Post by Classicblast on Oct 13, 2009 17:32:51 GMT -5
Obviously there are reasons to support government sponsored health care plans. I have issues doing that and I'd like to explain them as well as I can in a written format.
There are some government intervention that is necessary for the good of the whole country obviously I am quite aware of that. I don't like government mandated programs for health care for a variety of reasons one in particular is that in most cases they choose your health care provider and your physician, and in most cases can decided whether or not you're worthy of certain care.
Well a good sample of that is I am 34 years old and a retiring athlete. Out of my family I am physically the most fit.
I can run a 30 yard dash in just over 3 seconds, I spent 16 seasons playing pro baseball. I can catch a ball on my backhand jump around and throw the ball about 120 feet while still in the air and place it within a foot of the firstbaseman's body. He might have to stretch a little but it's going to be there faster than you can run from homeplate to first base.
So why am I telling you this?
DOES ANYBODY REALLY CARE?
The government might. My father just turned 73 and he had bypass surgery at the age of 65. Now suppose both of us needed a life saving operation
It's likely they're going to view me as a good risk. Age 34, generally in good health, married 2 small boys.
My dad not so lucky. His life expectancy is about 79 and he's already 73. He had bypass surgery and that's a sign of congestive heart. That's not to say he has a bed heart or a weak heart but he is not a young man, and even if he survived the operation he is only a few years from the end of his projected lifespan anyway.
We all know that its possible for him to live another 30 years nobody ever really knows how long he can live but medical logic suggests he is in the later chapters of his life. Even if he lived to be 100 this age 73 is a late chapter.
So there's a chance a government operated program can refuse the treatment for somebody for that reason. When your parents are both over 70 as both of mine are now that comes to mind.
I have 2 brothers both older.
I am 34 I told you that I know, my brothers are Terry who will be 40 next month, and Brad who is 36.
It happens that Terry is still unmarried. I am married with 2 sons, Brad is married and has 3 children. If the 3 of us were all in the same predicament is Terry more expendable because he is not the supporter of a wife and children?
Before you say yes, Terry operates a contracting business that my father started back in 1963. The business overall employees over 150 people and at times with temporary help has employed as many as 220.
Most of them are married men with families, others are single men who by the way pay the highest amount of payroll tax deducted from their check and used by the government until April 15 a refund might be an entitlement depending.
If Terry were to die the business could be gone and perhaps 200 families without a bread winner. What if your father is one of his employees or a few years from now you are?
Do you really want the government to make that decision?
There are some government intervention that is necessary for the good of the whole country obviously I am quite aware of that. I don't like government mandated programs for health care for a variety of reasons one in particular is that in most cases they choose your health care provider and your physician, and in most cases can decided whether or not you're worthy of certain care.
Well a good sample of that is I am 34 years old and a retiring athlete. Out of my family I am physically the most fit.
I can run a 30 yard dash in just over 3 seconds, I spent 16 seasons playing pro baseball. I can catch a ball on my backhand jump around and throw the ball about 120 feet while still in the air and place it within a foot of the firstbaseman's body. He might have to stretch a little but it's going to be there faster than you can run from homeplate to first base.
So why am I telling you this?
DOES ANYBODY REALLY CARE?
The government might. My father just turned 73 and he had bypass surgery at the age of 65. Now suppose both of us needed a life saving operation
It's likely they're going to view me as a good risk. Age 34, generally in good health, married 2 small boys.
My dad not so lucky. His life expectancy is about 79 and he's already 73. He had bypass surgery and that's a sign of congestive heart. That's not to say he has a bed heart or a weak heart but he is not a young man, and even if he survived the operation he is only a few years from the end of his projected lifespan anyway.
We all know that its possible for him to live another 30 years nobody ever really knows how long he can live but medical logic suggests he is in the later chapters of his life. Even if he lived to be 100 this age 73 is a late chapter.
So there's a chance a government operated program can refuse the treatment for somebody for that reason. When your parents are both over 70 as both of mine are now that comes to mind.
I have 2 brothers both older.
I am 34 I told you that I know, my brothers are Terry who will be 40 next month, and Brad who is 36.
It happens that Terry is still unmarried. I am married with 2 sons, Brad is married and has 3 children. If the 3 of us were all in the same predicament is Terry more expendable because he is not the supporter of a wife and children?
Before you say yes, Terry operates a contracting business that my father started back in 1963. The business overall employees over 150 people and at times with temporary help has employed as many as 220.
Most of them are married men with families, others are single men who by the way pay the highest amount of payroll tax deducted from their check and used by the government until April 15 a refund might be an entitlement depending.
If Terry were to die the business could be gone and perhaps 200 families without a bread winner. What if your father is one of his employees or a few years from now you are?
Do you really want the government to make that decision?
