by Carl Wheeler

Created on: October 10, 2009   Last Updated: October 11, 2009

Health care in our country will drastically change and will affect all, especially the senior citizens. A government take-over of health care could not possibly be good for seniors. The system will be over-loaded with patients resulting in a shortage of doctors.

Based on the governments' numbers (which I do not believe), over 45 million people will be added to the health care system. That will mean that the present number of doctors and hospitals will immediately be over-loaded with patients. I ask the question to AARP...how will that be good for seniors? That sounds like someone, including seniors, will have to take a cut in the medical services and wait longer to get care.

If we do not immediately come up with another 200,000 doctors, there will be shortages in health care providers. To make things worse, 45% of all doctors say they will retire or just quit if this legislation passes. If the government can't figure out a way to come up with more doctors, they will have to come from foreign countries with lower education standards than we have here in the USA. Many patients could end up receiving a much lower quality of health care. Ask AARP how would that be better for seniors?

AARP makes millions of dollars by selling health insurance. I ask the question...could AARP be thinking that somehow if the government takes over health care they will benefit by selling more health insurance? So far, I have not heard the government explain one advantage to seniors for the government to run health care. So again, I ask...why is AARP for the government plan especially when we do not know exactly what the plan is going to be?

The government is discussing cutting the amount doctors and hospitals will be paid. Politicians say they want to pay the doctors not for the service they perform but for patient health results. This kind of statement comes from politicians that have never been in business or ever run a business in their entire life. Obviously, someone making that kind of statement no matter what his or her position in government, maybe just does not understand the situation.

When you put a rebuilt engine or transmission in a car, it may work out just fine and occasionally it does not. When you do open heart surgery or remove a cancer sometimes, it works out just fine and sometimes it does not. Every case is different with each patient...very seldom are all things the same.

Sometimes the doctor has to run many tests on a patient to understand what is wrong. I know

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