will do nothing to help the hardworking under insured, insurance-carrying Americans, but will further help those who do not have health insurance and already have programs to help them.