by Roberto Alvarez-Galloso

Created on: March 21, 2010   Last Updated: March 22, 2010

While the politicians at Washington DC debate the future of health care reform behind closed doors,  the press and others have been talking about health care. The media and the politicians have excluded the Libertarian Party and their opinions concerning the reform of health care.

The Libertarian Party issued a press release of their opposition to government mandated health care. The  press release commented about how the government has intruded into the decisions that should be made between a Physician and the patient. It continued to talk about the increase in costs.

The response to the increase cost of health care from Non Libertarians was to compare the discussion about health care reform with the discussions about Medicare. The Libertarians responded by releasing the following statistic about Medicare. The politicians approved Medicare in 1965 with the projected cost of Nine Billion Dollars in 1990.

The statistic further revealed that when 1990 arrived, Medicare exceeded the projected costs of 1965 with 67 Billion Dollars. The Libertarians further projected that the US Government will be downgraded with regards to its debt and will lead to an increase in interest rates.

Dr. Jeffrey H. Anderson wrote an article in Investors Business Daily concerning the costs of Government Run Health Care. The article was published in the webpage of the Libertarian Party. The article commented about the increase in Medicare Costs [without the prescription drug costs] by 34% and greater per patient.

The article commented how health care costs increased since 1970 from $364 to $7119 Dollars without Medicare and Medicaid, IIt included the cost of Medicare and Medicaid [in the same era] jumped from $368 Dollars to $7119 per patient as well as Medicare's $368 to $9634 per patient cost.

The Libertariane expressed their fear of the end result of an unstable economy for the United States of America. The Libertarians have a belief in that the Free Market is the key to resolving the problems that affect the United States of America including health care. They are of the belief that the people should choose their own form of health insurance as well as health care professionals.

They are also believers in the need for the citizens of the United States of America to exercise responsibility in their health care decisions including preventive measures such as exercising and eating healthy balanced foods. The Libertarians are also of the belief that the discussions about health care reform should have been held in public instead of behind closed doors.

The ideal thing in any health care reform should be choice between the Public Option as well as the Private and Preventive Option instead of a one size fits all. It would also help if the reform included the right for insurance companies to compete across state lines.

At the present time, a patient in Michigan can only purchase from insurance companies based in Michigan which limits competition. The reform should include insurance companies from other states competing in Michigan against Michigan Insurance Companies.

It remains to be seen what will transpire. One can only hope for the best.

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