Sick in America

It has been a while since I've ranted about something. Today's topic: Healthcare.

Our healthcare system is falling apart, and has been for decades. This is mainly because because the Constitution of the United States' amendment stating "Thou shalt have Universal Healthcare" has been completely ignored. This could be because there is no such amendment. Universal Healthcare is not a right and is not gaurenteed to us by the Constitution. Besides, it is just a stupid idea to begin with. Everything that Government sticks his greedy little hands in gets screwed up. Look at our education system, where teachers and schools care more about standardized tests than actually teaching anything of value to our kids. This is no different than the idea of universal healthcare.

In America, we have a strange breed of healthcare. It is not universally regulated by the government, like in Canada, but it is not a free market system either. The vast majority of Americans know that something is wrong with our current system, that is why it is such a hot topic for politicians and activists. The problem: a great number of Americans believe that is because Government needs to wave his magical Wand of Universal Regulation and fix everything. The truth: Government has been secretly sticking his wand up our rectums for far too long. HMO's, Medicare, and Medicade have been mucking up everything and adding to our economic crisis. The solution: force Government out of healthcare!

Universal healthcare, in theory, will provide every American with free healthcare. Let's analyize this a little bit. First off, even the theory of universal healthcare is flawed. It won't provide every American with free healthcare. Most importantly, it won't even be free! We will be paying for it through taxes as the IRS pickpockets our wallets. The Federal Reserve will be forced to print more money to cover such expenses and inflation will rise through the roof. The healthcare provided will be inadequate and laughable at best; waiting in a clinic for fifteen hours to get a simple perscription. The quality of the care will drop because there will be too few doctors and too many patients. Now, before you start yelling "But... but... if you want better care you can just get better insurance and go to other doctors," think about this: who in their right minds would pay for medical insurance when they are already paying for it through their taxes. Not to mention, the price of any other healthcare option will skyrocket because the majority of Americans will continue with their universal coverage. This will allow only the rich to get any decent healthcare coverage and the poor and middle class to continue to wait in a crowded waiting room for days on end. I see an even wider gap between the rich and poor!

Basically, think about universal healthcare before you start advocating it!