Heritage Foundation Tells Truth About Gov’t Health Care
June 25, 2009
Heritage Foundation has several article written by doctors and economists who have studied congress’s health care reform package. Besides the hidden piece written by old Senator Kennedy that exempts Senators and Congressmen from their own plan that they are foisting upon us, the numbers also do not add up. Is that any surprise? Budget estimates are always understated in order to get legislation passed and is always found to be much more than originally estimated. Not only that, but it never works like they planned either.
Heritage says, “The government cannot bend the health care cost curve from Washington without resorting to arbitrary caps and price controls that always lead to a reduction in the willing suppliers of services and waiting lists.” What does this mean in straight talk? Government will put limits on procedures and doctors will choose not to do them. Less doctors means longer lines for those who do. Read more here.
Heritage says, “Some of the projected savings for financing Obama’s health agenda, including the creation of a new public plan, would come by squeezing savings out of Medicare. At a time when Medicare is dangerously close to bankruptcy, it is short sighted to funnel funds into the creation of another government-run program instead of shoring up Medicare.” This means they are going to take one bankrupt program and steal the money from it to fund another new program that will eventually also go bankrupt. Seniors should be worried about Obama’s statement that instead of a pace-maker for a 100 year old patient perhaps they should be given pain killers and be left to die. So much for hope and change. Read ther rest of this article here.
Heritage has many articles and studies on the health care reform issue. Some of them may be found here.�
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