An example from health care

Good day my friends and patriots in my musings I have been searching for ideas and concepts that portray the damage that can come with extremist opinions in today’s world. One must look no further than the political war that is occurring in the nation’s capitol over health care. I believe that both sides on this issue are incorrect of the situation with the right being too passive and the left being to aggressive in their efforts to bring about this change.

I would first like to point out that health care reform is in fact necessary for the future of this nation. The state that we are in is most assuredly a deadly one. However, I do not necessarily believe that a “redistribution” of wealth is the way to go about it, considering that we are trillions in debt and that this would cause trillions more. No the problem runs a lot deeper than that. The problem is at its very core a problem with the system. The system is broken and trying to “repair” this system by throwing money at it is like trying to repair a wall by throwing bricks at the hole maybe you’ll get something to work but by and large the problem will only increase. The solution is to find the root of the problem and fix it from there. From my perspective it seems that the problems are as follows wonton torts cases that create a severe financial stress on hospitals and doctor’s offices due to payment on the court fees (which the loser of the case usually has to pay), insanely high malpractice insurance, lawyer fees, and the actual costs of seminars and other training methods to further prevent such actions just to name a few. Another problem is that there are several company, CEOs in the pharmaceutical industry who are down right greedy and want to make absolutely outrageous amounts of money in order to support their lavish lifestyles. Yet another source is the great amount of red tape surrounding insurance companies and the way that they handle their works imposed upon by the government itself. These problems and many others combined cause a sever problem in driving up the costs. The only solution is to untie the hands of doctors and hospitals and let them work as they see fit instead of having their lives be dictated because of fear of malpractice suites and being forced to follow the “lad” laid down by the insurance and pharmaceutical industries. In other words we have to simply make the process simple and easy again. The only way that the government can help out is by first having their judges simply review the cases before they get to court and anything that is absolutely ridiculous in its claim or at all lacking in legal merit should simply be tossed out. A cheap and effective way of doing this is by using the myriad of willing minds found within the realms of law schools around the country to work as interns either low paid or unpaid. This will not only assist the courts but it will also give these young aspiring lawyers good on the job experience that they could not get while studying the subject from the class room. The other way I would propose is for the legislative branch to review and revise its laws dealing with the insurance companies that handle the medical claims. That is the solution. However, neither side is looking at the problem in this light. Instead the right believes to let the course continue on until we crash and burn and the left is willing to simply make the hold in the wall bigger by throwing their bricks of gold. Both ends will bring ruin to an already dying system.

Yet sadly my friends there are a more root issue still that is the issue of greed. Greed ultimately is the problem with the system for it was the greed that we all had that brought such a problem upon our heads. If we weren’t looking for the easy money we would not have brought upon ourselves the court cases, or the high prices for prescription drugs, or the extreme prices charged by insurance companies and government. The government is not the solution to this problem not it is the people.