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Socialized medicine \u2013 the reality<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

One of my clients spent several years in Scotland where socialized medicine is practiced.\u00a0 I asked him what he observed with regard to health care under this type of system.\u00a0 He said the main impact was on the elderly.\u00a0 He described an acquaintance, whom I will name, \u201cPete.\u201d\u00a0 Pete, who was 70 years old, was blind because of cataracts.\u00a0 He just needed a simple operation, which would restore his eye sight.\u00a0 But, he was on a waiting list for the operation.\u00a0 He had been waiting for months and had no idea when the operation would be approved.\u00a0 Sadly, Pete died alone and blind.\u00a0 For Pete, the waiting list was just too long.\u00a0 We need to stop this plunge toward socialized medicine because \u201cPOR\u201d PETE\u2019S SAKE, are we really willing to trust Pelosi, Obama and Reid?<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\"\"<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Picture courtesy of Drudgereport.com<\/strong><\/p>\n

What savings?<\/strong><\/p>\n

One of the questions people are asking is what effect health care reform will have on the cost of health care.\u00a0 According to the Obama administration, everyone\u2019s cost will go down.\u00a0 The reason for this is that so many more people will be insured, that preventive care will be much more effective.\u00a0 This will save lots of money.\u00a0 However, it is far from certain that increasing preventive care will actually save money.\u00a0 The following link is from an ABC report on the subject.\u00a0 Remember that ABC is very liberal, and it supported health care reform.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/blogs.abcnews.com\/politicalpunch\/2009\/08\/congressional-budget-expert-says-preventive-care-will-raise-not-cut-costs.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Obviously, while there may be some savings, it will be nowhere near enough to fund the additional costs associated with this program.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A significant portion of the alleged cost savings comes from cutting payments to doctors and hospitals for Medicare.\u00a0 The theory is that just by eliminating fraud, waste and duplication of effort, savings will miraculously appear.\u00a0 Of course, we all realize that there is no fraud and waste in government managed programs.\u00a0 Just look at how well we have done with regard to rebuilding New Orleans after Katrina.<\/p>\n

This also ignores the simple fact that doctors and hospitals are already refusing to accept Medicare patients because they cannot afford to treat them for the inadequate compensation currently paid by the government.\u00a0 Logic says that if these payments are cut further, more doctors and hospitals will refuse to treat Medicare patients.<\/p>\n

The following link from the Sacramento Bee<\/span><\/em> documents the problem.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/sacramento.bizjournals.com\/sacramento\/stories\/2009\/12\/21\/story3.html<\/a><\/p>\n

It is difficult to read this type of article and somehow believe government is going to save billions of dollars by cutting payments to doctors and\/or hospitals.\u00a0 The only real way to cut money from Medicare is to stop authorizing treatment.\u00a0 Think of the example I cited earlier with regard to Scotland.\u00a0 If the government just passes guidelines that delays treatment, it will look like savings.\u00a0 Also, if people conveniently die before receiving treatment, that also saves money.\u00a0 Obama says he will cut Medicare spending.\u00a0 The only way I personally see that happening is if they develop guidelines to ration care.\u00a0 Cutting Medicare spending, unfortunately, is one promise I expect Obama to keep.<\/p>\n

Since there is likely to be zero real savings, the only other possible source of funds must come from some sort of tax.\u00a0 The Obama administration says they will only tax people earning more than $250,000 per year.\u00a0\u00a0 Really?\u00a0 This is beyond stupid.\u00a0 He is already raising taxes on these people.\u00a0 At some point no one will be making more than $250,000, so there won\u2019t be anyone left to tax.<\/p>\n

In order to pay for this, the Obama administration must raise taxes on everyone.\u00a0 They won\u2019t call it a tax, they will call it a fee, a premium, or some other less offensive word, but, it will be a tax.\u00a0 This bill allegedly includes $10 billion to hire 16,500 new IRS employees.\u00a0 I doubt that they will be used to count the savings from Medicare.<\/p>\n

TDM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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