Ok, I think it is time I address health care head on. I showed you the reaction of the crowds at town hall meetings in my post Health Care Backlash, but now I think it is time to really talk about the health care system in America and what changes we need and what changes we do not need.

Main Event Of The Evening:

Canada’s “Super Awesome” Health Care v. The United States’ “Ridiculously Evil” Health Care

First, lets take a look into Canada’s “Super Awesome” health care for a moment. In Canada you pay a tax to the government that is supposed to pay into the system for your own medical expenses (kinda like private health insurance eh?). When you go to the doctor (government employed) your bill is picked up by the government (well…..not really, you paid into something and then you get what you paid for, kinda like private health insurance eh?). Well, the average Canadian pays around $3,500 Canadian dollars in taxes towards health care as opposed to the “evil” American who pays roughly $6,500 to their private insurer.

This should be the first indicator that one of these systems isn’t quite like the other. In America we are Capitalists (kind of, we are slowly losing that title) and Canada is a hybrid of Socialism and Capitalism. Since we are Capitalists we create goods and services (like equipment that saves lives in hospitals; doctors and nurses who use them) and charge for them to make a profit, thus we create wealth through work, meaning there is no cap on how rich or poor you can be (theoretically). Since we live in this type of economic society, we generate large amounts of wealth and our money is valuable based on the merits that circulates it. Making our goods worth more but the amount of money we make is more as well….. so back to health care (keep this stuff in mind).

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In America we pay for what we get. We pay more so we get more. If I walk outside and get bit by a snake, I can go to the ER and get treatment right then and there. Afterward, if my insurance doesn’t cover everything the hospital will give me a bill, if I can’t pay it from there than they will either subsidize the cost (through private enterprise) or they will put me on a payment plan. Pretty niffty eh?

In Canada the same rule applies. You pay less so you get less. If a Canadian walks outside and gets bit by a snake, they can go the clinic or to the hospital ER and seek treatment like any American can. Once they are there they will take a number to see a nurse. From there the nurse will rate the case on importance. if the case is important and curable they are moved to a position of importance but they still wait for treatment. If the case is important but incurable they take a back seat. If you get lucky enough to see a doctor in a timely fashion you will then be treated as a $3,500 dollars of Canadian money customer…..not good. If that snake bite take 3 vials of anti venom that will cost the federal government roughly $29,000 dollars, so I doubt you get what you need.

Here are some chilling stats that I got from Usnews.com:

Pretty scary eh? Oh and don’t think this is bull sh** either. This is 18 years of published data compiled into one graph last year.

The problem isn’t private enterprise. It is people in office who don’t have legitimate reasons to start a war over seas so they need to feel powerful. they need to make important decisions like whether or not you get your anti venom when you are bitten by a snake. Oh and don’t tell me that this health care plan is for the middle class. Taxes are mandatory and if this bill passes you will be paying a tax to support the “common good” under Obamacare. See if you are broke right now you have the option of dropping health care to meet other costs in your life, in Canada they don’t have that option. Feel lucky, feel blessed and feel proud that you have all these rights and all these freedoms! Do not give in to all of this sensationalism! Obama is a “cool” guy, sure I will give him that, but he is not a “cool” president, and I am not about to let government take away one of my freedoms so the 9% of this country who are uninsured can get sub-par coverage that they probably cant afford anyway!

Here are some videos that will get you going:

This is Steven Crowder, this video is long but AWESOME:

In essence, government is the problem here. They have not offered REAL reform. They have offered more of the same as Obama likes to put it, a classic liberal tax and spend expenditure that limits freedoms and choice in our society.

Thanks…..eh?

-Keith