In this post, I'm not really going to present hard arguments or logical statements, I'm just going to note some facts of debatable meaning. While Obama and his goons were pushing through Obamacare, against the wishes of most americans, we were being told that the implementation of the bill would be catastrophic for the health of the average american. Despite the fact that the bill is being implemented in small steps, and the media is busy talking about other things, some examples of the trials to come are being seen already. One tuesday night, our local news reported to separate stories. One was on a Verizon workers who were striking. Although I did not pay much attention, I heard that the strike was related to increases in the cost of healthcare. Another story told about how there has been a huge spike recently in the number of medications that are experiencing shortages. When you think about it, both of these can be easily attributed to Obamacare. The cost of private healthcare has gone up because the private sector is anticipating having to compete with the public sector, which has a huge advantage in that all the money it needs can either be printed or stolen from people, whereas the private sector must be efficient and run on the money it makes through business. Because of this, Verizon is having trouble providing its workers with healthcare. Also, because the government now controls how much a pill can sell for and what one can and cannot use, as the healthcare provider, drug companies must be competitive, instead of risking money on creating new medicines and over-supplying existing ones, or even making pills that cost more to create than they are allowed to be sold for. This causes there to be shortages of more pills and people therefore get worse care. I know that I've said this before, but whenever the government gets involved in something, it creates waste inefficiencies that are depressing to see, and even more depressing to have to live with.
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