Do What Works

We know what can work to cut down health care costs and we know what might (probably will) happen if comprehensive health care reform is passed.

What will happen if a large health care reform bill is passed;

1. It will cost more than they say. The talk on Friday was that the House bill will (Hooray) cost less than $900,000,000 over ten years. Take that with a grain of salt and your cancer will be curred!
2. We will grow the government payroll.
3. We will grow the number of public employees union members.
4. We have no idea if what is proposed will work.
5. We know that waste, fraud and abuse will gros.
6. We know it will grow the deficit
7. We know we will have to borrow more and more money!
8. We know care will be rationed.
9. We know with care rationed, more lawsuits
10. and costs will go up.

What can work?

1. If indeed we can cut waste fraud and abuse in Medicare, let's do it and see if it can be done.
2. We know competition cuts prices. Let insurance companies sell across state lines.
3. Limit lawsuits

Let's do what we know works before we leap off the ledge into the unknown

Let's Pretend

Let's pretend that we can take on 20-30-40 million people and provide health care and not increase the deficit.

Let's pretend that by taxing everything in sight to make it work that it will not impact the economy.

Let's pretend that we can get nearly $500 billion out of Medicare and not impact the quality of care.

Let's pretend that the government can manage another big bureaucracy efficiently.

Let's pretend that what the politicians tell us on projections is correct.

Let's pretend that a system that has not worked EVER around the world will work here.

Let's pretend we do not have a serious problem with Medicare and Social Security.

Let's pretend that our kids will not eventually find out what we are doing to them.

Yes, Let's pretend and then we can pass health care reform