by Tom Montgomery

Created on: March 20, 2010   Last Updated: March 22, 2010

Given the Federal government's stellar record of "effectiveness", the answer is a resounding NO! The healthcare bills being forced through Congress are a not answer for better "access" and "affordability", but a recipe for disaster.

This so-called "reform" is not about healthcare, but the step by step government control of our lives. If you listen carefully, the Democrats have all but spelled out their plan. Speaker Pelosi has commented that, "We have to pass this bill, so we can FIX it."

President Obama has referred to this as a "foundation from which to build upon". The President has stated in the past on several occasions of his love for the "single payer" system in which all healthcare is run through the federal government.

If government mandated reform is the answer, then lets look at where a similar plan has been tried in the US. In Massachusetts, they have a state mandated healthcare plan that is supposed to cover all the citizens of Massachusetts.

This plan has been in effect for about 4 years. Since the state heavily regulates what coverages and plans can be offered, the state of Massachusetts now has the distinction of having the least choices and the most expensive plans in the US.

Hospitals in Massachusetts are sueing the state for non-payments. The federal government is now pumping money into the system to keep it afloat. Doctors are frustrated and care is suffering. Is MassCare the future of healthcare?

The President has also stated time and time again that, "If you like your current plan, then you get to keep it". But with the plan going through Congress, employers have little or no incentive to continue offering insurance. Therefore, more employees will be forced to the government run exchanges.

Of course, this is the ultimate goal of the Democratic leaders and the President. Once dependent on the government for your healthcare, then why would you ever vote for a candidate that would threaten to take it away?

Therefore, if you are naive enough to think that healthcare reform is about "healthcare", then I have some swampland in Florida for sale and yes, the tooth fairy is for real. This is about POWER…nothing more, nothing less. People's health is an easy target.

People are fearful about their future health…Will I get cancer? Heart disease? Etc.? They are playing on our fears and throwing in the "evil" insurance company's profits, "filthy" rich, and "healthcare is a right" to sweeten the pot.

I am not callous, I am compassionate. I pray and give to those in need. Can we improve upon the current system? You bet! But the government and this "Reform" is not the answer. This is a power grab playing on our basic fears and charitable instincts to care for our fellow man. But charity comes from the heart, rights come from our Creator. Neither come from Washington, D.C.

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