Healthcare

So today in our nursing "Leadership" class we spent an hour debating on Obama's healthcare plan. In my opinion, what a waste of time! How can you talk about one little piece of the puzzle like Obama's healthcare plan when there are so many other pieces impacting this? So I just need to get my thoughts out there. #1 capitalism. Oh that's right, we live in the United States of America, the Land of the Free. So people do well and are happy because they have choices and because there is incentive to do well and succeed in life. Oh ok, so I can choose what religion I want to practice, I can choose what company I want to mail packages through, I can choose what kind of health insurance I want (or choose to not pay for any). I choose what I want to be when I grow up and what kind of education I want to get. #2 Education. I get to choose what I want to be when I grow up, but it's expensive. That's interesting because when Morgan & I graduate, we will be out in society, working, contributing to society, and in Morgan's practice he will be supplying other people with jobs. We'll finally be making money, instead of borrowing, but now we have to pay back all of the interest on our loans. Hmmm.... Shouldn't there be some sort of program in place to reward those who help themselves or end up helping others later because of getting an education. Well I could think of a thing or two, like help paying back loans, or maybe just reducing the interest on loans. Instead, how about the government offers different FREE services for the community (instead of paying teachers more for providing kids with good education, or helping out students pay off loans), like public libraries. Let's get real for a second, I LOVE the public library, but aren't libraries supposed to be educational?? Our libraries down here have books, vhs, dvds, blu-rays...cds.... Oh ok so now I get it, the government is trying to make movie-rental places obsolete too now. #3 Canada. I think if you like the idea of Universal Healthcare, Canada may be the place for you. Or maybe just go for a visit, and then let me know if that's really what you would like. As much as I love WAITING and WAITING in line anytime I step into any government-run facility, healthcare does not need to be government run. #4 Healthcare. So really we're not talking about access to care because everybody already has access to care. Unfortunately it hits our ERs pretty hard, but we are already paying for people to have access to healthcare, and people don't realize it... #5 If we are really talking about affordability of healthcare, then I think education costs and payback should be addressed first. When Morgan & I get out of school, we will have $300,000 of debt. But we're supposed to payback those loans + interest + want to pay more taxes for a universal healthcare plan???

Just saying...