by William Armstrong

Created on: April 06, 2010   Last Updated: April 24, 2010

Universal healthcare has been packaged to sound like something it clearly is not. Many think that it means that quality healthcare will be available for all at virtually no cost. They feel that after all, isn’t quality healthcare a right, we know its in the Constitution somewhere! Not! Healthcare sponsors claim that healthcare costs and deficits will be reduced, quality improved, competition and choices increased, with access for all.

These claims remind me of the promises of pyramid schemes that the young and naïve fall prey to. When something doesn’t smell right, follow the money and ask yourself who really benefits? The government will control the money, so who do you think will really make the important decisions? Since when has the government saved tax payer money, increase competition or run anything well? The senate runs its own dining facility, it has failed to make a profit and has incurred large debts, do we really want them to directly manage 1/6th of our national economy?

 Liberal politicians who claim its your patriotic duty to pay high taxes and pontificate about the rich paying their fair share, often cheat on their own taxes, they never complain about getting too much back on their taxes or offer to contribute their own wealth to government causes. Politicians and their special interest groups are the only ones who benefit from universal healthcare. Congress, by the way has its own private healthcare system, so they won’t be subject to the new universal health plan that they have enacted.

 Some claim that universal healthcare systems are working well in other countries. They may know someone from England or Canada that say their system is great.  Their foreign friends may even believe it works because either they belong to a special interest group that has been bumped up the on the waiting list or haven’t had major health issues.

  Universal healthcare systems tried on the state level in this country such as in Massachusetts and California or abroad, have all experienced similar problems. These problems include soaring deficits, out of control costs, rationing, incompetence, pilfering and special privilege to certain groups. What incentives will exist for physicians to improve their skills, or medical technology to improve when wages and prices are set by the government?

 Many want to believe that with a stroke of the pen the government can take care of every

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