Socialised Health-Care Will Undoubtedly Lead to Mediocrity, Shortages and Rationing

I do not believe that Obama is trying to fix the health-care system. I think that Obama's goal is to increase the power, size and scope of the federal government. I believe that Obama wants to make more people dependent on the government. Socializing health care is a means to this end.

Everything that he has done since he has been in office backs up my assertion that Omama's main interest is government control, not health-care. Examples are the bailouts of GM and Chrysler, the stimulus plan, cash for clunkers, cap and trade, the appointment of 36 Czars and more.

If 47 million new people get free health care from Obama's plan, who will treat them? We will still have the same number of doctors, hospitals, nurses, clinics and medical laboratories.

Obama says that taxes won't go up, so the doctors, hospitals, nurses and clinics will have to spend less time with each patient. Health-care providers will be forced to treat more patients for the same pay. The quality of care is sure to suffer and the doctors will become overworked. Some doctors will quit and fewer people will be atracted to a medical career.There will be no other option besides rationing. If you ration needed care to elderly patients, some will call the bureaucrats that make these tough decisions "death panels".

I believe that rugged individualism is what made this country great. I believe that a "pay-as-you go" system will lead to the best doctors, who make the most money and the most profitable drug companies will produce the best medications. Without successful doctors and drug companies, we can not continue to provide the best health-care and most innovative medications on the planet. Sucess in these fields will attract many more people into these fields, thus making healthcare more available to everyone.

Health insurance should only be used for unexpected and expensive treatment. Everyday medical issues should be paid for by the patient directly. Those who can't afford to pay, or those who have chosen to spend their money on other things instead, will be taken care of by generous relatives, church groups, charities, free clinics and charity hospitals. America is the most charitable nation on earth. However, if Obama gets his way, socialized health-care will squeeze private charities, free clinics and family help out of the marketplace.

This is what Obama wants. He has stated many times he wants a single payer government health-care system. This will give the government control over one-sixth of the economy and bureaucrats, not families and doctors, will be making medical choices for us.

Socialised health-care will undoubtedly lead to mediocrity, shortages and rationing, just like Cuba, England and Canada experience. The president is trying so hard to push through a complicated and convoluted plan that will undoubtedly cost taxpayers more money and limit the quality and availability of health-care to the majority of people who are satisfied with their current plan.