Why we do NOT need universal healthcare


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By wartman
Posted on Fri Nov 16, 2007 at 5:54 PM EST

Figuring out ways to decrease the cost of healthcare in the United States is an important task for everybody currently in the political process. However, to some, it's more about an addiction to government than realizing what could really be done to fix healthcare if we didn't have government stepping on the throats of the collective healthcare industry.

Every Democrat is currently sticking to DNC talking points regarding universal healthcare. However, I do think there are ways to decrease the costs of healthcare without the government sticking it's hand deeper in my pocket.

  1. A change in the current malpractice industry. Doctors pay premiums on malpractice insurance which are through the roof -- I personally know doctors who pay well over 100k a year in malpractice insurance. Lessen that expense, and prices will decrease.

  2. Lessen government regulation on healthcare. There are so many local, state and federal regulations on the healthcare industry that the costs of compliance are through the roof. Lessen that expense, and prices will decrease.

  3. These decreases in prices have a snowball effect -- once you decrease prices slightly, a few more people will be able to afford health insurance. This will cause non-insured patients to default on healthcare debt less and less, which will in turn cause a further decrease in prices, and so on and so on.

There are many, many more ways to decrease costs. I have barely scratched the surface. But, as one can plainly see, there are solutions outside of socialized medicine.

Because, in the end, that's all universal healthcare is: a vast increase in government bureaucracy while the criminals in Washington stick their hand deeper into your paycheck to pay for the ineffective universal healthcare system.

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