by Corey Widdison

Created on: July 28, 2009   Last Updated: July 29, 2009

What is wrong with it? And what could be good about it? For one thing, President Obama is saying that it will save us money in ten years after it begins. Others are saying that it will not save any money at all, but may actually cost us more money. Who do you believe? There are worries and fears that it will end up like other Federal programs such as Medicare and Medicaid. A program that is ok but does not even scratch the surface of being a good program.

Other concerns with it are the way it is being pitched by the President. He is saying that with this plan you will be allowed to keep your own doctor. There in lies the problem. The government should not be making the decision if we are allowed to keep our doctors or not. This kind of speech gives people the idea that the government will have more control in it than they should.

One of the big parts of this plan that make me not want to have anything to do with it, is about the testing. Our President has said that one big way they will save money on this plan is by getting rid of useless and needless tests. They are in essence saying that all the tests your doctors do on you are frivolous. And they do them just to get into your pocket book.

If medicine was an exact science than maybe just one test is all they would need. But it's not, is it? I go to the doctor because I have problems with my health and it is the doctors job to find out what it is and how to best treat it. If that requires several tests to make sure what they think I have and what I do have are the same thing, then that's ok with me.

How many times have doctors been looking for one thing and found something else? Maybe something worse than they thought that by doing these tests found just in time to take care of the problem. I don't want my doctor to be limited to certain tests if he or she thinks I should have others because the governments health care plan won't allow it. If we were talking about whom I would trust more, my doctor or the government, I would pick my doctor every time.

On the other hand, the government is estimating that about 40 million Americans don't have any health insurance at all. Do we just keep things the way they are and these people have to go without? If you have a pre-existing condition, good luck on getting any decent health care that won't put you in the poor house. We are not even talking about our elderly or our poor. Medicare and Medicaid take care of them. We are talking about people in the middle, the middle class. People who have some kind of problems and have to pay way more than they can afford. Is there a government program to help them? I think everyone can agree that our health care does have problems and something needs to be done about it.

If you were king for a day, what would you do to fix it? There have been a few good ideas going around. But it doesn't look like anyone can agree on much of anything. Maybe we could do something like, a person could get in on good insurance with other groups besides just the one from their work.

The insurance offered where I work is always the cheapest insurance on the market. I work for a small company and they would not be able to pay for us to get the premium insurance. So about once year, like clockwork, they get the new lowest costing insurance. My company is not the only one, not by a long shot. Maybe companies could join their groups together to get better insurance at a cheaper rate.

If President Obama's health care plan does not look good to you, what would you do to change it? Would you do something about it? Or will you just talk back to the radio or T.V and deal with whatever comes your way?

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