It is very hard to comprehend the issue of healthcare reform with all the misinformation that is floated around the village. Here is a very, very simple explanation concerning the need and validity of government-run universal healthcare.
The video animation is simply titled: Why We Need Government-Run Universal Socialized Health Insurance
There you have it! Can the government run our healthcare system? Well, if the fire department, police, and education systems are any indication, then yes. And for those who are viscerally reacting to the idea of socialized systems, I’ll simply say that you already benefit from socialized systems! Socialized systems are not all that bad, right?
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Police, school and water companies are locally accountable–not so with this system. To trust the most personal issues of health to a bureaucrat is not good–especially how far removed that person is and how close to Washington.
The insurance is just one issue and should be regulated and reformed–but not government run. How about lawyers? How about regulating them so doctors can do their jobs without the excess of litigious frivolity.
There are so many steps to improve for all while not giving the entire pie to Uncle Sam.
Churchill was right when he said…
“Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery. ”
It is envy that drives such a policy, not reason or results.
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